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Good Reasons To Look At The UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury ProShares (TBT)
Tim Middleton spoke on the money show today about what he feels is the future for the dollar, and US Treasury Bonds. He predicts a reversal in the mentality of the treasury bond as being a safe haven. Tim feels the best play for 2009 is to short the treasury using the UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury ProShares (TBT). He has owned this for roughly two months realizing about a 17% gain.
ETF BASIC NEWS June 18, 2009 2:53pm
ProShares Launches 4 New International Ultra-Short ETF'S (BZQ, EPV, JPX, SMK)
ProFunds Group, the world's largest manager of short and leveraged funds, announced today that it is launching four more Short International ProShares.
N. Korea May Fire ICBM Toward Hawaii, A Case For Defense ETF'S: ITA, PPA
North Korea may fire a long-range ballistic missile toward Hawaii in early July, a Japanese news report said Thursday, as Russia and China urged the regime to return to international disarmament talks on its rogue nuclear program.
ETF BASIC NEWS June 18, 2009 11:24am
Options Trading With ETF'S (KWT, XLF)
The most popular ETF's boast great daily volume. Some ETF's have very low volume and investors do not trade them because they believe they are not liquid enough.
Time To Buy Tech ETF's Now?
David Serchuk, writing for Forbes, thinks tech might be worth a look right now. His starts by comparing the performance of the Nasdaq versus the S&P 500 finding "those who stayed long the Nasdaq over the past 10 years are down 26.1%, but they still beat the Standard & Poor's 500, down 29.6%. The tech index also beat its much larger brother over shorter time periods. Over five years, it's down 9.6%, versus 19.9% for the S&P. Over a year, it's down 26.4%, versus 32.6%. Where it's really shined, however, is 2009. Year to date, the Nasdaq is up 14.6%, while the larger index has risen but 1%."
ETF BASIC NEWS June 18, 2009 9:43am
Jim Cramer Rants About The Natural Gas Fund UNG
This evening, Jim Cramer spoke on the topic of the U.S. Natural Gas Fund (UNG), on his "Mad Money" show. He is upset about the potential share shortfall we wrote about yesterday in our article titled "ETF's Explosive Growth Creates Share Shortfall (UNG)." He rants about the potential for the fund to potentially manipulate the price of natural gas upward artificially using an analogy to a hypothetical pencil factory
Founder of Vanguard, Not A Fan Of ETF's For Retail Investors
"Jack" Bogle, is the founder of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and President of Vanguard's Bogle Financial Markets Research Center. The man who created Vanguard in 1974 and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until 1996 and Senior Chairman until 2000 spoke about his feelings about ETF's with Fox Business today.
Options In ETF-FAZ Show Investors Are Betting Against Financials
A sign of weakness as we go into the expiration of options on Friday, investors are betting against financials today in the options pit.
22 US Banks Downgraded By S&P, Creating Pressure On Banking ETF'S (FAS, UYG, XLF, SKF, FAZ)
Bank stocks were down on Wednesday following the S&P report of bank downgrades, putting pressure on the financial ETF's FAS, UYG, XLF. On the other hand financial inverse ETF's FAZ & SKF are enjoying the bad news, which are seeing strong gains not seen for some time.
ETF BASIC NEWS June 17, 2009 12:19pm
Market Experts On The Future Of ETF's
Using Stop Loss Orders With ETF's
Blackrock's offer for BGI, Including iShares, Is formally Accepted By Barclays
BlackRock has received written notice that the Barclays board has accepted its offer to acquire Barclays Global Investors. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter following approval by Barclays' shareholders, the receipt of client consents and regulatory approvals, and satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
iShares S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index Fund (PFF) up 129% from its March 6 low
Preferred stocks hold some of the same characteristics of bonds yet they are priced closer to stocks. Preferred stocks are considered senior to common shares in the case of liquidations and bankruptcies. They, however, are still junior to other forms of corporate debt such as straight bonds. One big advantage of preferred stocks is that they include dividend payments.
NYSE:PFF June 17, 2009 11:54am
iShares silver ETF (SLV) holdings hit record on June 16
Reuters reports that, "The world's largest silver-backed exchange-traded fund, iShares Silver Trust's bullion holdings rose 1.4 percent to a record 8,724.86 tonnes on June 16. The fund added an additional 119.43 tonnes of metal to its reserves on Tuesday." Many investors are adding precious metals to their portfolio as a hedge against possible future pitfalls such as inflation.
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