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Two months into 2010, hopes for a smooth, steady year for equity markets have already been dashed. After stumbling out of the gates as worries about the euro zone and the sustainability of China’s impressive growth, most equity markets bounced back in February, as rounds of solid economic data sparked renewed optimism in the U.S. recovery effort. [click to continue…]
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ETFs were range-bound this past week as most markets were looking to finish the week where they started. A European promise to bailout Greece boosted markets on Thursday, but markets fell back on Friday after China announced plans to hike bank reserves for the second time in the past month. Below, we offer our picks for the week’s most important and interesting ETF stories from around the Web: [click to continue…]
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Highlighting the increasingly fluid political landscape in Washington, a relatively unknown Republican state senator claimed the Massachusetts Senate seat previously held by Ted Kennedy on Tuesday. Scott Brown’s upset victory over Martha Coakley, the state’s attorney general who had been a heavy favorite just one month ago, not only humbled Democrats already expecting a handful [...]
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The reasons for the rise of the ETF industry are numerous: intraday liquidity, (potentially) superior tax efficiency, and enhanced transparency relative to traditional actively-managed mutual funds have all contributed to the billions of dollars of inflows that these funds have seen in recent years. But the real attraction for most ETF investors is the reduced [...]
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Inching towards the Thanksgiving holiday, a more bullish outlook from Fed officials and another rise in home prices was more than offset by news that U.S. GDP growth had been revised lower. Most major benchmarks finished the day down slightly, led by a retreat in many Japanese indexes to four-month lows.
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Even the most vocal supporters of passive management and indexing have to admit that certain investor track records are far too stellar to attribute entirely to luck. While I’ve frequently disparaged the concept of active investing, I’m still eager to hear what trends legendary investors are following. The Wall Street Journal’s Gregory Zuckerman recently compiled some [...]
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