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ETF Talk: Shiny Gold, Nutritious Wheat, Tasty Corn and Sweet Sugar

The commodity boom certainly is enticing aggressive investors. In last week’s ETF Talk, we discussed commodity exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that tracked an individual commodity, such as gold, silver or oil. These ETFs in recent months have outperformed the market to generate positive returns […]

This Is Not Your Father’s Bear Market

The commodity boom certainly is enticing aggressive investors. In last week’s ETF Talk, we discussed commodity exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that tracked an individual commodity, such as gold, silver or oil. These ETFs in recent months have outperformed the market to generate positive returns […]

ETF Talk: Into The Pits For A Splash

The Street is brimming with speculation about what’s going to happen next, now that we’ve managed to hold above the January lows. Yes, so far we have passed the retest of those lows, but I still am suspect because this market has had so many false signals of late […]

ETF Talk: A Passage To India

There is no denying that stocks are back on the move, and during the past several days the equity markets have rallied in the face of some really bad news […]

Breakout of Market Blip?

There is no denying that stocks are back on the move, and during the past several days the equity markets have rallied in the face of some really bad news

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Income Investors Beware!

We’re in a treacherous time for equities, and to prove just how difficult this market has been during the past three months, I want you to turn your attention to the chart here of the Diamonds (DIA). This exchange-traded fund (ETF) mirrors the price movement of the Dow Jones Industrial Average […]

Of Bonds and Bears

If you’ve been an Alert reader for more than just a couple of weeks, you know that I’ve been saying we are in a bear market. In fact, ever since the proverbial line in the sand at about 1410 on the S&P 500 was breached, we’ve seen several attempts to get back above that territory — yet all such attempts have failed.

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Market Retest: Pass of Fail?

Some pundits are saying we are in a recession; others call it a mere economic slowdown. The answer, in my opinion, is: what difference does this technical distinction make to you

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State of the Union, State of the Markets

It’s now official. The Federal Reserve just slashed interest rates again — this time by 50 basis points. Combine today’s rate cut with last week’s surprise, 75-basis-point cut and you have the fastest decline in interest rates in years […]

ETF News: Do You Know Your Options?

Those dire conditions — a credit crunch, a housing bubble, slow consumer spending, etc. — are what prompted the Federal Reserve to step in with an emergency 75-basis-point interest rate cut designed to somehow patch up the economy. Well, judging by the market’s reaction to the Fed’s move, that patch didn’t do much to stem the flood […]