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Bond ETFs: Beware of a Bubble
Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: Shaken by the financial debacle of 2008, jumpy investors turned to bonds and related ETFs to safeguard what was left of their wealth. The problem with this scenario is...
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Thematic Investing with ETFs
Roger Nusbaum submits: The folks at SPDR published a report/marketing piece about several macro themes that could be coming down the pike and how SPDR ETFs fit in to those macro themes.read more
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Why Bond ETF Investors Are Focused on Junk
Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: In the second week of this month, companies with debt rated as junk issued a record $11.7 billion in bonds. The issues were met by eager investors looking for yield and...
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Are the Good Times Ending for Bond ETFs?
Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: The bond and bond-related exchange traded fund markets have experienced quite a year, but the good times may soon come to an end. The specter of inflation and likely...
View ArticleThe Corporate Bond Market Is Thriving
By Adrienne PenakeThe corporate bond market continues to gain strength with record issuance and tightening spreads. 2009 was a banner year for corporate bond returns. As blown-out spreads contracted,...
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Trouble Brewing in the Bond Market?
Roger Nusbaum submits: For a short time in the 1990s the Boston Celtics were publicly traded on the NYSE and had ticker BOS. As a devoted fan I bought one share and had it sent to me. Although it was a...
View ArticleExamining World Financial Markets in 8 Charts
There is an expression if it ain't broke then don't fix it. Well it certainly appears that the trends in place since the end of 2008 across the various asset classes remain in place today with little...
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The Risks of Pursuing Higher-Yielding ETFs
Gary Gordon submits: There may be 20-22 ETFs yielding 5.0% or more on an annualized basis. And on the surface, 5% via interest or dividend income sounds fantastic.read more
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And You Thought the Rally in Equities Was Impressive
Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit: Even though the S&P 500 has rallied more than 60% off its March 2009 lows, the index is still well below the 1,251.70 level it closed at on the Friday before...
View ArticleLet the Risk-Taking Party Continue
Thomas MacLeod submits:From every conceivable angle that we can measure risk, it seems that risk taking is alive and well.read more
View Article2010 Investing: What's the Best Strategy When There's No Sure Thing?
Surly Trader submits: Paul McCulley, portfolio manager at Pimco, made a rather astute comment that stuck with me, “You can only eat what’s in the cafeteria, and right now the cafeteria doesn’t have...
View ArticleThe World Financial Markets in Eight Charts
We are always intrigued by "forecasts" and the perceived need to perform them at the start of each year. We are intrigued because it is common knowledge that we humans are rather hopeless forecasters,...
View ArticleBuild America Bonds Gain Steam
Jim Delaney submits: With the issuance of U.S. Treasury securities a hair’s breathe away from a trillion and a half dollars for 2009 and the prospect for next year’s flood of Federal paper easily...
View ArticleTen Best ETFs for 2010
Michael Johnston submits:Many investors will be sorry to see 2009 end. Following one of the most disruptive years in recent memory in 2008, almost every asset class participated in a stellar recovery...
View Article2009: The Year of the Junk Bond
Bill Luby submits: It is that time of year when investors look back at 2009 and ahead toward 2010.read more
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