Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

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China Fund Awaits a Market Bounce

This week’s ETF Talk moves on to another new category of top-performing exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The funds of...

A trader looks at a mixed financial picture

Just Blame It on ‘Global Economic Developments’ 

The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged Thursday. Though a slight majority of pundits were predicting that the...

Buyback Fund Shows Gains

The third-best-performing exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the international equity category during the first half of 2015 has a...

Searching Abroad for Brighter Opportunities

This week’s ETF Talk concerns the second-best-performing ETF in the international equity fund category during the first half...

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New Rule for ETF Investors: Stop Using Stops

The recent price action in many ETFs during a period of extreme market stress has prompted very real...

Selective Dividend-Focused ETF

This ETF Talk rounds out the category of the top-performing domestic dividend-paying exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for the first...

A trader looks at a mixed financial picture

Why It’s More Like 2011 than 2014

The latest bout of selling in equity markets has been compared to the big drop below the 200-day...

The Trade-offs in Owning Stocks vs. ETFs

For the last several weeks, I’ve shared my top 10 questions to ask before you buy any stock....

Trusted Covered-Call Income Producer

Even in market areas that are underperforming, there always are some stocks and funds that hold up better...

U.S. Small-Cap Fund Outperforms Dividend-Paying Peers

This article will focus on the top-performing U.S. domestic dividend equity fund for the first half of 2015.