Like a lot of dividend ETF investors, I’m a big fan of the PowerShares S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (NYSEARCA:SPHD). Its strategy of targeting companies paying the highest yields but also exhibiting the lowest […]
The stock market wrapped up the first half of 2017 with one of its strongest performances in several years. The S&P 500 had its best start since 2013 with the Nasdaq delivering its strongest first […]
There’s little doubt that robotics and artificial intelligence technology is becoming more and more mainstream by the day. It’s disrupting the manufacturing sector as companies continue replacing human workers with robots that can automate the […]
The broader S&P 500 (SPY) was largely unchanged for the week but there were winners and losers if you dug down to the sector level. For the second straight week, tech was a drag on […]
Amazon (AMZN) has been just about the worst thing to happen to the traditional retail sector in decades, if not longer. Stalwarts such as Sears (SHLD) and JCPenney (JCP) sit on the brink of extinction. […]
Quite often, I get questions from readers asking about funds and ETFs whether it’s in the comment thread of an article or as a direct message. So I thought it might be useful to take […]
Well, that was quite a week! And I’m not even talking about the financial markets, although Friday’s whipsaw action in big tech names was a notable exception. The Dow was up about 0.3% on the […]
Despite an S&P 500 that’s up more than 9% on the year, the financial sector has managed to post only a minor 1% gain in the face of both economic and regulatory headwinds. The Financial […]
An article I recently published on Seeking Alpha regarding the Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund (MUTF:VWINX) generated a lot of conversation. One of the common themes in the comment thread is how the fund would fit […]
Socially responsible investment products exist in order to investors the ability to build a broadly diversified portfolio while being able to avoid companies that operate in personally unappealing industries. It’s not a huge space in […]
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