Tag: ETFs
Swing Trading: How To Profit
It’s not exactly breaking news. A buy and hold strategy hasn’t worked for the last decade. You probably know as much if you’ve opened your retirement account statement lately. The Dow, S&P 500, and NASDAQ are all flat or down over the last 10 years. It’s time to face facts, the old-time buy a few […]
Oil & Gas ETFs
I was driving into the office earlier this week. It was like any other Monday. Stop and go traffic was grating on my nerves. I’d already emptied my to-go mug of coffee. The only thing on the radio was blather. To say the least, it was the start of another workweek. Then the news report […]
Van Eck Africa Index ETF
Africa. The name alone inspires thoughts of great adventure. Tracking elephant, watching prides of lions roam the grasslands. Some of the pictures I’ve seen are amazing. I have a few friends who’ve traveled to Africa and they all rave about a wonderful experience. What they don’t do however is rave about investment opportunities in Africa. […]
How To Research An ETF
I read the Wall Street Journal every day. I have for years. It’s the one publication that every professional investor I know reads regularly. Reading the Journal’s become a habit for me. I start off every day getting up to speed on all the important business news. But the Journal’s not alone. There’s a handful […]
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 […]
Dividend Paying ETFs And Mutual Funds Have Risks Too
Standard & Poor’s conducted an interesting study on the markets. They found since 1926, dividends contribute nearly a third of total return. Think about that for a moment. For long term investing one out of every three dollars earned is from dividends. This is an amazing statistic. It shows just how important dividends are to […]
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 […]
