EFT

CEF Analyzer submits: On September 4, the Cornerstone Total Return Fund (CRF) declined 19% to a closing price of $10.00 per share. Friday it was down another 4% to $9.60. Regardless of these wild gyrations in market prices, there remains one clear trend - Cornerstone’s net asset value (“NAV” – the real per share value) has been declining steadily for years. But don’t take my word for it, just take a look at this chart: click to enlarge Read more »

Don Dion submits:
Despite an extended economic slowdown and poor consumer spending numbers, PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio ETF (PMR) gained momentum over the summer. While some analysts believe that the worst is yet to come for retail, an increasing number of investors believe that some retailers are oversold and that these names are now at bargain prices. While much of the retail news remains gloomy, PMR’s year-to-date returns are in positive territory—up 1.21% year to date as of August 27 in the midst of a difficult economy. Read more »

IndexUniverse submits: By Jim Wiandt Year-to-date, Matt Hougan's 15 (actually 13.65) basis point portfolio is hanging tough, while Bobo is drinking heavily.Complete Story »

IndexUniverse submits: By Matthew HouganJim Cramer's silliest recommendation of all is that investors should only own five to ten stocks. "Having fewer than five stocks puts a portfolio at the risk of not being diversified enough and having more than 10 stocks gets tricky to manage diligently," the article says. Read more »

Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: Barclays Global Investors is listing an Asian currency-focused ETNs. The note will give investors access to new currencies previously unavailable to ETF and ETN investors: the Philippine peso, Chinese won, Indonesian rupiah, Thai baht, Malaysian ringgit, and the Taiwanese dollar. The new ETN is called Barclays GEMS Asia 8 (AYT). Read more »

Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: Middle Eastern ETFs?The Middle East is shrouded in mystery and investors who want to dabble in those economies should do so with a bit of caution, say advisors, as ETFs are allowing access for all. Read more »

Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: After a rough day for the markets like last Thursday, many investors might wonder when it’s time to let go of their ETFs.Breaking up is hard to do, as the old song so wisely proclaimed, and it’s no less true when it comes to investing. In fact, it might even be harder. Jason Zweig for the Wall Street Journal says that using a death grip isn’t necessary. Read more »

Bill Luby submits: The U.S. markets may look ugly right now, but the global picture is even worse. Pull up a chart of the South Korean KOSPI if you really want to see an ugly market. Read more »

Carl T. Delfeld submits: Here's my ETF pick for this week: iShares MSCI Netherlands (EWN).The Netherlands exchange-traded fund (EWN) is often overlooked by global ETF investors despite its consistent performance and high quality multinationals. In the Dutch golden age during the 17th century, Dutch trading, science and art dominated the world scene. It still packs a global punch above its 1.4% weighting in the MSCI World index. Read more »

Originally published on author's site on August 26Over the last few months, we've talked extensively about the UK economic outlook, even offering two ways to profit from the coming downfall.Complete Story »

Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit:
Below we highlight price charts of three currency ETFs that had been in uptrends since their inception until recently.  The Australian Dollar ETF (FXA), British Pound ETF (FXB), and Euro ETF (FXE) have all suffered big declines over the last few weeks. These trendline breaks are bearish for technicians, and they provide an even bigger signal that the US Dollar tide has turned. Read more »

David Fry (ETF Digest) submits: Mr. Market stopped in for a few belts and came out one nasty bear and beat bulls mercilessly. Read more »

David Fry (ETF Digest) submits: << Return to page 1 - What Phony Sell-off?! Read more »

On Wednesday September 3, Van Eck and Jim Rogers teamed up to launch the Market Vectors RVE Hard Assets Producers ETF (AMEX: HAP). The fund is being billed as "the first and only global hard assets ETF" (press release). Branching out from the growing popularity of ETF and ETNs that invest in commodities futures contracts (DBC and DJP are two of the most popular examples of this type of fund), HAP invests in equities of the companies that produce those commodities, capturing more than 90% of the industry's global market cap. Read more »

Gary Gordon submits: When the domestic markets give up 3% in a single day, a curious investor always wonders, "Did anything buck the trend?" Not this time... not a single significant sector. Truthfully, today's ticker was so ugly, the only big winners were the short funds. If you had a position in ProFunds UltraShort Tech (REW), ProFunds UltraShort Financials (SKF) ... pretty much anything short ... you prospered. Read more »

Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: August Had Alternative Energy ETFs Seeing Green Anyone on the fence about green and alternative energy exchange traded funds  might find themselves converted by gains in August. Advances within the alternative energy sector symbolized major reversals from previous setbacks that were suffered before, reports Richard Widows of TheStreet. Read more »

Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: Healthcare ETFs: Pulsing Amid Dire Conditions Healthcare and related exchange traded funds have remained on a steady beat while the rest of the market has faced challenges. With the coming election in November, everyone’s wondering what will become of healthcare when either John McCain or Barack Obama takes office. Read more »

Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: Factory Orders Jump on Overseas Demand; ETFs Could, Too U.S. factory orders saw a big jump in July that could pay dividends down the line for related exchange traded funds (ETFs). New orders for items such as commercial aircraft, heavy machinery, iron and steel rose 1.3%, beating the 0.8% increase economists had been expecting, reports Martin Crutsinger for the Associated Press. It’s the fifth straight rise in orders. Read more »

Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: Taking two great ideas and combining them together in one exchange traded fund (ETF) is what PowerShares does with their forthcoming transportation fund. The PowerShares Progressive Transportation Portfolio (PTRP) is expected to list on NASDAQ on Sept. 18. Read more »

Carl T. Delfeld submits: Is it time to buy the United Kingdom ETF (EWU)? There are at least four arguments in favor. Read more »