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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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Profiting from Innovation with the Patent ETF

April 19, 2010

With the seemingly endless imagination of ETF inventors, the aptly focused Patent ETF is certainly interesting and may hold promise as a market-beating ETF moving forward based on both past performance and the reasonable thesis that innovation translates into comparatively stronger financial performance for shareholders.  The CLAYMORE/OCEAN TOMO PATENT ETF (OTP) focuses on companies that […]

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6 Hottest ETFs to Watch This Week

April 11, 2010

Again, markets advanced, taking some of the year’s hottest performing ETFs with them.  We saw the same theme of rebounding real estate and financials while China showed strength and in the non-leveraged segment, commodities rallied even in the face of a mildly stronger dollar index for the week. For the week ended 4/11/2010, here’s a […]

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Biotech ETFs Hitting New Highs – Which Fund is Best?

April 5, 2010

Biotech is back – and Biotech ETFs are breaking records, with one up over 30% YTD.  So are many other sectors like Tech, as well as the return of beaten down financials, insurance and real estate, so perhaps that explains the relative lack of coverage of the Biotech resurgence in comparison to some of these […]

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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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Beating the S&P500 with Equal Weight ETF

March 16, 2010

Over the years, there has been much debate in the investment community over an equal-weighted index vs. weighting by market cap or share price.  There are pros and cons to each method of weighting.  For instance, while the S&P500 is comprised of 500 stocks representing a broad swath of sectors in the US, the top […]

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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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1 Year Post-Crash: Biggest Winners and Losers by Country, Sector

March 9, 2010

It was one year ago today that the complete capitulation of retail and institutional investors alike ended and on March 10, 2009, the money started pouring in again.  During that time, virtually all asset classes rocketed up with annual gains that haven’t been seen in decades.  For investors savvy enough to either stay the course […]

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