Equity ETFs with Biggest Bounce
Here is a list of the top-10 equity ETFs with the largest percentage bounce back (as of April 21, 2009) from their low point of the past year. To make the list, I first created the following filters: Long-only equity ETFs and ETNs (bond, currency, commodity, asset allocation, and inverse ETFs are not...
Kiplinger Joins Frugalpalooza Tour
As the recession in the U.S. started to deepen last year, we developed an investment theme we dubbed Frugalpalooza. The concept is based on our belief that Americans will turn against frivolous spending and begin to scrimp and save. Some companies will benefit from this return to frugality; others...
Is The White House Telegraphing A Decline?
Economic politics is a reality. But it wasn’t always so. Back before the Great Depression, some might say there was a ‘let them eat cake’ mentality in Washington. Politicians had their sphere and bankers had theirs. That distinction is gone. In recent years, the Executive branch has seized...
ETFs with Surge in Traded Value
Here is a list of the top-10 ETFs that experienced the largest percentage increase in value traded for the week ending April 17, 2009. To create the list, I first screened for ETFs and ETNs that had an Average Daily Value Traded (ADVT) of at least $1 million for the past 21 market days. This includes...
Not Much New at Fidelity Funds
This article is the third in a series about mutual funds. I previously covered Rydex Funds and Direxion Funds. Once upon a time, there was a company that was a true pioneer in the mutual fund business. Their global approach to growth investing (from bygone decades) with the likes of the Magellan...
New Alternative Strategy Funds from Direxion
Direxion is best known for providing tools that help investors and traders implement their strategies. Their line of 3x ETFs, providing +300% and -300% exposure to many popular indexes, have been quite successful for the company. Recently, Direxion took another big step with their new alternative...
Reverse Share Splits and Other Rydex Fund News
With all the talk about ETFs, you might think that traditional open-end mutual funds no longer existed. Nothing could be further from the truth. Yes, most of the innovation is now taking place in the ETF space, but mutual funds will be with us for a long time. In my All Star Fund Trader publication,...
Bond Junkies Lathered Up: 3X Leverage Is Here!
If Xander Cage (AKA Triple X) were ripping trades on a fixed income desk, he’d be in a tizzy today. Moreover, our boy Vin Diesel would be slipping into his outstanding Boiler Room persona named Chris to talk about what’s new in town – and that would be the Direxion Shares 3x Bond...
CWB: Get Convertible In New Bond ETF
Today State Street filled another vacant ETF niche with the launch of SPDR Barclays Capital Convertible Bond ETF (CWB). This is the first ETF to cover the convertible bond space. Convertible bonds are almost as much fun as windblown hair. A type of corporate bond, convertibles also carry the ability...
ETF Liquidity Tiers – April 2009
The overall look and feel of this month’s liquidity tier table is much like the one from last month. If plotted it would have the general appearance of a bell curve. There are a total of nine tiers, with each one representing an order of magnitude improvement in the Average Daily Value Traded (ADVT). Tier...
