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Recent Articles

PIMCO and Vanguard Offer New ETFs

PIMCO and Vanguard are offering new ETFs covering small caps and bonds

Keep An Eye On the Junk-Treasury Spread

The spread between high-yield bonds and Treasury bonds is narrowing. It's an indicator of whether too much liquidity in the financial system could risk another credit crisis.

Which Indexing Strategy is Right for You?

The ETF fund marketplace is dominated by funds linked to indexes using traditionally constructed benchmarks or alternative methods. We look for the best of three main indexing strategies.

Is the Recession Really Dead?

Although by some reports the recession is over, take a hard look at GDP, unemployment and consumer confidence for a look at an economy in distress.

State Street Global Launches Natural Resources ETF

State Street Global Advisor has launched SPDR S&P Global Natural Resources ETF to tracks energy, metals and mining and agriculture stocks inside the S&P Global Natural Resources Index.

Vanguard Adds 9 S&P Equity ETF Funds

The Vanguard Group launched nine equity ETFs linked to S&P indexes yesterday. The new ETFs follow large, mid and small company U.S. stocks with growth, value and blend characteristics.

How August Job Numbers Have Been Misrepresented

According to the August jobs report, the U.S. lost another 54,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate rose to 9.6%. The government claimed that the private sector added 67,000 jobs, although most of these jobs came from the Health Care and Social Assistance category and from Education, both of which are filled with government supported jobs.

iShares New Zealand ETF Fund Unveiled by BlackRock

BlackRock just launched the iShares MSCI New Zealand Investable Market Index Fund (NYSE: ENZL). This will help emerging market investors tap into New Zealand stocks and the booming power of this region and its currency, the Kiwi.

Strengthening Dollar – A Short Lived Phenomenon?

Foreign stocks in developed countries as represented by the iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (NYSE: EFA) have underpeformed this year, while emerging market stocks as represented by the Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE: VWO) are flat. Currency weakness is putting a damper on the performance of foreign securities, particularly Europe investments as represented by the Vanguard European ETF (NYSE: VGK).

Stocks Vulnerable to Selling in September

U.S. stocks closed out August with the Dow Industrials dropping more than 4% on the month. If the economic numbers continue to indicate a possible double-dip recession however, stocks are likely to fall by a much greater amount in September.