Archive for the ‘ETF’ Category:

Don’t Let Uncertainty Scare You Out of the U.S. Stock Market

{ Posted on Dec 09 2011 by Kerri Shannon }
Compared to its foreign counterparts, the U.S. stock market is one of the best performers this year - even though some nervous investors may find that hard to believe. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index is basically ...Read More »

Why the U.S. Economy Will Be Weaker Than Expected in 2012

{ Posted on Dec 01 2011 by Kerri Shannon }
Anyone who hoped the U.S. economy would get back on track in 2011 was sorely disappointed. The European sovereign debt crisis and the abysmal failure of policymakers to take effective action undermined any chance we had at a ...Read More »

Investing in Africa

{ Posted on Nov 16 2011 by Z }
Despite the turmoil and political unrest, more investors are looking to Africa as the new frontier market. A frontier market is a market which hasn’t yet reached emerging market condition. Investing in Africa would certainly fit along the guidelines of ...Read More »

Five Stocks That Will Thrive After the Solar Energy Industry Shakeout

{ Posted on Nov 16 2011 by David Zeiler }
With as much as two-thirds of the struggling solar energy industry expected to either fail or be acquired over the next three years, the table will be set for the survivors to capitalize on a ...Read More »

These Two Emerging Markets Just Got A Lot More Enticing

{ Posted on Nov 15 2011 by Martin Hutchinson }
With U.S. economic growth on the wane and the European Union (EU) on the brink of collapse, there's never been a better time to increase your exposure to emerging markets. And two fast-growing developing economies just became ...Read More »

The One Country That Could Take Down the Eurozone – And It’s Not Greece

{ Posted on Nov 10 2011 by Martin Hutchinson }
It's been a rough few weeks for the Eurozone. Portugal is still in trouble, Spain will be back on the coals after its Nov. 20 election, and if I were a bond trader, I would be shorting Belgium, ...Read More »

High Corn Prices Burning Meat Companies But Agribusiness Will Thrive

{ Posted on Oct 28 2011 by David Zeiler }
High corn prices are creating misery for meat processing companies that are getting squeezed on profits and consumers who are getting squeezed in their wallets. Just about the only group to benefit from high corn prices ...Read More »

This Energy Stock Has Climbed 20% – In Just Two Weeks

{ Posted on Oct 24 2011 by Kerri Shannon }
Oil prices jumped more than 4% yesterday (Monday), hitting the highest level in two months and boosting one of our favorite energy stocks to a 20% gain in two weeks. Since falling to a 52-week low of $76.15 ...Read More »

Four Ways to Play the Bond Market Bubble

{ Posted on Sep 30 2011 by Keith Fitz-Gerald }
To hear the "bond bubbleistas" tell it, the bond market is poised to collapse the second interest rates start to rise. But if you're thinking about dumping all of your bonds, you should think again. Yes, rates will rise ...Read More »

Investing In Water

{ Posted on Sep 28 2011 by Z }
Who knew that water could be as valuable as it is. Most of us wake up each morning, take a shower (which consumes gallons of water), brush our teeth (which takes at least a gallon or two) and then go ...Read More »