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ETFs To Invest Like Ron Paul

Michael Johnston — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:00:34 +0000

As a handful of brave souls find out every four years, running for President of the United States generally involves opening up your personal life to intense examination by opponents, the media, and general public. Generally, the scrutiny focuses on personal histories–arrests, affairs, and lawsuits make for juicy reading. But being a public servant can also mean opening up your financial records to the public–especially if you’re potentially in a position to profit from insider information on regulatory developments. A recent analysis by the Wall Street Journal revealed the unusual composition of the portfolio held by Ron Paul, the Republican presidential candidate who is known as a critic of the Federal Reserve and opponent of big government. The asset management strategies of the Texas Congressman, who is also a physician, are anything but traditional. Paul’s portfolio, which he indicated was worth between $2.4 million and $5.5 million, has little in [...]

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ETF Ideas For Deflation Defense

Michael Johnston — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:57:37 +0000

First, the good news: all those fears about runaway inflation following from the massive injections of capital into financial markets appear to have been overblown. Now for the bad news: the alternative may be much worse. For months wary investors have been eagerly watching CPI reports, fearful of the release indicating that price increases are beginning to accelerate, presumably spiraling out of control in the not-so-distant future. But instead of racing towards the double digits, CPI figures have slipped closer and closer to negative territory. That has sparked fears of deflation, a rare but serious economic condition that has some of the world’s most prominent investors legitimately concerned. PIMCO chief Mohammed El-Erian recently told Bloomberg that the U.S. faces a 25% chance of deflation and a double-dip recession. “I do not think the deflation and double-dip is the baseline scenario, but I think it’s the risk scenario,” said El-Erian. Jan [...]

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Five ETFs For A Double Dip Recession

Michael Johnston — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:00:34 +0000

March 9 may very well go on to become a day that lives in infamy, the point at which the U.S. stock markets bottomed out and the economy turned the corner. To this point, it looks to be the point at which investors finally put the worst recession in a generation behind them and a recovery began. But despite the recent rally, many analysts believe that the current recovery lacks support from fundamentals, pointing to historically high pricing multiples, still rising unemployment rates, dips in consumer confidence, and stimulus programs that have encouraged further indebtedness for many Americans as evidence that we’re not out of the woods yet. And it’s not only the well-known bears spreading doom and gloom this time around. Jeremy Grantham sees a market that is 25% overvalued, while others see a correction of 40% coming. Analysts at Morgan Stanley recently expressed their belief that asset prices [...]

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This Week In ETFs: November 6th Edition

Eric Dutram — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:07:22 +0000

It’s been an interesting week in the world of ETFs: U.S. unemployment hit 10.2%, the highest since 1983, while gold traded around $1100/oz. Here are the ETF Database staff picks of the week’s most important and interesting stories from around the Web: How Safe are ETNs? at ETF Guide: This article discusses the basics of Exchange Traded Notes, or ETNs for short, and the risks that are associated with these unsecured debt instruments. While the benefits of ETNs include minimal tracking error and favorable tax treatment, there are a few downsides to these notes. First off, there are rumors that the tax rules will be changed thanks to a recent adverse tax ruling on the product class from the IRS, forcing ETNs to be classified as debt rather than prepaid contracts as they are now. Another risk is that of credit default. While this seems minimal given the strength of [...]

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The Definitive Inverse ETF Guide: Short/Bear ETFs 101

Andy H — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:00:20 +0000

As the stock market continues to rise, seemingly running ahead of fundamentals, more and more investors are becoming concerned that the stocks are becoming overvalued, and that a downward correction may be just around the corner. While safe haven investments such as the U.S. dollar and gold are popular picks for investors looking to profit from a decline in asset prices, the inverse correlation between these investments and equities is far from perfect. A growing number of investors are beginning to utilize inverse ETFs to accomplish a wide range of investment goals, ranging from establishing hedges in their portfolios to speculating on a pullback in prices. If used correctly, these products can be very powerful, but they can be complex and come with a number of risks that should be carefully considered. Taking a short position in certain asset classes is, of course, noting new. Investors have been utilizing short [...]

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Responding To Calls For ETF Regulation

Michael Johnston — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:30:35 +0000

In the week during which the Obama administration will unveil details surrounding its plan to revamp the regulation of the U.S. financial sector, calls for increased oversight of the ETF industry are picking up steam as well. Scott Burns, director of ETF Analysis at Morningstar, recently laid out a case for increased regulatory requirements for ETFs that use derivatives to achieve their objectives. But I’m not quite convinced that more regulation is the answer. In The Beginning… The first ETFs were equivalent to “plain vanilla” financial instruments, tracking well-known equity and fixed income indexes by duplicating their underlying holdings. Even today, the simplest ETFs remain among the most popular – the indexes tracked by the largest ETFs by market capitalization should be familiar to almost all investors. But as the ETF structure became more familiar and investors became more educated on the advantages of ETFs relative to traditional mutual funds, the [...]

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Deutsche Bank Launches 14 New ETFs on Paris Exchange

Michael Johnston — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:52:30 +0000

Deutsche Bank announced it is expanding its ETF product offering in France, launching 14 new ETFs under its “db x-trackers” line. The new funds, which will be listed on NYSE Euronext’ Paris exchange, are significant because they represent the introduction of several new features to the French ETF market. Seven of the ETFs will track inverse indices, the first time France short sector indices have been offered. The inverse funds include: Short European Sectors: inverse exposure to European sector indices, including Banks, Oil & Gas, Healthcare, Technology, and Telecommunications. S&P 500 Short: similar to ProShares’ SH. FTSE 100 Short In addition to the inverse ETFs, Deutsche Bank will launch funds tracking: FTSE 100 Vietnam: Tracks the largest and most liquid Vietnamese stocks. S&P/ASX 200: Tracks 200 large-cap Australian equities. Russell 2000: Tracks a broad base of U.S. equities. With the addition of these funds, db x-trackers now offers 37 ETFs in France, [...]

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