ETF Battles: BND vs. TLT – Which Bond ETF is Better?
This is an excerpt of ETF Battles between TLT vs. BND on ETFguide TV – it’s a showdown between two ETFs focused on the U.S. bond…
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4 Benefits of Leveraged ETFs
Sitting atop this year’s performance gainers are leveraged ETFs. These are funds that use a combination of debt and derivatives to magnify their performance. Are leveraged…
This Multi-Trillion Dollar Freight Train is Due for Arrival
This year’s presidential election has been so drenched with public bickering and controversy, it’s left very little airtime for the multi-million freight train that’s on course…
A $1.58 Million Portfolio with No Captain
Has your financial advisor contacted you lately? Although global stock markets (NYSEARCA:VT) have recovered from their earlier in the year losses, it could’ve revealed flaws with your investment…
How to Cut Your Trading Cost in Half
Although our era of discount brokers and commission free platforms has greatly reduced the cost of online trading, the cost of buy and selling stocks along…
Why the Debt Ceiling Deadline Isn’t That Scary
On Oct. 15, the sitting U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew sent his warning letter to Congress to increase the U.S. debt ceiling “or else.” Should bond…
S&P 500 Investors Get New Choice for Direct REIT Exposure
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) have long been buried inside the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:SPY) but have now received a giant promotion. S&P Dow Jones Indices and…
Is this the Beginning of the Great Bond Exodus?
Never mind the outstanding performance that long-term U.S. Treasury ETFs (NYSEARCA:TMF) delivered last year, ETF investors are bailing on bonds. (Audio) Listen to Ron DeLegge @ The…
2015 Outlook: Wall Street Hates Bonds
It’s that time of year again. You know, the wonderful season when Wall Street’s strategists crawl out of their crevices to make predictions about the…
Did You Miss This Year’s Biggest Investment Themes? Here’s Four
Keeping track of global macroeconomic trends is a daunting task. For that reason, each month we organize and rank the key market trends in our Mega Investment…
One Rally That Has Blindsided Wall Street’s Throngs
It seems nobody on Wall Street can stop talking about how the S&P 500 just breached its 200-day moving average for the first time since…
So this is the Bursting of the Bond Market’s Bubble?
Never mind which company Bill Gross is working at this week. The talking heads on Wall Street have been ranting about the bursting of the…
Treasury Doomsayers Get Grilled by Hated Rally in Bond Prices
In late 2013 just before the Federal Reserve began its scaling back on monthly Treasury bond purchases, the conventional wisdom was that interest rates would…
Bull Market in Borrowing: Corporate Debt Skyrockets to $9.6 Trillion
How healthy are corporate balance sheets? It depends who you ask. One news outlet said that U.S. firms are hoarding a record $1.6 trillion in…
3 Behavioral Traits that Destroy Investment Returns
What’s the matter with you and why is it messing up your portfolio? The oft-cited greed and fear characteristics aren’t the only human emotions that…
Don’t Let the ‘Great Yield Slide’ Punch You in the Nose
At the beginning of the year, the yield on 10-Year U.S. Treasuries was just shy of 3% and appeared ready for takeoff into the stratosphere.…
Should You Be 100% Invested in Stocks?
Investors should have 100% of their money invested in stocks! That’s what Laurence Fink, the chief executive officer at BlackRock declared in 2012. Since then, the…
A $725,000 Portfolio on Shaky Ground
Having a six or seven figure sized investment portfolio doesn’t automatically make it smart. Such is the case with a $725,000 investment portfolio that I…
Building Your Investment Portfolio Shouldn’t Be Scary
How frightened to invest are people? So frightened, they’d rather die! A poll taken by Harris Interactive for Nationwide Financial found that 62% of surveyed…
How to Beat the Low Yield Cycle
How would you like an 11% cut to your paycheck? That’s exactly what’s happened to income investors who own long-term Treasuries (ChicagoOptions:^TYX). At the beginning of the…