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A Brazilian Bounce For These ETFs
Friday, September 21, 2012 - 2:55pm | 622The iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund (NYSE: EWZ), the largest ETF tracking Latin America's largest economy, and other Brazil-specific funds have had a rough go in 2012. Rather than taking on direct Brazil risk, investors could have gotten some exposure to the country with the Vanguard MSCI Emerging...
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Financial ETFs in Rally Mode
Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 4:49pm | 450In a sign that the risk-on trade might be getting new life, ETFs tracking the financial services sector soared on Thursday. This could prove to be a crucial point toward extending a rally that has now gone beyond two months as financial services names are the second-largest sector allocation within...
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Time to Bet on Banks, XLF?
Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 12:16pm | 604Between J.P. Morgan Chase's (NYSE: JPM) London Whale imbroglio and the Barclays (NYSE: BCS) LIBOR fiasco, it is not surprising that some banking ETFs have struggled over the past several months. What may surprise some investors is that a few bank ETFs have proven durable in the past month. One...
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More Selling? Embrace These ETFs (FXP, BGZ, HYLD)
Monday, June 4, 2012 - 3:49pm | 711More Selling? Embrace These ETFs (FXP, BGZ, HYLD) Monday's losses for U.S. equities are certainly more tolerable than what was seen last Friday, but losses are losses and just two trading days into June it appears the sixth month of the year is picking up where May left off. There are 19 trading...
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Scandinavian ETFs Could See Increased Activity (EDEN, EWD, GXF)
Monday, June 4, 2012 - 1:01pm | 400Following up on a bullish view of Norway and the Nordic country's corresponding ETFs, Street One Financial is forecasting increased activity for ETFs tracking Scandinavian countries in the coming weeks. "With the Eurozone tensions and EU in focus seemingly every day in the headlines as we head...
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ETFs: The Better Way to Play Facebook?
Friday, May 25, 2012 - 11:48am | 741The second Friday of Facebook's (Nasdaq: FB) infancy as a public company is marked by another important event. Fortunately, it doesn't involve a bungled share offering that drew the ire of investors and market makers alike. Rather, today is the first day that the social media giant sees its badly...
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Hello Drachma, Bye-Bye Euro Zone For Greece
Friday, May 11, 2012 - 11:56am | 934Combine a lack of a coalition government with the fact that Alexis Tsipras is now in charge of the country and it's easy to see why with each passing day global investors and perhaps Greeks themselves become more comfortable the notion that the "G" in PIIGS will eventually depart the Euro Zone....
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Apple Disappointment Looming? ETF Options May Be A Sign
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 3:27pm | 384In just a matter of minutes of Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the largest U.S. company by market value, will report earnings and it's fair to say traders, fund managers and retail investors are eagerly awaiting another blowout quarter from the iPad and iPhone maker. As Benzinga reported earlier, the Apple...
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Bold ETF Call Of The Day: Embracing Gold Miners
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 12:45pm | 657It's no secret that ETFs tracking gold miners have significantly lagged their physically-backed counterparts. That much is proven by this statistic: In the past year, the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD), the largest physically-backed gold ETF in the world, is up 9.2% while the Market Vectors Gold ETF...
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Blasphemy: Equal-Weight Apple? (AAPL, QQQE, RYT)
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 3:39pm | 612Considering how ugly the broader market is today, the fact that Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) is down just 1% with 30 minutes in the trading day isn't too shabby. One day and a 1% decline does not represent a break in what has become one of the most impressive single-stock bull trends in recent memory. That...
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Apple And ETFs: Danger Ahead? (AAPL, QQQ, XLK)
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 1:49am | 692The seemingly undaunted rise of Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the largest U.S. company by market value, has spurred plenty of conversation about the impact the stock is having on ETFs. To be sure, there are plenty of ETFs with which to gain exposure to the technology juggernaut. Possibly overlooked in the...