ETFs
How To Make Money Trading ETFs
A few months ago I was sitting in yet another hotel ballroom. It was another money management seminar. The event was hosted by a California based financial advisor, he was doing his best song and dance. I love listening to these sales pitches . . . not for what they say, but for what they […]
Investing In Real Estate With REIT ETFs
It never fails to happen. Every time I meet someone new the conversations eventually shifts. “So, what do you do for a living?” I’m tempted to respond with gas station attendant or professional coffee tester . . . but I don’t. “I publish a widely read financial newsletter.” Then I wait cringing . . . […]
ETFs On Foreign Currencies
Raising money for emerging growth companies is not as easy as it sounds. Believe me. I spent a significant portion of my career running around the globe meeting with entrepreneurs and introducing investors. For a time I was based in London. That experience gave me a unique insight into the European continent. While in London […]
Use ETF’s For Long-Short Trading Strategy
As an investment banker I regularly met with a number of professional investors. Each one of these pros had a unique style and focus. They included hedge funds, mutual funds, vulture funds, money market funds, debt funds, real estate funds. And even funds of funds! What always amazes me is one simple fact. There are […]
Exchange Traded Funds – ETFs
Diversification is important as we learned on Friday. If you missed that article about a hedge fund manager who was not properly diversified you can read it here: “Learn from Hedge Fund Mistakes (and Save Millions).” Most investors these days get diversification from mutual funds. The major problem is that they don’t often know what […]
International ETFs
These days, you can’t turn around without bumping into some product from overseas. The automobiles we drive are imports, the computers and cell phones we use are made in Asia, and our children’s toys are from China. We are now eating food from around the globe, gourmet chocolates from Belgium, sea salt from France, oranges […]
