ETFs to Watch January 4, 2012

Here is the ETF Professor's ETF Watch List for Wednesday January 4, 2012. Gold started the new year off right. See if that continues with the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF GDX and the SPDR Gold Shares GLD. Small caps looked strong on Tuesday, so keep an eye on the Vanguard Small-Cap ETF VB. Play some defense with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR XLP. Emerging markets plays of the day: Market Vectors Vietnam ETF VNM, iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund EWT and the iShares MSCI BRIC Index Fund BKF. Currency play of the day: ProShares UltraShort Yen YCS. Bond play of the day: Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF BND.