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The ETF Advisor: Those Outperforming Small Caps
By Vaughan ScullySmall-cap stocks are a thorny problem for investors. With thousands of different issues and little analytical coverage available, it is a difficult and time-consuming task...
July 01, 2009
Reviewing the Reviewer: Searching for Alpha, July 2009The biggest risk to equities may well be the attractive return offered by bonds.
July 01, 2009
Van Eck Debuts Brazil Small-Cap ETFVan Eck Global has introduced the Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap ETF (BRF), the first U.S.-listed ETF to focus on Brazilian small-cap stocks. BRF and its underlying...
June 24, 2009
Why a Strong Dollar HurtsRecently, there's been a strong inverse correlation between the greenback and U.S. stocks: stocks rally as the U.S. dollar falls and vice versa.
June 11, 2009
Boomers to blameWhen bad things happen, we look for someone -- anyone -- to blame. As Newsweek rightly notes (we don't say that very often), there is...
June 01, 2009
Asset AllocationBehind the Numbers, with Jeffrey Kleintop In his May 4 weekly commentary LPL Financial's chief market strategist noted that, "The prospects for recovery by year-end have...
June 01, 2009
Foreign Small-Cap ETF Universe GrowsThe Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF (VSS) contains approximately 2,100 securities and will offer investors market coverage to a frequently overlooked area of the...