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- Pros and Cons of the South Korea ETF
- Gary Gordon submits: Considering the depth and breadth of the global recession, one might look favorably on a mere 1% contraction of the South Korean economy for calendar year 2009. Lo and behold, though, some folks are already revising South Korea ‘09 higher. According to The...
- External links 2009-11-23
- Is the Yen ETF Losing Its Predictive Touch?
- Gary Gordon submits: Over the last year, the Currency Shares Japanese Yen Trust FXY possessed a -.70 correlation with the S&P 500 SPDR Trust SPY as well as a -0.65 correlation with the iShares Europe 350 IEV. Those high, negative relationships strongly suggested that when the Japanese yen...
- External links 2009-08-20
- New Vietnam ETF: 3 Reasons to Proceed with Caution
- Gary Gordon submits: Not surprisingly, there was a great deal of excitement that surrounded the inaugural trading day of the Market Vectors Vietnam ETF VNM. The new vehicle began its journey on Friday, August 14, 2009. Certainly, VNM gives you an inside track on a fast-growing...
- External links 2009-08-19
- Natural Gas ETF Fuels Regulatory Debate
- Gary Gordon submits: Closed-end mutual funds CEFs have a fixed number of shares. For this reason, they often trade at a discount or a premium to the underlying net asset value of what the fund is holding. It follows that many folks prefer to buy a CEF...
- External links 2009-08-13
- Malaysia ETF Offers a Different Slice of the Emerging Market Pie
- Gary Gordon submits: It’s hard out there for a vibrant, diverse economy that represents less than 27 million productive people. Sure, your homeland may have a trade surplus like China, but you’re not China. Your country may boast a wide range of natural resources from oil to...
- External links 2009-08-13
- Is It Time to Buy the Steel ETF?
- Gary Gordon submits: Nouriel Roubini has been "matter-of-fact" about an upcoming commodity correction. Yet continued weakness in the U.S. dollar is supporting commodity prices. And then there's the China factor. The Chinese government's stimulus has gone directly to railways, highways, byways and bridges... all of which...
- External links 2009-08-05
- Volume on the Volatility ETN Picks Up
- Gary Gordon submits: Commentators mark the effective start of the bear market at October 9, 2007. That's when the major U.S. benchmarks logged record highs, including a 1565 price for the S&P 500. Yet the actual beginning came in the sweltering heat of August... 2 months...
- External links 2009-08-02
- Surprising Results from Japan Small-Cap Fund
- Gary Gordon submits: Few areas of world stock markets have received as much negative attention as export-dependent Japan. Some describe the country's prospects as deader than a rusty collection of doornails. Indeed, the pricey yen makes it difficult for a cost-conscious world to import Japanese goods....
- External links 2009-07-31
- Questions About Goldman Are Not Necessarily Envy
- Gary Gordon submits: Yesterday at Bloomberg, Michael Lewis has an interesting column on the constant Goldman Sachs bashing that we've seen in the media, and makes an off-hand reference to the controversial Rolling Stone article by Matt Taibbi.Lewis goes point by point to rebuff the attacks on Goldman...
- External links 2009-07-29
- Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Works Well for a Reliable Stream of Income
- Gary Gordon submits: Non-existent CD yields don't tickle your fancy. Government debt makes you think that higher yields and lower bond values will harm your principal. And perhaps you're not convinced by the sudden interest in U.S. stocks. Well, then... what should you do? Grab a...
- External links 2009-07-16
- A Golden Hedge Against the Dreaded Dollar
- Gary Gordon submits: The U.S. dollar doesn't have a lot of fans. In fact, outside of short-term traders, it's nearly impossible to find an analyst with a positive thing to say about the greenback. The negative prognosis is not without good reason. When the world's economic...
- External links 2009-07-09
- Alt Energy ETFs: Can You Make a Statement While Making Money?
- Gary Gordon submits: Some socially conscious investors are more interested in making a statement than making money. "You can do both," they say. And in principle, I agree wholeheartedly. However, I believe it is an egregious mistake to put sound investing decisions on the back burner....
- External links 2009-07-02
- New First Trust Community Bank Fund Could Be a Huge Hit
- Gary Gordon submits: First Trust Advisors has more than 30 exchange-traded vehicles in the U.S. Neither the sector funds nor the style funds, most of which track AlphaDEX indexes, have been able to garner significant investor interest. Yet don't write off First Trust altogether. Not only...
- External links 2009-06-28
- U.S. Crisis Could Be an Emerging ETF Investor's Opportunity
- Gary Gordon submits: Having spent years in Southeast Asia, I learned a thing or three about Mandarin Chinese. For instance, the word for crisis is "wei ji." Although some native speakers deny it, "wei ji" actually comes from combining the word for danger wei xian and the word...
- External links 2009-06-25
- Chart-Topping Currency ETFs with Technical Strength
- Gary Gordon submits: I received an e-mail from a concerned reader. He said, "Why would anyone invest in a currency? Aren't they exceptionally volatile? Couldn't they collapse or become worthless?" The idea that currencies are volatile comes from a number of currency crises in the past....
- External links 2009-06-21
- Emerging Markets ETFs: Sensational 5-Year Returns in Spite of Epic Bear
- Gary Gordon submits: When we look at arbitrary calendar periods such as YTD 2009, we have a tendency to kid ourselves. We can get quite excited... irrationally enthusiastic, if you will. For example, Vanguard Emerging Markets VWO and iShares Emerging Markets EEM have gained 35% in...
- External links 2009-06-19
- Turkey ETF: Bigger Highs and Scarier Lows
- Gary Gordon submits: Turkey straddles the border between Europe and Asia. And yet, due to a largely Muslim population, it is often lumped in with Iraq, Syria and other Middle East neighbors. So what are the prospects for investing there? Indeed, Turkey's prospects are looking better...
- External links 2009-06-19
- 3 Reasons Emerging Asia ETF Should Be on Your Buy List
- Gary Gordon submits: Long-time radio show listeners and readers know that I favor Asia in the emerging market space. In fact, my key recommendation to Fox Business News watchers on 7/15/09 was to consider shares of SPDR S&P Emerging Asia Pacific GMF. The shares had been...
- External links 2009-08-20
- Financial Sector ETF Is Beating the Market in 2009
- Gary Gordon submits: Did anybody really see this coming? Not even Meredith Whitney, who famously flipped from bear to bull at the start of earnings season, would have forecasted ongoing interest in the Financial Select SPDR XLF. Financial stocks have benefited from “short-squeezes” to famous hedge...
- External links 2009-08-21
- Will the Third Time for SPY Be Charmless?
- Gary Gordon submits: Here in the last full trading week of August, the markets may finally be getting tired. Consider the following: (1) Intra-day selloffs. The mainstream media keep pressing on about new 10-month highs. Yet these are the closing highs only. Both Monday 8/24 and...
- External links 2009-08-26
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