At first I thought currency ETFs were rather interesting. They were the only way to get into currencies without a forex account or a brokerage account, which very few stock traders actually possess. If anything I would have expected these funds to gain a lot of traction, especially with how volatile the currency markets are right now. A look into why they’re disappearing and what may be next for currency ETFs. Read more…
ETF, Forex
Treasury bubble began to burst in early May. With the next two treasury auctions of long dated maturities on June 10-11 and early July, the 10 and 30 year could take a real beating. Proshares TBT ETF has been popular lately. Direxion just came out with a similar product, TMV. This could benefit someone if they feel like rolling the dice.
ETF
Outside of my own retirement accounts and long term investments I like to goof around with 5-6 stocks that I switch up, re-allocate and reinvest every few months. I changed up quite a bit of my portfolio on January 26 after I started to get a little more confidence in the markets, and that I could manage to at least make some money on the reflation trade. Now, nearly 4 months later, I’m up 18% and though I’m reasonably happy, I could have done better. Read more…
ETF, Investing
Emerging markets got smacked in the latest global slowdown. China, which had and is booming at record rates of 10% per year saw its stock markets lose a whole lot of value. I think the best place to be right now is in the emerging markets scene as turnarounds in developed areas will create even bigger booms in the growing economies of the world. Read more…
ETF, Stocks
FXI
With recession and a global slowdown comes the need for investors to get smarter about the way they invest. The current market climate is unlike any we’ve seen in decades. Fortunately for the modern investor, this downturn brings many investing opportunities. In the past few days I’ve been all over DXO and SLX as excellent 2009 trading opportunities, but I believe the best investment and ultimate hedge is in this trade right here. Read more…
Bonds, ETF, Investing
With a new year rolling around its a great time to start lining up positions. My consensus is that the automotive bailouts will continue, Obama’s stimulus will make it through Congress and into law and the effects of the stimulus will create a short term boom in the economy made available by inflated cash reaching the hands of Americans. Read more…
ETF, Investing
The effects of the credit crunch and US recession has spread across the world to affect virtually every country and surely every stock market. But there is still some good news, foreign stocks are cheap and their P/Es all at multiyear lows with economies that are far stronger than in the United States. This kind of situation makes foreign stocks a no brainer, they’re financially stronger, cheaper and have solvent governments to back up their products.
Sure US names are cheap but they aren’t as cheap as China. There is also a very big difference between a cheap US name and a cheap Chinese name. The US government is facing default while the Chinese government counts surpluses and fights its only inflation problem: that too much money is flowing in to buy Chinas goods. Read more…
ETF, Investing
Exchange traded funds are becoming a favorite of mine for harnessing the returns of a whole sector while only monitoring the performance of one instrument. The exchange traded fund KOL is the best on the market for simulating the returns of the entire coal industry, from refiners to coal burning power generation units, KOL is an excellent opportunity to be invested in the coal industry from top to bottom. Read more…
ETF
The Chinese markets have been beaten severely this year, its key index is still 50% off its highs set late last year. With this kind of large scale correction the Chinese investing scene looks to be primed for a well paying investment.
The Chinese economy is growing like no other around the world, its June trade surplus clocked in at $25 Billion beating expectations of analysts who expected a slowdown due to Chinese energy imports. The Chinese economy is facing a struggle to power itself and its manufacturing industry after the costly repairs from earthquake damage have sucked electricity from underneath the country. Read more…
ETF, Investing
FXI
It was interesting to look over the newswire today and see that Barack Obama is speaking out against oil speculation and threatening to tighten “loopholes” in the oil trading industry that keep the government from investigating the effects of speculation. The market to Senator Obama: speculation is just a natural part of the business cycle. Read more…
ETF, Round Up
Poor timing, too low price points? No, it appears that Yahoo might be avoiding a Microsoft buyout solely for sentimental reasons. Now that Jerry Yang is the CEO, it appears he’s wanting to hold onto the company he worked so hard to start back in his own college years at Stanford.
Yang owns about 4% of the company that is currently worth $1.5 Billion, his stakes are huge and he’s still drawing the infamous $1 salary that is common with many tech giants. His wealth has been derived in its entirety from the growth and capital gains he’s received as a huge shareholder in Yahoo. As CEO and a founder, it seems that his own unwillingness to sell might lay in a dislike for Microsoft and sentimental views of Microsoft rather than what shareholders want. Read more…
Bonds, ETF, Forex, Futures and Commodities, Investing, Real Estate, Round Up, Stocks
MSFT, YHOO
The Federal Government certainly threw Northrop Group a bone today in the form of a $40 Billion contract to produce refueling tankers. The stock was up 6% in after-hours trading but the company still looks like a great buy. Read more…
ETF, Forex, Hedge Funds, Mutual Funds, Stocks
NOC
The largest oil field in the USA has been shut down and this will bring much higher oil prices. BP is talking about fixing the majority of the pipeline and it may take months to repair the problem. With this problem comes good deeds to investors and these oil ETF’s will shine bright until the world gets ahold of this problem. Read more…
ETF
oil
Apple took a hit today after they mentioned something about how something may not be right in the options area. Today Apple fell 1.9 percent to 68.30 on the NASDAQ. Read more…
ETF
Google and Yahoo had the attention of the world by giving out a small cost for free. Now AOL years later wants to jump on this sort of promotion to bring people to their site. AOL will begin to give away freebies to users to try to get a grip on the ever loosing online service. Will it be to late and will they drive in advertising dollars? Read more…
ETF
There is still a lot of talk about ETF’s and they are not looking to die out anytime soon as more and more people want a piece of the action. Now index funds are dropping costs and finding the best tax advice for those who invest in their mutual fund. Read more…
ETF
Exchange-traded fund (ETF) are funds traded as shares on stock exchanges. Many of us have heard of spiders, diamonds, and cubes, but we only know of the advertisements since many major magazines have full page ads for these things. Read more…
ETF
