Commentary Articles in ETFs

Can Europe's Bailout Fund Save Europe?
1/5/2012, 9:27 pm from ETFguide in Investing, ETFs
Ever since the first sale of bonds for Europe's bailout fund
back in January 2011, the appetite to invest in the rescue vehicle
has swiftly declined.
Clear evidence is the latest sale of bonds... Read >>

Self-IndexingâCause For Cheer Or Concern?
1/5/2012, 9:03 pm from IndexUniverse in Investing, ETFs
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ETFs were originally developed to track the indices that active
managers found so hard to... Read >>

Dec. ETF Flows: Investors Dumped GLD
1/4/2012, 10:32 pm from IndexUniverse in Investing, ETFs
Investors scurried out of gold in the final month of 2011, as
the yellow metal corrected downward and appetite for riskier assets
such as equities grew amid growing views the United States might... Read >>

ETF Analyst Roundtable: 2011 And 2012
12/30/2011, 5:54 pm from IndexUniverse in Investing, ETFs
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Quite a lot happened in the world of exchange-traded funds in
2011, not the least that assets kept rolling into ETFs, even as
uncertainty surrounding the global economy remained just as... Read >>

ETFs In 2011: Treasurys Soared; Solar Sunk
12/30/2011, 4:42 pm from IndexUniverse in Investing, ETFs
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Eight of the top 10 best-performing ETFs in 2011 were focused on
U.S. Treasurysâ€"even after a historic downgrade of U.S. debt in
Augustâ€"an unlikely turn of events... Read >>

Will Gold and Silver Regain Strength and Become the Safe Haven They're Supposed to be?
12/30/2011, 12:02 pm from ETFguide in Investing, ETFs
SAN DIEGO (ETFguide.com) - The 18th century author Oliver
Wendell Holmes suggested not to put your trust in money, but your
money in trust. What about gold and silver? Can you trust gold... Read >>

Growth ETFs For 2012
12/28/2011, 4:55 pm from IndexUniverse in Investing, ETFs
Defensive stocks are those that pay steady dividends and whose
returns are generally less sensitive to the business cycle. They
include consumer staples, health care and utility sectors. A... Read >>

The High Probability Outlook for 2012
12/28/2011, 11:46 am from ETFguide in Investing, ETFs
Investors are more uncertain about the stock market's future
today than at any other time over the past six years. 38% of
investors polled by the American Association for Individual
Investors... Read >>

Foolish Business Moments in 2011
12/28/2011, 11:37 am from ETFguide in Investing, ETFs
The level of financial foolishness seems to be rising with such
ferocity each day, that it's become difficult to keep track.
Nevertheless, there were many foolish business moments in 2011,... Read >>

Make 2012 Your Best Investing Year
12/27/2011, 4:29 pm from Ted Allrich in Investing, Investing Ideas, ETFs, Stocks
We all suffered through the trials and tribulations of 2011. Anxiety and panic attacks were common as the stock market gyrated without regard to anyone's psyche, turning even the most avid... Read >>