Signs of Leadership Change: Growth vs. Value Stocks
This is an excerpt from Growth vs. Value Stocks: Signs of Leadership Change on ETFguide TV with Lance McGray at Advisors Asset Management. This episode…
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Beefing up Your Investment Portfolio’s Tactical Side in the Coronavirus Era
The Coronavirus outbreak has turned out to be more than just a Black Swan – it’s a totally random Black Piano from the sky that…
What’s Ahead for the Oil and Metals Markets?
The energy market has seen some record breaking moves in 2020. Never mind how the May 2020 crude oil contract went $37 negative, the magnitude…
ETF Battles: USMV vs. SPLV Who Wins?
This is an excerpt from ETF Battles on ETFguide TV between USMV vs. SPLV – two volatility minimizing stock ETFs. Who wins the battle? Stock…
How to Protect Your Capital in a Dangerous Climate
“For those properly prepared, the bear market is not only a calamity but an opportunity,” said investing great Sir John Templeton. Are you ready or…
Stocks: What’s the Most Profitable Trading Strategy during the U.S. Presidential Election Cycle?
Which years within the U.S Presidential election year cycle are best for equity investors? This is an excerpt from ETFguide TV How Stocks Behave during…
3 Strategies for Managing Higher Volatility
“Everyone has the brain power to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach,” once observed legendary fund manager Peter Lynch. His point was…
The Right Context for Active Management
Actively managed portfolios are not a device of nefarious origin. And neither is it a “dead exercise” as the vox populi has declared. Nevertheless, to…
How to Hedge in a Rising Market
Hedging, for some investors, sounds complicated. In reality, it’s not because it’s all about reducing investment risk. Who can’t understand that? Sometimes stock prices go up, sometimes…
Is Sector Performance Following History?
It’s been said the more things change, the more they stay the same. And right now, the performance of stock market industry sectors is behaving…
Portfolio Rebalancing: Should You Do It?
Everything in life that surrounds you requires maintenance. This includes your home, your automobile, the software application on your mobile device, and even your health.…
Factors that Should Influence Your Investments
If you asked a thousand different people about the key factors that should drive their investment choices, you’re bound to get a thousand different answers.…
Risk and Volatility: Know the Difference
On financial networks and in finance classrooms around the globe, stock market volatility is routinely mis-classified as “risk.” Unfortunately, this erroneous view causes people to…
3 Lies about ETFs
As U.S. stocks register new highs and bond yields register new lows, the exchange-traded fund (ETF) marketplace keeps humming along. This is true of ETFs in virtually…
Should Correlations Drive Your Investment Decisions?
Do stock market correlations matter? Statisticians use correlations (or cross-correlation) to measure the relationship between asset classes or investments. The general idea is to better…
If You’re Not Preventing Stock Market Losses, You Better Start Now
What’s more important? Making gains in the stock market or preventing losses? Before answering that question, let’s list a few common fallacies about risk: •…
Rising Stock Market Volatility, A Sign of the Times
Stock market volatility ain’t what it used to be. And unlike recent years, the VIX, a benchmark of volatility in S&P 500 stocks, (NYSEARCA:VOO) has been consistently up in…
Don’t Count on the Fed to Backstop Your Investments
Yes kids, stock prices can sometimes plummet. And they did during the first trading session of 2016. It’s a helpful reminder to forgetful innocents about this…
(Podcast) Your 2016 Investing Philosophy in Just Three Words
The beginning of a new year is always an important moment for personal reflection. And whatever it is that we want from our lives –…
How to Profit from Rising Volatility
Stock market volatility is often wrongly portrayed by the mainstream media as an enemy. In reality, it’s not. First, prudent investors use volatility (ChicagoOptions:^VIX) as an effective tool to measure…