| • | Portfolio Planning: A Case Study - BusinessWeek - Fri 8:08am | |
| | Five advisers come up with a financial plan for a hypothetical baby boomer couple with kids in college, aging parents, and a decimated retirement account | |
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| • | Country ETFs - ETFZone.com - Thu 11:30pm | |
| | Country ETFs are a great way to react to global economic news. | |
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| • | Nasdaq OMX May average daily volume up 13 percent - AP - Thu 12:59pm | |
| | The Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. said Thursday its average daily matched volume for all U.S. Securities in May rose 13 percent to 2.2 billion shares compared with the same month a year ago. | |
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| • | How To Understand Indexes And Profit FromThem - ETFguide.com - Thu 12:21pm | |
| | SAN DIEGO - The explosive growth in the number of ETFs and has complicated the lines behind traditional indexing and everything else. How can... | |
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| • | MSCI 2Q profit rises 5 percent - AP - Thu 10:49am | |
| | MCSI Inc., which provides investment decision support tools, said Thursday net income rose 5 percent in the second quarter as subscriptions for some of the company's products increased. | |
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| • | Leaving a Legacy for a Special-Needs Child - Morningstar.com - Thu 7:00am | |
| | A couple retires early, but they're not worry-free. | |
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| • | Emerging Markets Outperformed In Q2 - Investor's Business Daily - Wed, Jul 1 | |
| | Emerging markets and commodity producers topped the ETF charts in the second quarter. | |
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| • | TradingMarkets Most Overbought and Oversold ETFs for Thursday - TradingMarkets.com - Wed, Jul 1 | |
| | Consider us on the vanguard of overbought and oversold ETF analysis for Thursday: Vanguard REIT ETF, VNQ and the Vanguard Financials ETF, VFH that is. | |
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| • | TradingMarkets 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Thursday - TradingMarkets.com - Wed, Jul 1 | |
| | Consumer staples was the surprisingly positive sector on Wednesday, which sent the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF higher by more than 2% intraday. Other ETFs to know includes the iShares MSCI Taiwan Index ETF, which was up more than 3% intraday. | |
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| • | How News and Statistics Fool Investors - ETFguide.com - Wed, Jul 1 | |
| | A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. An investment portfolio is only as strong as the research it's based upon. But what if the research is flawed or misapplied? Many indicators we hear about on a daily basis only have a contrarian application, as such, most investors follow statistics to their detriment. | |
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| • | Finally, Home Price ETFs Start Trading - Seeking Alpha - Wed, Jul 1 | |
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| • | Capitalizing on Cheap Natural Gas - BusinessWeek - Wed, Jul 1 | |
| | Oil prices have climbed steeply, which has investors eyeing natural gas plays. But it can be tricky | |
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| • | Barclays Launches First All-Peru ETF - Investor's Business Daily - Tue, Jun 30 | |
| | Barclays Global Investors has floated the first ETF to track solely Peruvian stocks: iShares MSCI All Peru Capped Index Fund . | |
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| • | ProShares New ETFs Take the S&P 500 to Another Level - Seeking Alpha - Tue, Jun 30 | |
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| • | MacroShares to Track U.S. Housing Market - ETFguide.com - Tue, Jun 30 | |
| | SAN DIEGO - After months of anticipation and behind the scenes maneuvering, the MacroShares Major Metro Housing Down Trust and MacroShares Major Metro Housing Up Trust have finally launched. | |
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| • | Are We Heading For A Correction Or Another Meltdown - ETFguide.com - Tue, Jun 30 | |
| | To be or not to be, that is the question William Shakespeare asked some 400 years ago. To sell or not to sell, is the question investors ask themselves today. Ironically, the correct answer to 'sell or not to sell' will determine the future 'to be' for many. | |
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| • | Deflation or Inflation - What's the True Enemy? - ETFguide.com - Tue, Jun 30 | |
| | Has Wall Street and the financial media been a trustworthy source of information when it comes to making investment decisions? No. They missed the entire 55% meltdown from October 2007 to March 2009, and subsequent 40% rally. | |
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| • | Would You Buy This Stock? - Seeking Alpha - Tue, Jun 30 | |
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| • | Capitalizing on Cheap Natural Gas - BusinessWeek - Tue, Jun 30 | |
| | Oil prices have climbed steeply, which has investors eyeing natural gas plays. But it can be tricky | |
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| • | Housing Exchange Traded Trusts Debut Today - Seeking Alpha - Tue, Jun 30 | |
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| • | TradingMarkets Most Overbought and Oversold ETFs for Tuesday - TradingMarkets.com - Mon, Jun 29 | |
| | Tuesday's list of overbought and oversold ETFs comes out of a multitude of sectors, including the financial sector with the ProShares Ultra Financials ETF, UYG and Vanguard Financials ETF, VFH coming in overbought. | |
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| • | U.S. Treasury ETFs and Inflation - ETFZone.com - Tue, Jun 23 | |
| | Treasury bonds, and treasury ETFs by extension, are regarded as among the safest investments in the world. But what about inflation? | |
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| • | Fundamental ETFs and Alternative Weighting - ETFZone.com - Wed, Jun 17 | |
| | Fundamental ETFs discard cap weighting in favor of financial ratio-based weighting formulas. | |
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| • | ETFs for Oil-Rich Countries - ETFZone.com - Mon, Jun 8 | |
| | Higher oil prices over the past few years have meant big gains for oil-infrastructure ETFs. What about ETFs covering oil-rich countries? | |
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| • | Alternative Weighting with Transparency - ETFZone.com - Wed, Jun 3 | |
| | Make room, cap weighting. Alternative weighting techniques with simple tweaks are here to stay, and prosper. | |
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