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Van Eck Launches Sector Funds
By Staff WriterFrom trash collection to steel production, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have it covered, thanks to two specialized sector funds from Van Eck Associates. Van Eck's Market Vectors...
November 01, 2006
Blending In NicelyLarge-cap blend funds seek to combine the best of both worlds--growth-oriented stocks which provide high earnings growth, tempered by value-oriented issues which offer the stability...
October 02, 2006
The Case for True Diversification--Searching for Alpha, October 2006It's been a long six years for investors in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. After a spectacular third quarter this year, the oldest index of U.S. stocks is now a breath away from the all-time high of 11,722.98 set on January 14, 2000.(Searching for Alpha, the monthly index newsletter for...
October 01, 2006
'Tis the Season(ality)Attempts to predict the direction of the stock market run the gamut from the sublime to the ridiculous. Besides the usual suspects of fundamental and...
October 01, 2006
Selective StrengthSome sub-sectors of the energy industry stand out for their growth prospects, analysts say. Ron Barone Shneur Gershuni UBS 212-713-3848, 3974 [email protected] [email protected] Area of Coverage: Coal Outlook: We think the outlook for...
September 01, 2006
SOX Rocks the Market?It's been four years since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) went into effect. Enacted partly in response to the Enron and WorldCom debacles, SOX is universally seen as the most sweeping legislation to affect public accounting since the 1933-34 securities acts. While its reach is enormous, the impact of this sweeping...
September 01, 2006
Behind the Numbers, with Richard BernsteinDuring a recent television appearance on Consuelo Mack Wealth Track, Merrill Lynch's chief investment strategiest had some comments both about the equity market and the...
September 01, 2006
Panning for GoldOver the last 25 years there have been three distinct cycles of outperformance by high Quality Ranking (QR) companies.The longest of the high-quality rallies lasted...