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Does Berkshire Represent the Best of Exchange-Traded Funds?
Gary Gordon submits: Deutsche Bank endeavored to create, promote and list a Buffett-like exchange-traded vehicle on a U.S. exchange. Through the Elements namesake, they called it the Morningstar Wide Moat Total Return ETN WMW. In case you're not familiar with the "moat" concept, companies that have...
Tags: US Market, ETF
External links 2008-08-06
Wednesday Outlook: August Rebound?
David Fry ETF Digest submits: Why the rally yesterday? The oil price declines are taking hold despite a passing hurricane and ongoing Iranian issues. The sell commodities/buy mainstream stocks play is a trade that?s gaining more traction. Add a slightly better than expected...
Tags: US Market, ETF
External links 2008-08-06
Currency Overview Post-FOMC
The LFB submits: Currency Overview: The story during the N.Y. session continued to be the dollar's connection to oil prices as well as other commodities. A nearly 2% decline in oil's price was sparked after fears that Tropical Storm Edouard could threaten oil installations in the Gulf of Mexico completely abated....
Tags: Financial, US Market, ETF, American International Group Inc., Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust, CurrencyShares British Pound Sterling Trust, CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust, CurrencyShares Euro Trust, CurrencyShares Swiss Franc Trust
External links 2008-08-06
Is it Different This Time?
Gary Gordon submits: Jonathan Burton for MarketWatch recently posted a feature about the 4 most dangerous words in the vernacular of investing. Specifically... "This time it's different." As Burton explains it, the late 90s/early 2000s tech bubble is a prime example. Stock market valuations no longer...
Tags: US Market, ETF
External links 2008-08-06
Thursday Outlook: Bullish Leanings
David Fry ETF Digest submits: What’s it take to be a member of the 'in crowd'? The membership list is being both reduced [Countrywide CFC and Bear Stearns BSC] and expanded [Freddie FRE and Fannie FNM have been given temporary membership… sort...
Tags: US Market, ETF
External links 2008-08-07
Bond Ladders vs. Layering with Bond Funds
Richard Shaw QVM Group submits: Bonds are an important part of many portfolios, particularly for those investors in mid to late states of economic life, or for endowments or pensions. Bonds are important for capital preservation and portfolio volatility moderation.  In some cases, for experienced traders, they can...
Tags: US Market, ETF
External links 2008-08-08
Friday Outlook: Still a Bear
David Fry ETF Digest submits: Given our positions or lack thereof, why should we complain? Because trading range markets are a pain - they can suck you in and then spit you out with a series of small losses. But that?s where we may be...
Tags: US Market, ETF, Microsoft Corp.
External links 2008-08-08
Nasdaq and Tech ETFs: "Dead Cat" Bounce or Actual Bounce-Back?
Gary Gordon submits: Writers, analysts, editors, pundits, bloggers. We can pretend that there are a variety of forces that explain the August momentum in stocks... but that'd be pretentious. How about calling a Dow Jones Industrials Diamond DIA a diamond?  There's only one reason that U.S....
Tags: ETF, US Market
External links 2008-08-11
Tuesday Outlook: Georgia On My Mind
David Fry ETF Digest submits: Yeah, I’m one bad dude! What passes for normal reactions always seems to surprise. You would think with Russia’s ongoing attack on Georgia, plus a US naval strike force arriving in the Persian...
Tags: US Market, ETF, CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust, CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust, CurrencyShares Euro Trust
External links 2008-08-12
The Pendulum Will Swing Back to Value Stocks
Jay Walker submits: A recent blog posting over at Morningstar sniped at Professor Jeremy Seigel of Wisdom Tree, indicating that his firm's stock selection methodology and retention of assets depended on his call that a market bottom had been hit.The post compared the performance of several Wisdom Tree ETFs...
Tags: US Market, ETF
External links 2008-08-12
Inverse, Healthcare ETFs Raise the Roof in July
IndexUniverse submits: By Murray Coleman As the old investing adage goes, the enemy of short-term stock trading is a sideways-moving market. by Index Universe
Tags: US Market, ETF, Healthcare
External links 2008-08-12
Tuesday's Declines Were All Financials
Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Aside from Financials, Tuesday's losses weren't so bad.  Unfortunately, you can't ex out sectors.  The Financial sector contributed to two-thirds of yesterday's 1.21% decline in the S&P 500.  As shown below, the next biggest sector impacting the index on the downside was Consumer...
Tags: US Market, ETF, CurrencyShares British Pound Sterling Trust, CurrencyShares Euro Trust, IShares Silver Trust, United States Natural Gas Fund LP, United States Oil Fund LP
External links 2008-08-13
Carrying the Dollar Upstream
Ray Hendon submits: The carry trade was a virtual lay-down for most of the last decade.  Anyone could play and win.  With the constant slide of the greenback,  any other currency you chose would be a winner as far as price appreciation was concerned.  It took no special skills...
Tags: US Market, ETF
External links 2008-08-13
Thursday Outlook: Range-Bound Two-Step
David Fry ETF Digest submits: Ongoing bad news from financials coupled with oil and commodity price rebounds while consumer spending weakened put stocks back in their place Wednesday. Bulls would suggest this is just part of a bottom building process while bears...
Tags: US Market, ETF
External links 2008-08-14
The Dollar Rally Ends
Richard Gorton submits: Introduction US stocks, VTI, turned lower Tuesday August, 12, 2008 on financial sector concerns and both a falling USD/JPY and EUR/JPY. by Richard Gorton
Tags: US Market, ETF, CurrencyShares Euro Trust, Streettracks Gold Trust, United States Oil Fund LP
External links 2008-08-14
Are Today's Leading ETFs Lagging Indicators?
Gary Gordon submits: The Investor's Business Daily asks for my feedback on a regular basis. I am particularly fond of Trang Ho, who happens to cover the exchange traded universe for IBD. Trang recently wrote a piece that highlighted the strength of the Consumer Staples ETF...
Tags: ETF, US Market
External links 2008-08-14
Runaway Inflation: Do TIPS Really Help?
IndexUniverse submits: By Murray Coleman With the latest consumer price index showing its biggest leap in 17 years, economic signals seem to bode well for investors of Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities. After all, when prices shoot up, isn't that the time to hold TIPS? by Index Universe
Tags: US Market, ETF, Streettracks Gold Trust
External links 2008-08-15
Friday Outlook: Ignoring Inflation
David Fry ETF Digest submits: Trading desks and hedge funds have plenty of cash on hand to pick each other’s pockets. This happened yesterday in my opinion, especially with financials which have become “trading” vehicles. After some days of...
Tags: US Market, ETF
External links 2008-08-15
Eye on Currency Impact and ETFs
IndexUniverse submits: By Jim Wiandt Matt Hougan's data underscores what we all know intuitively - that currencies often drive returns. by Index Universe
Tags: ETF, US Market
External links 2008-08-18
Tuesday Outlook: Ain't No Sunshine
David Fry ETF Digest submits: The takeaway story Monday was the combination of negative news and worries from Freddie FRE and Fannie FNM plus the extended nature of commodity and currency markets. This led to a sell-off in equities which could...
Tags: US Market, ETF, CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust, CurrencyShares British Pound Sterling Trust, CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust, CurrencyShares Euro Trust
External links 2008-08-19
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