Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

[Stock traders]

Wall Street Regulator Fines Stifel, Century over Risky ETF Sales

Brokerage units of Stifel Financial Corp will pay more than $1 million to settle civil charges alleging they...

Why Nuclear Energy Could be an Investment to Keep an Eye On

Approximately 13% of the world’s energy needs currently are met by nuclear power plants, with leading users including...

Soy bean field in Santa Cuz, Bolivia

How to Profit from Soybeans

As a commodity, soybeans are ubiquitous in the American food supply. Soybeans appear as protein-rich flour in processed...

[Stock traders]

What You Can Learn from 2013’s Best ETF Developments

The past 12 months have been another banner year for exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but what were the best...

Keep an Eye on Commodities in 2014

Commodities have had a volatile go of it in 2013. Yet the recent rebound in the global economy...

Get Bearish on Japan

If the Japanese stock market retreats, one exchange-traded fund (ETF) that you may want to consider is the...

[Stock traders]

The 800 lb. Gorilla of the ETF World

Bloomberg reports that the Vanguard Group, Inc. has grown its market share from 15 to 20 percent since...

[Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe]

New Japanese Small-Cap ETF Fund Is Promising

Take advantage of Abenomics and the Bank of Japan’s plan to create inflationary, yen-weakening pressures in the Japanese...

[Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building]

What to do When the Fed Tapers its Stimulus

Investors across the nation should not be blamed if they give thanks for the continuing easy-money policies of...

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China’s Expanding Middle Class May Propel Profits

The Chinese government has an explicit policy to refocus its economy towards domestic consumption, rather than infrastructure investment.