Today’s market environment has created a hazy outlook for equities as major equities have fallen into an unstable trend for much of 2011. While some remain bullish on the economic recovery, others feel that recent statistics point the other way, and that we are heading for a slowdown. As such, many investors have varying opinions as to where their assets would be best placed as there are numerous strategies to create income in a shaky environment. But one of the simplest, and most effective, ways to ensure steady income in your portfolio is to search for high and stable dividend yields.
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With more than 1,200 products in a lineup that adds dozens of new funds every month, navigating through the ETF universe has become an increasingly challenging task in recent years. Innovation in the space has given investors more options than ever before for accessing asset classes and investment strategies that may have previously been out [...]
Van Eck, the issuer behind a number of country-specific emerging markets ETFs, recently laid the groundwork to launch what would be the industry’s first Mongolia ETF. In an SEC filing last week, the company outlined an ETF that would seek to replicate a to-be-determined index that would consist of companies domiciled and primarily listed on [...]
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U.S. equity markets surged higher to start September, as the Dow gained more than 250 points thanks to strong overseas data from China and Australia. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 also had banner days, as these benchmarks both tacked on close to 3%. This news helped to draw a few investors out of gold, which [...]
After staying relatively flat for much of Wednesday’s trading, equity markets slumped after Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke announced that the outlook for the economy is “unusually uncertain” and that the Fed is at the beginning stages of considering new easing steps to boost the economy. “We remain prepared to take further policy actions [...]
Europe continued to dominate financial headlines on Thursday, as worries about the impact of the debt crisis on global growth intensified. Major benchmarks lost more than 3% as union workers in Greece went on strike to protest austerity measures and the euro zone’s common currency continued its slide against major rivals. Meanwhile in Washington, the [...]
Following two consecutive days of steep losses, investors were hoping for a rebound in Thursday’s session. Instead, they endured one of the biggest declines in recent memories; major indexes plunged as much as 9% during intraday trading before regaining ground late in the day. No specific incident set the selling spree in motion; anxiety continued [...]
ProShares continues to aggressively expand its line of leveraged ETF offerings, announcing the launch of four new products on Thursday. The new 200% leveraged ETFs are:
Equity markets trended higher on Tuesday as major indexes finished the day up nearly 1%. The Dow finished up more than 100 points to put the benchmark at a fresh 17-month high, as component Caterpillar soared higher by over 4%. This continues a remarkable rally that has seen the index move higher in 10 of [...]
ProShares, a leading provider of inverse and leveraged ETFs, has filed for approval on seven addition ETFs, including four “ultra” international ETFs and three products focusing on a popular regional bank index. The international ETFs complement four existing 200% inverse products, and include:
