Trend Analysis

“What worries you the most?” “What keeps you up at night?” I get these questions a lot from investors looking for insight into what might cause the next market correction. These questions are even more in focus now, given the drop in global markets that we witnessed on Thursday. As I write in my...

Amid the increase in market volatility recently, it is easy and understandably so, for some to overlook new ETF launches. This is expected since most portfolio managers and larger institutions tend to generally require some minimum length of live tracking data or “live seasoning,” before...

If exchange traded funds are good for the United States Secretary of the Treasury, who overseas financial and monetary matters for the U.S., then the investment vehicle might be a suitable tool for the average retail investor. According to an Executive Branch Disclosure form filed in May 2012,...

I mentioned the importance of this level a week or two ago

The past two days have been a bloodbath in Japan ETFs but funds that hedge their currency exposure have suffered even more as the yen strengthens. For example, WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity (NYSEArca: DXJ) and db X-trackers MSCI Japan Hedged Equity Fund (NYSEArca: DBJP) were down 3.6% and 3.8%,...

FB has broken 25 and is below the 1x1 from zero,which is not a positive sign

India has selected Goldman Sachs (NYSEArca: GS) to manage an ETF that would invest in state-run firms, according to a report Friday. “The finance minister … has cleared the appointment. We have issued a letter to Goldman Sachs,” a finance ministry official told The Wall Street...

Junk debt ETFs such as iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond (NYSEArca: HYG) and SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond (NYSEArca: JNK) are on track for their third straight week of losses. The high-yield corporate bond ETFs are also diverging from the S&P 500, so the credit market doesn’t seem to be...

Some of the largest consumer staples ETFs should be in focus Friday after Dow component Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), the world’s largest consumer products company, announced that former CEO A.G. Lafley is returning in that capacity. Lafley, who is replacing the retiring Bob McDonald, will also...

The global economic outlook is brightening, and consumers are finally letting loose after years of penny pinching. With the improving confidence, Lady Luck is smiling on gaming stocks and exchange traded funds. The Market Vectors Gaming ETF (NYSEArca: BJK), which global gaming companies, has...