Roger Nusbaum submits: All of the football this weekend afforded me a lot of time to look at all sorts of stats and explore various portfolio concepts. One idea was about simple — very simple — diversification. The chart below captures the iShares MSCI Emerging Market ETF (EEM), iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) and the [...]

Now that the new year is finally here, we can really get down to business and see what this market is made of. It seems like we have been melting up slowly on no volume for years as is the case with holiday trading. I thought it would be a good idea to take a [...]

Kyle Martin submits: We envision that Tuesday will be a strong day in terms of upward price movements, driven by three key macro variables: The drop in the dollar index spot price; strong retail sales; and the momentum gained after the market shrugged off China’s surprise increase in interest rates on Christmas Day. Between the [...]

Michael Johnston submits: The Chicago Mercantile Exchange will soon stop listing futures contracts on ETFs according to the Wall Street Journal, pulling the plug after the products failed to generate much interest among investors. The CME has listed futures on the NASDAQ 100 QQQ (QQQQ), S&P 500 SPDR (SPY), and Russell 2000 Index Fund (IWM) [...]

MyPlanIQ submits: As bond markets continue their turbulence, from our Dividend Stock ETF Trend table, one can clearly see that in the last week, U.S. stock ETFs have outperformed S&P 500 (SPY). U.S. REITs (IYR), however, have become the loser during this yield market unrest. Dividend ETFs Performance and Trend (As of 12/15/2010) Complete Story [...]