Energy ETFs Are Not Cheap
The Energy Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLE) slid more than 4% Monday, extending its one-month loss to over 10% and its year-to-date…
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Seventeen WisdomTree ETFs Could Distribute Capital Gains
WisdomTree Investments (NasdaqGS: WETF), the fifth-largest U.S. issuer of exchange traded funds, could distribute capital gains on 17 of its ETFs this…
Tumbling Oil Plagues UAE ETF
Plenty of international regional and single-country exchange traded funds have been hampered by tumbling oil prices and with crude futures falling below…
How Obamacare Is Helping ETFs
The SPDR S&P Health Care Services ETF (NYSEArca: XHS) has lagged the broader health care sector in recent weeks, but there are…
Profits for Bank ETF Holdings Keep Rising
The Federal Reserve’s decision to not raise interest rates last month was seen as a blow to financial services ETFs, such as…
A Safe Small-Cap Sector ETF
It is widely known that among sectors, few are as sensitive to changes in interest rates as utilities. In fact, the Utilities…
China Crimps Australian Dollar ETF
A spate of economic data highlighting the slowing Chinese economy as well as tumbling equity markets there have claimed an array of…
Trouble Mounts for Materials ETFs
Over just the past week, the Materials Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLB), Vanguard Materials ETF (NYSEArca: VAW) and the iShares U.S. Basic…
How Apple’s New Products Could Affect ETFs
Last week, Apple (NasdaqGS: AAPL) introduced several new products, but investors’ initial reaction was far from enthusiastic. However, as Apple has proven…
The Odds of Success for Individual Stocks
You know that feeling you get when you hear of the latest tech IPO? That whisper in your ear that says you know it’s…
Take an Opportunity to Visit Inverse Energy ETFs
With oil down more than 6% on Tuesday, the commodity’s three-day rally could prove to be just that: No more than a…
Taking Stock of the Medical Devices ETF
Health care is still the top-performing sector in the S&P 500 this year. In fact, it is the only one still in…
Where This Hedge Fund ETF is Going Shopping
With 13F filing season, the AlphaClone Alternative Alpha ETF (NYSEArca: ALFA), an exchange traded fund that holds stocks that frequently appear in…
High Yield Default Outlook
With the energy markets once again taking a turn downward, we are seeing concern for the high yield market again escalating and…