While there are historically low interest rates in the United States (as well as rates of 0.1% in Japan), many other developed countries, including Australia and Norway, have begun to raise rates as a sustainable economic recovery has taken hold. With virtually all of the major central banks meeting in the next three weeks, currency news will certainly be in focus as 2009 winds to a close, with investors playing the “carry trade” paying particularly close attention. [click to continue…]
For those of you who haven’t heard (and you must’ve been on the moon if you haven’t), President Obama recently marked the end of his first 100 days in office. Ever since FDR pushed through 15 major bills in his first 3+ months on the job, pundits have sold the idea of this period as a meaningful indicator of ability and future success (it often isn’t). After a frantic first 100 days that involved bankruptcies, bailouts, pirates, and pandemics, here’s a look at five ETFs to keep your eye on over the next 100 days of Obama’s presidency. [click to continue…]
The majority of ETFs on the market follow the traditional ETF model – tracking an underlying equity or bond index. But as the benefits of the ETF structure become more widely accepted, inflows from increasingly sophisticated have created a demand for increasingly complex funds. Here are five of the more complex ETFs available to investors today, along [...]
