Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits:
For any country to grow or at least remain stable, there needs to be significant investment in infrastructure. That means it’s good news for infrastructure exchange traded funds (ETFs) that financing for such projects could stabilize…
Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits:
A devastating earthquake has disrupted everyday life in Chile. While cleanup and rescue efforts continue, though, many are still sorting out what the total impact on the economy and exchange traded fund will ultimately be.
Chile’s economy…
Carl T. Delfeld submits:
Turkish equity markets, which have been among the world’s top performers over the last year, hit some major bumps this week with the arrests over a recent coup plot and ongoing trouble in neighbor and longtime rival…
Jeff Pietsch submits:
Markets continued their corrective recovery with the S&P 500 (SPY) finishing the week higher by another +2.8%. However, while last week we intimated it might be premature to act on overbought readings, this week they are fairly screaming for…
Michael Johnston submits:
One of the major stories of 2010 has been turmoil in the euro zone, as crumbling public finances in Greece have stoked fears of a “contagion effect” sweeping throughout the region. The prolonged economic downturn has left Greece with a…
Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits:
Oil and gas prices have plunged to their lowest levels of 2010 this week after the government reported a glut of supplies. The hoped-for demand spike never materialized, which may ding energy exchange traded funds.
The oil…
Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits:
Signs of economic recovery are blossoming everywhere, and one key indicator is showing strong numbers. The indicator also reveals that investors are no longer so pessimistic about the future and feeling inclined to take on more…
Roger Nusbaum submits:
First up is that SPDR came out with a 1-3 year corporate bond ETF that has ticker symbol SCPB. The fund is brand new and so very likely not fully deployed but there is a download of the…
Jeff Pietsch submits:
In spite of Friday’s tug-of-war between the US Dollar (UUP +1.0%) and the unexpectedly positive Jobs report (see WSJ, HP), all of the the major indices recovered nicely from the Dubai news with the S&P 500 (SPY) up…
Dennis Gartman of the Gartman Letter appears to have a rather vocal critic in Fabrice Taylor at The Globe and Mail, this item appearing earlier today casting a dim view on all things Gartman, the lone exception being a style that…