Tech
A Big Week For Tech Earnings…And Tech ETFs
If you’re an investor in tech stocks or tech ETFs, this will be an important week to keep an eye on the markets as tech earnings reports start rolling in full force today. Yahoo (YHOO), […]
Month: January 2017
Niche ETFs
What’s Next For Equal Weight ETFs?
Equal weight ETFs, such as the Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP) and the PowerShares Russell 1000 Equal Weight ETF (EQAL), have gotten a lot of attention lately thanks to their performance relative to […]
Dividend ETFs
NOBL vs. SDY: A Deeper Dive Into 2 Dividend Aristocrat ETFs
Income investors are no doubt aware of the dividend aristocrats and the benefits that come from investing in them. Aristocrats have historically beaten the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:SPY) over the long term, by several percent a […]
Tech
A Potential Buy Signal For Cybersecurity ETFs
Check Point Software (CHKP) this morning reported a great Q4 that saw the company beat estimates on both the top and bottom lines. Revenues rose about 6% year-over-year while EPS jumped 21%. Segment revenues from […]
Financials
Relative Strength and Value in Financials Has Ended
The Financial Sector ETF (XLF) has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of a Trump election victory but it appears that the easy gains in the banks are gone. The SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE) […]
Dividend ETFs
Getting Defensive Ahead of Inauguration Day With This Low Volatility ETF
On January 20th, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. While he’s had perhaps the most unconventional path to the White House in recent memory, investors have to […]
Mutual Funds
Nearing Or In Retirement? Better Check Those Target Date Fund Allocations
The emergence of the target date fund has been one of the best developments for retirement savers. Whereas many workers were once paralyzed by the thought of building a well-balanced retirement portfolio on their own, […]
Dividend ETFs
Dividend Seekers Should Stick With The Dogs In 2017
For much of the past couple of years, we’ve seen income investors abandon the fixed income markets and did their toes into the equities markets in search of higher yields. The Fed’s widely expected rate […]
New ETF Center
COWZ: Focus On High FCF Yields A Winning Strategy For This New ETF
So many of the new ETFs that were opened in 2016 focused on narrow segments of the market. We saw new funds such as the 3D Printing ETF (BATS:PRNT), the Wearable Technologies ETF (BATS:WEAR) and […]
Quarterly Commentary
4th Quarter 2016 Market Update
In what could conservatively be called an “improbable” performance, the stock market staged a remarkable 4th quarter rally that pushed the major indices well into double digit gains for the year, the 8th straight year […]