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| Do High Commodity Prices Signal Economic Recovery? |
| SAN DIEGO (ETFguide.com) – Don’t look now, but many key commodities have hit their yearly highs. Crude oil prices for November delivery on the New York Mercantile exchange crossed $75 per barrel and gold has stayed firmly above $1,000 per ounce. - 10-14-2009 |
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| How Risky are Your Mutual Funds? |
| SAN DIEGO (ETFguide.com) – The stock market has boomeranged from its March lows and some are convinced the sky is the limit. But do you know how much risk your mutual funds are really taking with your money? - 10-12-2009 |
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| Small Stocks Post Big Gains, What's Next? |
| SAN DIEGO (ETFguide.com) – The final quarter of 2009 has arrived and the more things change, the more they stay the same. As they’ve done for most of the year, small stocks are outperforming large stocks. Small stocks are... - 10-08-2009 |
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| 3 Strategies for Protecting Against a Depressed Dollar |
| SAN DIEGO (ETFguide.com) – If you’ve been flirting with the idea of finally taking that coveted European vacation, you might want to wait. The depressed state of the U.S. dollar has turned the cost of your foreign excursions from a small fortune into a major one. - 10-06-2009 |
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| Are Low Bond Yields Here to Stay? |
| SAN DIEGO (ETFguide.com) – For most of the year, conservative bond investors have been tortured with anemic yields. Government treasuries with 1 to 3 year maturities are yielding... - 09-30-2009 |
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| Can Financial Stocks Hold onto their Gains? |
| SAN DIEGO (ETFguide.com) – The broader stock market has found (at least for the moment) an unorthodox friend: The beleaguered financial sector. Even though financial stocks collectively lost... - 09-25-2009 |
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| Does Asset Allocation Always Work? |
| SAN DIEGO (ETFguide.com) – The concept of asset allocation is a cornerstone of portfolio construction and management. And while it may sound complicated, the general idea is very simple. Asset allocation begins with an unobstructed view of the entire... - 09-22-2009 |
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| 5 Behavioral Attributes of Successful Investors |
| SAN DIEGO (ETFguide.com) – For decades, academians have tried to explain the various reasons people do the things they do with their money. For example, why do smart people make dumb financial decisions? And what separates successful investors from the masses? - 09-17-2009 |
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| 5 ETFs to Help with Portfolio Cost Cutting Time |
| SAN DIEGO (ETFguide.com) – Americans everywhere are cutting back their spending like never before. Faltering retail sales, a depressed housing market and sagging discretionary spending tell most of the story. But are they scaling back where it matters most? - 09-15-2009 |
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| 3 Top Performing Industry Sectors |
| SAN DIEGO (ETFguide.com) – There are many favorite sayings for avid sector investors. “Individual stocks come and go, but industry sectors never die,” is one such expression. The basic idea of sector investing is to focus on major economic... - 09-09-2009 |
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