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The top ETF news, analyses and in-depth articles on stock, bond, commodity, sector and other ETFs.
Scrutinizing Large-Cap Value Funds: Mutual Fund Focus, July 2010
By Vaughan ScullyA core holding for many portfolios is the large-cap value fund, an investment style so ubiquitous that there are more than 400 of them available to U.S. investors alone.
July 19, 2010
Double-Dip Recession? Lord Abbett's Ezrati Offers 7 Reasons It Won't HappenMilton Ezrati, partner and senior economist and market strategist for Lord Abbett, argues that actual data on the economy fly in the face of such an outlook.
July 19, 2010
Sales alert: Don't close-- trial close!Weak salespeople close hard. Let me repeat: Weak salespeople close hard. Closing is a skill learned for salespeople to get the order.
July 19, 2010
Double-Dip Recession? Seven Reasons Why Not, Says Lord Abbett's EzratiHere are Milton Ezrati's seven reasons to doubt the double-dip outlook. 1. The Consumer Seems Firm Enough Though retail sales in May dipped by 1.4%, it followed...
July 08, 2010
New Commodity, Brazil Funds on TapRussell Investments launches a commodity strategies fund, while Global X rolls out an ETF tied to a Brazilian consumer-sector index.
July 07, 2010
Financial Sector ETFs in FocusFinding opportunity in the financial services sector: sector ETFs can make it easier to act on your long or short conviction.
July 06, 2010
Active Asset Allocation Is a Prudent Strategy, Paper SaysActive Asset Allocation Is a Prudent Strategy, Paper Says
July 06, 2010
Are you listening to your clients?Sometimes, it's the little things advisors do that can take them to the next level of success. William J. McLaughlin of Wall, N.J.-based The McLaughlin Financial Group LLC told me that little bit of wisdom in a phone conversation last week.