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Who Blows Treasury Bubbles? Not 2% Big Money Managers
The following are the latest Barron’s Big Money Poll Results: So the Treasuries ‘bubble’ is blown by whom? Not big money managers! We can only conclude that they are Federal Reserve: the QExx...
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ETF Insider: Sour Data Spooks Bulls
Equity markets turned south this past week as sour economic data deteriorated investors’ confidence, dragging down major indexes into red territory. Volatility was quick to return as mixed economic...
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Portfolios Building Based On Vanguard Commission Free ETFs Continues To Be Solid
Vanguard started to offer commission free ETFs on its brokerage in 2010. Since then, it has added more ETFs and lowered their fees. Right now, it offers 49 ETFs. These ETFs are solid portfolio...
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The long bond yields in 110 years
Here's some good perspective on the long-term trend in US government bond yields via Chart of the Day:
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June Edition Of ETF Edge Now Available
The June 2012 issue of ETF Edge, the premium monthly ETF Newsletter, is now available to ETFdb Pro subscribers. This month’s issue includes a look back at one of the worst months for stocks in a while,...
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The End of ‘The Cult of Equity’?
by Geoff Considine One of the defining features of the last twenty years has been a persistent and fairly continuous belief that investing in the stock market was something of a sure road to wealth....
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3 High-Yielding Long Term Bond ETFs
Long term bonds have been the topic of considerable debate over the last few years. As central banks around the world have printed money and pushed interest rates to record lows, many investors have...
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A Week Later, ETF Winners And Losers From The Election
Leading up to last week’s presidential election, the financial media was full of predictions about asset classes that would do well in the event of the various possible outcomes. From big banks to...
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Best and Worst Bond ETFs of 2012
This was the year of bond ETF growth, with massive inflows into this asset class over the last few months. After the financial crisis, investors have flocked to this consistent and often high-yielding...
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The Yield Paradox
by Geoff Considine I have been struggling to understand a problem that I am going to refer to as the ‘yield paradox.’ Yields for individual asset classes look low. The 10-year Treasury bond is...
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ETF Insider: High-Yield Prospects July 20th Edition
Here is a look at ETFs that currently offer attractive income opportunities. The high-yield candidates included in this list meet two sets of criteria; first, each of these funds is deemed to be a high...
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ETF Insider: High-Yield Prospects July 27th Edition
Here is a look at ETFs that currently offer attractive income opportunities. The high-yield candidates included in this list meet two sets of criteria; first, each of these funds is deemed to be a high...
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ETF Insider: High-Yield Prospects August 10th Edition
Here is a look at ETFs that currently offer attractive income opportunities. The high-yield candidates included in this list meet two sets of criteria; first, each of these funds is deemed to be a high...
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ETF Insider: High-Yield Prospects August 25th Edition
Here is a look at ETFs that currently offer attractive income opportunities. The high-yield candidates included in this list meet two sets of criteria. First, each of these funds is deemed to be a high...
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ETF Insider: High-Yield Prospects September 8th Edition
Here is a look at ETFs that currently offer attractive income opportunities. The high-yield candidates included in this list meet two sets of criteria. First, each of these funds is deemed to be a high...
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5 Reasons To Buy Bond Funds And ETFs Instead Of Individual Bonds In 2013 And...
ByQuoth the Raven: The thought of investing in bonds, if you're like me, is about as exciting as going to the dentist for the second installment of a 58 part root canal. As someone that was drawn to...
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Vanguard ETFs for Portfolio Construction
As many brokerages such as Fidelity and Schwab plans, Vanguard provides a list of commission free ETFs. They are essentially all of Vanguard ETFs. Clients can trade these ETFs in a Vanguard brokerage...
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Asset Allocation Model Portfolios Using Vanguard ETFs
Vanguard now has one of the largest ETF lineups. Continuing their low cost index fund tradition, Vanguard has made these ETFs have extremely low (if not lowest) cost. If you have a brokerage account at...
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2013 Portfolio Review: Alexander Green’s Gone Fishin Portfolio Hurt by...
Alexander Green proposed this The Gone Fishin’ Portfolio which was outlined in his book ‘The Gone Fishin’ Portfolio’. Based on the book, the following is the allocation using Vanguard low cost index...
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How ETF Investors Can Prepare For A 10% Correction
By Gary Gordon: What is the longest period of time that the S&P 500 has traded without a 10% correction? According to Bespoke Investment Group, the record is a blissful 1,127-day run from July 1984...
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