GMMB, GMTB: New Grail Active Bond ETFs Now Available
Grail Advisors took another stab at the actively-managed ETF space with the launch on January 29 of Grail McDonnell Intermediate Municipal Bond ETF (GMMB) and Grail McDonnell Core Taxable Bond ETF (GMTB) on the NYSE. Both had very light volume in their first public session. Actively-managed exchange-traded...
Do Not Buy SPGH
A new exchange-traded product hit the market yesterday (January 28, 2010): UBS E-TRACS S&P 500 Gold Hedged Index ETN (SPGH). If this sounds like something you might want to buy, I suggest you understand what it really is and compare it to a Do It Yourself (DIY) solution before plunking down your...
MINT: A Conservative Way to Stash Cash
Investors are often conditioned to believe that cash is king, or that it is at least a good idea to keep some of your assets in cash to preserve your portfolio’s liquidity. After all, emergencies and unforeseen expenses happen. While this all makes sense, most cash investments offer meager rates...
What is Investment Management?
Brian Campos and Ron Rowland contributed to this article. Far too often, we as investors seek market commentary, opinions, forecasts, strategies, trading ideas, and hot tips. We often overlook the bigger picture, and more important aspect of investing – investment management. Investment management,...
The World MoneyShow Orlando 2010
Dear Fellow Investor,Some of the most profitable investing and trading opportunities present themselves immediately following a bear market. Therefore, now more than ever, it is essential for you to have the most in-depth knowledge and comprehensive experience to profit in 2010. The best place...
iShares Begins Rollout of 4 New International Sector ETF Suites
Last Friday (1/22/10), BlackRock announced four new international sector product suites and the first five ETFs within those suites. If BlackRock follows through on the complete rollout, each suite will have funds for each of the 10 GICS sectors, or 40 new ETFs in all. International sector ETFs have...
New Treasury ProShares Now Trading: UST, UBT
Two new leveraged ProShares ETFs came on the market as of Thursday, 1/21/2010. ProShares Ultra 20+ Year Treasury (UBT) and ProShares Ultra 7-10 Year Treasury (UST) both offer 200% leverage to the daily performance of their underlying long-term and intermediate-term Treasury bond indexes. ProShares...
WCAT: Wildcatter ETF Arrives
The Jefferies | TR/J CRB Wildcatters Exploration & Production Equity ETF (WCAT) began trading yesterday (January 20, 2010). WCAT, the latest ETF from Jefferies Asset Management, provides exposure to small-cap and mid-cap American or Canadian companies that are principally engaged in energy exploration...
DELL: Sleeping Giant or Tech Dinosaur?
Investing in Dell Inc. (DELL) stock used to be very profitable. Texas-based Dell revolutionized the way consumers purchased personal computers. Dell was in the right place at the right time, offering customers the ability to pick and choose what they wanted in their computers. This approach was rewarded...
ETF Liquidity Tiers in Dec 2009
Quantifying liquidity can be difficult, especially for ETFs. For stocks, it is typically a function of the ADVT (average daily value traded, sometimes called dollar-volume) and the number of shares outstanding. The same approach cannot be applied to ETFs because the number of shares outstanding is...
