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Best Performing ETFs of 2011 – Leveraged and Traditional Classes

January 1, 2012

With 2011 wrapping up, we saw US indices close roughly flat on the year (slight gain on the Dow and a huge move for the Dogs of the Dow especially, at 17%), but global markets swooned, especially those in the developing world and Europe. It shouldn’t come as a major surprise then, that the major [...]

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Hottest ETFs of the Week: Irene Aftermath

August 28, 2011

It’s been a tumultuous few weeks with everything from continued drama in the Middle East to further contagion in the Euro zone and capping it off with Hurricane Irene. There was a 2008 moment when shares of Bank of America (BAC) continued to crater on fears of a run on the bank until Uncle Warren [...]

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ETF Top Gainers – Silver, Energy and Inverse Volatility Win Out

March 27, 2011

US equities continued their ascent with the S&P500 (SPY) up 2.8% despite a worsening nuclear crisis in Japan, an undeclared 3rd war front with Libya and multiple Middle East fiefdoms on the verge of collapse. Evidently, the prospect of cheap money, another round of Quantitative Easing rumored and record corporate profits continue to capture the [...]

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Hottest ETFs of the Week – Commodities Ruling 2011

March 6, 2011

With oil hitting highs last seen 2 1/2 years ago and gold and silver hitting all-time highs, broad market indices somehow managed a gain on the week. The battle for Libya continues, with much of the world anticipating the outcome but unsure of the timing or the future governance structure. Fears over unrest spreading into [...]

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20 Top Performing Country ETFs of 2010

January 4, 2011

In looking at 2010 stock market returns by country, we see some similar patterns to 2009, with higher beta emerging markets leading the pack. This top 20 list was constructed to give a sense of where the money was flowing in 2010 so as to inform where we may continue to see momentum, while at [...]

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30 Top ETFs of 2010

December 29, 2010

The top ETFs of 2010 hail from several different asset classes and strategies. Since leveraged ETFs tend to benefit tremendously from sustained trends but make for poor long-term investments in volatile markets, I’ve included both conventional non-leveraged ETFs as well as leveraged ETFs. As of December 30, 2010, here are the best performing ETFs of [...]

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5 Hottest ETFs of the week

December 19, 2010

Last week ended relatively flat for the broader indices as markets digested the finalization of the 2011 Tax Plan, but there were some pockets of performance in various sectors and asset classes. We saw a Biotech ETF benefit tremendously from a triple digit return in a top holding, we saw soft commodity prices spike (what [...]

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Hottest ETFs of the Week – Tax Deal Edition

December 12, 2010

Market action this week was very much driven by the “framework” announced by Obama which was met with surprising resistance from within his own party – especially surrounding the estate tax provisions and a payroll tax holiday that is viewed as only benefiting higher earners. With a price tag estimated to be in the $850 [...]

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Top ETF Gainers of the Week to Watch

November 14, 2010

In a down week for indices world-wide, the top ETF gainers for the period were primarily short ETFs, with some strength in the energy sector evident. Oddly enough, following the widely anticipated QE2 announcement, Treasuries have been selling off, presumably because markets had widely anticipated the announcement and were perhaps hoping for something more substantial [...]

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