Mid Morning
One concept I've never been a fan of is buying a basket of different stocks to capture a theme. I'm not talking about an ETF, but inste...

June 27, 2008 - Exploiting Industry Momentum Via ETFs?
After accounting for trading frictions, medium-term long-short industry momentum strategies implemented via sector/industry ETFs do not...

Late Post Tonight
I will be away shortly after the bell today so expect a late post tonight. If market levels stay where they are I expect to see a signa...

RIM, Loblaw, gold stocks Vialoux
Research in Motion has a mixed technical profile. Weakness this morning caused the stock to break support at $127.86 U.S. and its 50 da...

WisdomTree's New Currency Income ETFs
WisdomTree has recently unveiled a group of eight Currency Income ETFs. Four of them, tracking foreign money market rates related to th...

Key ETFs Most Overbought and Oversold
Below we highlight the ETFs in our daily ETF Trends report that are currently trading the furthest above and below their 50-day moving ...

Avoid Options on Inverse Index ETFs
Reader S. V. raises an interesting question:I am working on scenarios to trade the contra-ultra indexes like SDS to take advantage of e...

Gaining Global Exposure: International ETF Dividend Investing
One area that many portfolios are lacking is international exposure. Most people feel more comfortable buying the companies they are fa...

REIT ETFs: Beaten by a Dart-Throwing Monkey
Sales of new homes have declined 40.3% decline since May of 2007. Prices of single-family homes in 20 major cities dropped by 15% year-...