Trading ETFs: Homebuilders ETFs

Following Tuesday’s shake-up, stocks have responded after the indexes made contact with their respective 26-day averages. While some weak hands might have nervously banged their discount-broker’s sell button, the rebound wasn’t a shock to our newsletter readers. Our crack research team alerted our readers not to worry and to take advantage of the dip. Why was ETF Stocks so confident

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Sector Analysis: Targeting Rising Asset Prices Like Ben Bernanke

Sector Analysis Ben Bernanke’s testimony knocked stocks off the green rail up today. In short, the Federal Reserve Chairman said the economy is OK, but at risk to “substantial downside”. The jobs picture is stabilizing, but “remains far from normal”. Despite higher gas and food prices, inflation is “subdued”, and that housing “affordability has increased dramatically”. That’s the best spin

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ETF Stocks’ Grades for the Week of February 27, 2012

ETF Stocks Grades, EPS Power, Sector Score and Weekly Accumulation/Distribution by dollar amount for more than, 3,800 Stocks

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Trading Ideas: Oil Stocks to Buy When Oil Goes high(er)!

In response to Iran launching missiles at the USS New Orleans, the US Navy responded by destroying two Iranian oil platforms in the Rostam oil field. The destroyed platforms were being used as tactical communication relay points, radar tracking stations and as bases of operations for Iranian helicopter and speed boat attacks on maritime shipping in international waters. Imagine what

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Sector Scorecard: Making New Waves of Opportunity

On the surface, many of the headlines echo a similar theme; the NASDAQ, Dow, and S&P 500 are trading at multiple year highs. On the surface, talk of new highs has a calming effect on investors – pro and amateur alike. However, savvy traders must not allow the infection of euphoria to lull them to sleep. Now is the time

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High-Yield International Bond ETFs without Currency Risk

Americans have a very different experience in the credit markets than international borrowers and investors. During the 2008 financial crisis –a US “export” to the rest of the world – credit simply disappeared. As Americans tend to borrow long and at fixed-rates, the crisis was far less detrimental to Americans than international investors and borrowers.

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This Week In ETFs: May 20th Edition

Product development seemed to be put on the back burner this week with no new launches from the ETF industry. Despite the slowdown, some ETFs may be getting a makeover soon as Facebook’s highly anticipated IPO hit the markets on Friday to an over

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ETF Insider: Stocks In Free Fall

Equity markets were rattled back-and-forth as Euro zone debt drama swept over Wall Street for another week. Volatility levels climbed higher across asset classes as profit taking pressures and bargain buying created a trading frenzy, although major

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Great Wall Builders Ltd: State Of The Art Fuel Technology Makes Company a Compelling Buy

The rise in gas prices has been tremendous over the past 4 years. Below is a 10 year chart of US Regular Gasoline Prices documenting the rise with data sourced from the Energy Information Administration. For US consumers and businesses, this isn’t good news. While there was a slight tick down this month, the secular

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Daily ETF Roundup: GLD Takes Another Leap, VXX Leaps Higher

Today saw markets turn south as investors continue to lose confidence in general markets. The biggest story on the day was the relatively lackluster performance from Facebook (FB), as the social networking giant made its IPO. While a number of tech

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