Leveraged ETF

More properly known as the Wilshire’s total market index, the Wilshire 5000 index is the most prominent all-market index in American equities. It tracks the performance of all the actively traded equities in the US. This means that the Wilshire 5000 is able to tell us more about the trends in the complete US equity [...]

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is a historical index of 30 large, publicly owned companies that are primarily listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).  Only a few of the 30 stocks that make up the DJIA are not listed on the NYSE.   The two that come to mind are recent entrants to [...]

S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats The dividend aristocrats are corporations in the S&P 500 that have distributed dividends every quarter for 25 years or more. Through wars, recessions and the booms and busts of the markets, these companies have consistently shown profit year in and year out. How these entities have succeeded where others have failed [...]

Nearly three hundred companies make up the aerospace and defense sector of the United States’ arm of the military.  Comprising some 180 billion dollars of investment per year, the aerospace industry offers the cutting edge of technology for both military and civilian application.  With the development of wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan, as well [...]

The financial ETF sector has been hit hard by the current economic climate. The mortgage meltdown of March 2007 left many wondering how it would affect the market globally. Upon further review in the sector, companies such as Bear Stearns and the Lehman Brothers had been overly exposed to the risk involved in purchasing mortgage-backed [...]

Retail companies are set to report earnings soon. Economist and the media will look for signs of an uptick in consumer spending and possibly the impact of commodity prices on retailers who already have low margins. Historically, the retail industry has been a low margin business. Competition is fierce and consumers are always looking for [...]

Railroads are one of the oldest industry’s around. They got last for a good century as many investors saw growth was limited. Boy has times changed. Railroad companies definitely received there fair share of attention when investment guru Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway decided to purchase then publicly traded Burlington Northern for a cool $30 billion, Buffett’s biggest deal [...]

As in investor, you are looking for investment opportunities that can hold strong during economic crisis.  Surprisingly, the Retail ETF has remained to hold strong even when consumer spending plummeted drastically.  With tax season on its way, it is expected that the Retail ETF will continue to outperform other ETFs with more and more consumers [...]

With the global economy set on a rebound course, prices for metals are sure to benefit. Iron is a key ingredient for making steel, so its prices are closely tied to a nation’s overall economy. The most popular iron ore ETF is from MXI (S&P Global Materials). MXI is has one of the top 10 [...]

The Telecom ETF is no longer at a disadvantage. They were initially trampled in 2008, but the regained ground during 2009 and have surged since. For major US indexes, low cost ETFs include Dow Jones US Telecommunications (IYZ) ETF at .48% yearly fees and Vanguard Telecommunication (VOX) ETF at .25% yearly expense ratio. For VOX, [...]