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How To Make A Small Fortune
Do you know how to make a small fortune in auto racing? You start with a big fortune. This apropos adage is certainly one that amateur, semi-pro and even professional auto racing team owners discover very quickly, and that’s because when it comes to a costly venture, few things add up as fast as motorsports. […]
Finding Footing in Non-Financial Sectors with This Equal-Weight ETF
This article is the second in a series exploring equal-weight ETFs. The market uncertainty and volatility can cause concern among investors, but they may want to turn to equal-weight exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The benefit of an equal-weighted ETF, such as First Trust Nasdaq-100 Equal Weighted Index Fund (NASDAQGM: QQEW), is that it acts as a […]
Evergrande and the False Equivalence Fallacy
The big buzz in markets over the past several days, and particularly during Monday’s approximately 2% tumble nearly across the board, has been over what many are calling a potential “China Lehman Moment.” Those of us in the markets in 2008 remember quite well the real “Lehman Moment,” because that is when the financial giant […]
Tapping into the Best-Known Equal-Weight ETF
This article is the first in a series exploring equal-weight ETFs. After the market downturn last week, in which the S&P 500 fell 1.7% and the Dow lost 600 points, some investors are turning to equal-weight exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to cushion their portfolios against another downturn. When an ETF’s portfolio is equally weighted, all companies […]
The New Volatility Explained
All of a sudden, the market is volatile… but why? That was one of the main topics of conversation I had with investors over the past couple of days at the Las Vegas MoneyShow. In fact, I fielded a lot of questions about why stocks wobbled last week, and that’s completely understandable. Fortunately, I was […]
Get in on the Booming Tech Industry with This Fund
Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Technology ETF (NYSEARCA:RYT) seeks to track the investment results, before fees and expenses, of the S&P 500 Equal Weight Information Technology Index. RYT provides broad coverage of large technology companies, but its equal-weighting skews it away from having a market-like portfolio. A pure market-cap benchmark would invest heavily in its […]