AFP – Wall Street enters the first trading week of 2010 on a bullish note but the market remains dogged by concerns on the timing of any interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve amid economy recovery.

AP – Few analysts forecast this year’s remarkable stock market rebound as major indexes were plunging to 12-year lows last March. Now, with most experts predicting the pace of stocks’ gains will slow in 2010, there’s reason to believe they will be proven correct.

Investor’s Business Daily – Stock mutual funds pulled a Lazarus in 2009. After falling into a deep hole, they leapt and rejoined the land of the living.

Michael Johnston submits:
In the beginning of the ETF industry, there was SPY. From there, the initial wave of expansion included primarily “plain vanilla” equity funds offering exposure to widely-followed benchmarks, such as the Dow, Nasdaq, and even sector-specific indexes. But innovation and product development in the ETF world didn’t stop there. The last five years [...]

Gary Gordon submits:
Just about everyone is familiar with Jeremy Siegel’s book, Stocks For The Long Run. ETF investors are probably aware that the good professor is also a co-founder of fund provider, WisdomTree.
Yet, after the worst decade on record for the S&P 500, with a -1.2% annualized return for the 2000s (dividends included), it’s [...]