3 ETFs to Watch Following Shocking US Credit Downgrade

August 7, 2011

Unless you happen to be coming back from a weekend in the wilderness, Friday night S&P downgraded the US credit rating one notch (see list of AAA Countries remaining).  Obviously, markets will be quite volatile this week following this momentous news.  Over the weekend, the Saudi stock market had opened over 5% down.  As of […]

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My Thursday Market-Crash Awesomeness!

August 4, 2011

For anyone following my tweets, you would have seen on Friday, I bought 20 puts and 20 calls on QQQ knowing that there was going to be a BIG move in the market this week with all this debt ceiling deadline nonsense.  The problem was, I wasn’t quite sure which way, so I went long […]

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How to inflate your savings

August 4, 2011

There are not many households across the US that aren’t feeling the pinch in one way or another but with such volatility in the economy, it is more important than ever to have some dollars in the bank in case the worst should happen. Unfortunately, too many people rely on credit cards to get them […]

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How lenders make money from your loans

July 29, 2011

Lenders will always be in the money-making business. It’s the nature of the territory. If you’ve ever been curious as to how all that lending equals mega investments, read on. Most lenders are actually brokers who make their money by acting as the “middle man.” Mortgage lenders, however, dole out money from their own funds. […]

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ImmunoCellular Therapeutics (IMUC) Stock Review

July 25, 2011

In this week’s installment of highlighting investment opportunities, today, I’m going to cover ImmunoCellular Therapeutics (IMUC). Background ImmunoCellular Therapeutics is a California-based oncology firm with the lead candidate ICT-107 entering Phase II for patients with a particular form of brain cancer, glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).  IMUC’s primary candidate targets cancer stem cells via a dendritic cell-based […]

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It’s Official: Mutual Funds are Dead – 10 Years of Horrifying Data

July 17, 2011

This weekend, BusinessWeek did a comprehensive piece on the decline of the actively managed mutual fund in America.  The trend of seeing money shift from actively managed funds to passive ETFs shouldn’t come as a surprise, but the magnitude and unabated shift of flows seems to spell the death of the old actively managed mutual […]

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Financial Scams; Who Is The Most Vulnerable?

July 16, 2011

Although millions of consumers are victims of financial fraud each year, none fall prey easier than the elderly. Cases of financial fraud against seniors are often underreported, meaning that the statistics of financial losses in this age group are unreliable at best. Underreporting of financial fraud in this age category is due to the fact […]

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Carnival of Financial Planning

July 8, 2011

I had the opportunity to host the Carnival of Financial Planning this week.  If you’re unfamiliar with “carnivals”, they’re basically a weekly showcase of what the best and the brightest bloggers in Investing and Personal Finance published during the recent past and we share these top posts on various blogs to introduce new readers and […]

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Cloud Computing ETF: Where There’s a Fad, There’s an ETF

July 6, 2011

According to this article published at SeekingAlpha, companies deemed to be engaged in the cloud computing industry are allocated to one of three buckets: I knew it was just a matter of time before we had a cloud computing ETF.  After all, we had the Rare Earth Metals ETF debut shortly after China made headlines […]

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