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Buying Right With Buy-Write ETFs?

2009-11-20T20:03:22Z

Volatility in stocks making you antsy once again? Wondering if you should pull an itchy trigger finger and sell? In truth, cash is going to make its way back into stocks, bonds commodities, currencies… anything… as long as borrowing costs are so low. So you can expect dip-buying...

Making Sense Of Oil ETFs and Gas ETFs

2009-11-20T20:08:02Z

Depending on the week, Oil ETFs may be “en fuego” or they may be completely out of favor. Today we look at an attempt to explain the unexplainable… with Seeking Alpha’s Guide To Oil and Gas ETFs. We also look at another strategy to profit from the U.S. Dollars loss. Here are...

Emerging Market Sector ETFs Struggle To Find Their Audience

2009-11-19T23:37:41Z

When the investing public has little interest in a particular exchange-traded vehicle, the company sponsoring the ETF may be forced to close the fund. And while you’re not at risk of losing an entire investment, you may not get an adequate liquidation price for having...

ETF Investing In A Low Interest Rate Environment

2009-11-19T21:15:55Z

Accoding to a survey by the Merril Lynch team at B of A, a majority of investors believe that the FOMC will hold interest rates where they are until Q3 of 2010. Assuming the respondents are correct, you may want to stay atop ETFs that should do well if rates stay low for an “extended...

3 Reasons for the Relative Weakness of Transportation ETFs

2009-11-19T19:39:02Z

When it comes to transportation stocks in the iShares DJ Transportation Fund (IYT), some wonder whether the third time will or will not be a charm. The unnerving reality is that a number of broader market barometers have hit ”higher highs” in September, October and November. Yet IYT has...

Will The Holiday Season Boost Transportation ETFs?

2009-11-19T18:08:43Z

The holiday season is a time for shopping, family get-togethers and… travel. In fact, the busiest travel days of the year occur around Thanksgiving and Christmas. It follows that investors may need to better understand Transportation ETFs. The effect that many of these companies have on the...

Alt Energy ETFs Are Experiencing Near-Term Downtrends

2009-11-18T23:31:16Z

Meredith Whitney may be more bearish than she’s been in a year. Yet, stock investors keep pushing all major sectors and all key market barometers upward. Sure, there are a number of noteworthy areas of trepidation. Financial stocks have NOT hit new 52-week highs in more than a month....

Going for the Gold ETF… Going for the Junior Gold Miners ETF

2009-11-18T22:14:28Z

Is the Australian dollar still a good value? Consider the CurrencyShares Australia Trust (FXA). What about going for the Gold ETF (GLD). With the spot price up at $1145 per ounce, is it a “buy” or is it a “sell?” Of course, there are quite a few folks who favor the junior...

The Relative Strength (RSI) of Basic Materials ETFs

2009-11-18T19:04:57Z

The current cyclical bull market has been led by technology and materials. Granted, the turnaround in financial stocks and a weak U.S. dollar fanned the flames. Yet it was genuine value in prominent tech companies as well as China’s government-stimulated pursuit of resources that fired up the...

Using ETFs To Track Warren Buffett

2009-11-18T17:55:08Z

There are times when the investment world has thrown Warren Buffett out the Bill Gates window. ”Yesterday’s thinker,” people scoffed during the tech boom in the late 90s. And in 2008, with Berkshire Hathaway losing more than 50% of its value, calls for Buffett’s head were...