Specialty ETFs

Italy's Borrowing Costs Fall

Daniel Hayden IV — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:26:00 +0000

Italy saw its borrowing costs drop significantly on Monday, following the Greek Parliament's approval of another set of austerity measures.

Passage of the austerity measures were crucial in order for Greece to receive its next ...

ETFs For Valentine's Day

ETF Professor — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:41:20 +0000

It may not be the favorite day of the year for most guys out there, but Valentine's Day carries with it a significant economic impact. The National Retail Federation estimates that Valentine's Day 2012 ...

How to Profit From Japan's Shrinking Economy

Daniel Hayden IV — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:52:42 +0000

Japan's economy shrank more than expected during the last quarter of 2011, as a strong yen and floods in Thailand hampered Japanese efforts to recover from last year's earthquake and ...

ETFs to Watch February 13, 2012

ETF Professor — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:03:01 +0000

Here is the ETF Professor's ETF Watch List for Monday February 13, 2012.

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Benzinga's Top ETF Gainers, February 10th

Craig Jones — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:59:41 +0000

VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short Term ETN (NYSEARCA: TVIX) ...

A Look Ahead: Next Week's ETFs to Watch

ETF Professor — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:35:29 +0000

Here we are nearly two months into 2012 and we're still talking about Greece. Stalled negotiations regarding a bailout package for the "G" in oft-used and notorious PIIGS acronym led to some panic selling at the open today. The totals weren't as ...

Potential Gains: Emerging Markets Indexes and ETFs

Max Isaacman — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:20:37 +0000

Emerging markets are selling at relatively cheap valuations, it seems to me, and the low valuations of many of the stocks and indexes seem more about fear than about the downside revisions that are happening in GDP.

Many emerging ...

Grandpa's 2012 ETF Portfolio

ETF Professor — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:48:47 +0000

Nearly a year ago to the day we highlighted some ETFs even the most conservative investors could embrace.

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Danger, Danger: Prep For A Sell-Off With These Inverse ETFs

ETF Professor — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:40:45 +0000

The reasons are plentiful regarding why investors and even active traders should tread carefully with leveraged and inverse ETFs but if today's market pullback sticks around for a while, the utility of these ...

How to Profit From China's Plunging Imports

Daniel Hayden IV — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:31:02 +0000

Chinese imports plummeted during the month of January, signaling that the rapid economic growth of the world's second biggest economy might be slowing down.

Chinese imports dropped 15.3% in January, compared to the same month ...

ETFs to Watch February 10, 2012

ETF Professor — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:07:07 +0000

Here is the ...

Benzinga's Top ETF Gainers, February 9th

Craig Jones — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:04:48 +0000

VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short Term ETN (NYSEARCA: TVIX) continued to trade higher on Thursday. ...

Five ETFs For A Greek Default

ETF Professor — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:38:41 +0000

Here's a headline that should mean good news: "Greek leaders agree to new spending cuts in bid to avert default." That came courtesy of the Los Angeles Times earlier today. Hopefully, those words prove accurate and Greece ...

YINN To My YANG: What's Up With Leveraged Chinese ETFs?

ETF Professor — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:25:51 +0000

No one ever said leveraged ETFs are perfect. And let's be honest: Leveraged ETFs are perhaps the most derided financial instrument to come along in years.