101 ETF Lessons Every Financial Advisor Should Learn
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have burst on to the scene in the last few years, raking in hundreds of billions of dollars in assets and prompting a major shift towards indexing strategies in the...
View ArticleThrifty Investors Behold: Cheapest ETF In Every Category
ETFs have gathered more than $1 trillion in assets thanks to a number of structural advantages, including enhanced transparency, significant tax advantages, and intraday liquidity. But make no mistake...
View ArticleHighlighting 5 Popular ETNs
Under the umbrella of exchange-traded products, ETNs have attracted far less interest than their ETF cousins and now represent only a small portion of total ETP assets. Exchange-traded notes are debt...
View ArticleProShares Adds 3x, -3x Financials ETFs
ProShares added a pair of products designed for investors looking to bet on the short term performance of the often volatile financial sector today. Two new ETFs, the ProShares UltraPro Financials...
View Article5 Leveraged ETFs With Huge 52 Week Returns
Thus far, 2012 has proven to be a rather rocky year, with equities exhibiting up and down performances and struggling to find a definitive direction. The hoopla surrounding the eurozone debt debacle...
View ArticleReplacements For Disappearing ETFs
No one can argue just how far the ETF industry has come since the debut of the first ever exchange-traded fund in 1993. The investment landscape now boasts a lineup of nearly 1,500 offerings, allowing...
View ArticleThird Time’s A Charm? Best ETF Plays For QE3
Last month, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke unveiled the latest creation from the central bank – the infamous QE3. As details continue to emerge about the next round of quantitative easing, many investors,...
View Article7 Leveraged ETFs Every Day Trader Must Know
The proliferation of exchange-traded products has opened up the investing landscape to participants of all styles and experience levels. Virtually anyone with a personal brokerage account can now tap...
View Article25 Wild ETF Charts From 1H 2013
Six months have passed in 2013 and the financial world has had plenty to buzz about. From a bull run in U.S. to worries over the stability of the global economy, the first half of the year has been one...
View ArticleThe Curious Case Of Leveraged ETFs: Understanding How Compounding Works
Exchange-traded products have found their way into countless portfolios, although more and more investors have begun to utilize these instruments for tactical exposure and not just as buy-and-hold...
View ArticleTreat Turbo-Charged China ETF With Great Care
What happens if you strap a rocket booster to the back of a dragon? It might look something like the Direxion Daily CSI 300 China A Share Bull 2x Shares (CHAU), the first leveraged exchange-traded fund...
View ArticleDirexion Debuts New ETFs in Homebuilders, Regional Banks
It’s been a busy summer for Direxion, an exchange-traded fund firm best known for leveraged funds. In the past two months, it has filed for triple-leveraged pharmaceutical ETFs, prepped for a pair of...
View ArticleA.M. Funds Roundup: Japan’s Giant Leveraged ETF Is Too Big
Links to the best reading in funds investing: Nomura’s whale of a leveraged exchange-traded, the Next Funds Nikkei 225 Leveraged Index ETF (1570.Japan), got so big that share creations were halted –...
View ArticleNatural Gas Hasn’t Hit Bottom Yet
Natural gas prices keep tumbling. Prices for the commodity, used to heat buildings and fire power plants, dropped below $2 per million British thermal units for the first time since 2012. ... READ MORE
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