Hottest ETFs

6 Hottest ETFs of the Week

August 22, 2010

With broad market indices showing a moderate loss of less than 1% on the week, it’s starting to look as though the next bubble may be in the Bond Market (Bloomberg).  We did survive the first week out of the Hindenburg Omen intact, but with investors continuing to flood into bonds, if and when that […]

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6 Hottest ETFs of the Week

August 15, 2010

It was a rough week for equities this week, falling 4%, as the bad news continues to pile up with little end in sight for the slow growth, stagnant unemployment picture.  There were some interesting data points out this week, including a surprisingly high savings rate in the US, the notion that consumers are using […]

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Hottest ETFs on the Move

July 17, 2010

It was a tumultuous week in the market with events ranging from the Goldman settlement and disappointing earnings elsewhere in Financials to Apple’s mea culpa to less than stellar jobs numbers.  Broader indices ended the week slightly down with the S&P500 (SPY) losing 1.2% and the NASDAQ (QQQQ) losing 0.6%.  Volatility picked up and the […]

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ETFs on the Move: Winners in the Down Market

June 6, 2010

With the S&P500 losing over 3% on the week on a poor jobs report, further implosion of the Euro zone (check out country by country EU Austerity Measures) and the realization that the disaster in the Gulf is likely going to start to have long term implications outside the scope of whatever legal bills BP […]

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6 Hottest ETFs to Watch This Week

April 25, 2010

Markets continued their advance this week in the face of a potentially damning SEC inquiry into Goldman’s practices.  This news was countered by surprisingly strong housing data which showed the biggest jump in new home sales since 1963.  Elsewhere in China, there is continued sentiment that there may be a housing bubble brewing there which […]

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ETFs on the Move – 5 Top Performers from Last Week

April 4, 2010

Broad market indices enjoyed another up week in the context of a decent jobs report, a surprise decision to lift the ban on offshore drilling, and no new damaging news markets haven’t already digested.  Emerging markets were especially strong, as well as commodities in the face of a declining US dollar for the week.  There […]

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The Week’s Hottest ETFs (3/21/10)

March 20, 2010

While broad market indices continued their ascent for the week, stocks took a breather on Friday in anticipation of the historic healthcare vote this weekend.  Since it’s unclear specifically whether the legislation will even pass and if so, exactly what it will mean for equities, markets could continue to be choppy while this plays out.  […]

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ETFs on the Move – Last Week’s Top Performers

March 14, 2010

With US equities continuing their ascent in the face of uncertainty over a major healthcare initiative, unrest in Greece and mediocre employment developments, the following ETFs performed quite strongly given the circumstances.  For the week ended 3/12/2010, here’s a snapshot of some of the best performing ETFs of both the traditional and leveraged sort: Hottest […]

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