UBR, UMX, UPV, UXJ: ProShares Leverages The World
Four new ETFS from ProShares hit the tape today, offering +200% daily leveraged exposure to four MSCI indexes covering Brazil, Mexico, Pacific ex-Japan, and Europe. All these benchmarks, or similar ones, are already accessible in unleveraged fashion through other ETFs. ProShares obviously thinks...
Kinder Morgan: Juicy Dividend and Steady Business (KMP)
If your goal is to generate income, you’ve spent a fair amount of time looking for dividend-paying stocks. It makes sense. There are plenty of solid companies on the market today with admirable histories of paying out dividends, and most investors have heard about these companies. We recently covered...
ETF Owners Trapped at SEA
With no apparent warning, Claymore announced yesterday (4/27/10) that the Claymore/Delta Global Shipping Index ETF (former ticker SEA) would be immediately delisted and liquidated. According to the press release, this action was a result of not having reached a shareholder quorum to approve a new advisory...
Five Tips For an Easier Retirement
Generally, retirement planning isn’t considered a relaxing leisure activity, but it’s a necessary step to enjoy your later years. We’ve warned you before about four risks that could ruin your retirement. In a more positive context, we want to help your retirement be secure to reduce stress and...
Rydex to Close 12 ETFs in May
Rydex|SGI announced the closing and liquidation of 12 of the firm’s 14 leveraged and inverse exchange traded funds. Friday, May 21, 2010 will be the last day of trading. As always, I encourage shareholders to avoid the liquidation process by selling positions prior to the delisting and to use...
ETN Products Hit $10 Billion Mark
The Exchange-Traded Note business now has more than $10 billion invested in its products, according to a report from Bloomberg News last week. This represents explosive asset growth of 167% in the last year. ETNs are obviously attractive to some investors, despite the flaws inherent to the structure. Bloomberg...
DailyFinance on Derivative ETFs
AOL Daily Finance has a good story about the ongoing regulatory drama involving leveraged, inverse and other derivative-based ETFs. Writer Sheryl Nance-Nash goes into more depth about this complex subject than any other mainstream media report I’ve seen. As we reported last month, the Securities...
KRU, KRS: New ProShares Cover Regional Banks
ProShares broke some new ground yesterday (4/22/10) with the first leveraged and inverse ETFs to cover the regional banking sub-sector. This group has been active recently, thanks in part to speculation that its members will become takeover targets for the multinational mega-banks, but would probably...
Singapore: Another Asian Tiger? (EWS)
When it comes to making investment bets on the Pacific Rim, China and India get most of the attention. That’s understandable – they are the two largest countries in the world by population. Economic growth has been rapid in both places. The day will come when China and India have larger economies...
Four Risks That Could Ruin Your Retirement
What are the risks of retirement and how do we plan for them? In recent articles, we’ve written a lot about retirement and different aspects of planning for it. Often risks are specific to your particular retirement plan, but several are common in all plans. Even after you transition into retirement,...
