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ETF Trading Last Month Was Heaviest Since 2011
Daily trading in exchange-traded funds last month was the heaviest in three years as market players zipped in and out of positions as stocks careened lower, according to Credit Suisse. Average ETF...
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Two Election Winners
Two Election Winners David R. Kotok, November 5, 2014 Two winners emerge after the election. One is the Gini coefficient. It measures the income divide of the population. It has been widening....
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10 Monday AM Reads
Welcome back to a holiday shortened week, where I am “pre-dieting” in anticipation of Turkey Day. Here are our low-calorie morning train reads: • Sign of Health for Stocks: Weak 2015 Forecasts (WSJ) •...
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10 Friday AM Reads
Between the markets, the bone chilling cold, and the terrorist attack in Paris, this weekemd cannot get here soon enough. Of course, we have your morning train reads: • 2014 was Hedge Funds’ Annus...
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ECB, Euro, USD, Interest Rates
ECB, Euro, USD, Interest Rates David R. Kotok Cumberland, January 24, 2015 After a two-and-a-half-year wait for “whatever it takes,” the quantitative easing (QE) announced this week by the European...
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NASDAQ 5000 – Crash? Bubble? Fair Value?
NASDAQ 5000 – Crash? Bubble? Fair Value? March 4, 2015 Almost fifteen years ago, on April 1, 2000, we wrote and published a piece entitled “Will the NASDAQ sell-off become a crash?” We have now...
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Vanguard’s ETFs vs Mutual Funds; Which is Better?
Allan Roth readily admits he is committing heresy when he declares in a recent article in ETF.com that Vanguard’s ETFs are great, the firm’s mutual funds “are even better.” Vanguard is a major ETF and...
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How Does Your ETF Rate? As a Keyword, That Is
Apparently the number of Internet searches for information on exchange-traded funds far outnumbers online inquiries into mutual funds. At least, that’s what the advertising rates charged by Google...
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Oil Prices Surge Ahead of U.S. Inventory Data
Oil prices reversed course today, surging to their highest point in nearly a week amid a rebound in oil products ahead of U.S. inventory data. Light, sweet crude for delivery in August, which became...
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10 Thursday AM Reads
A long weekend beckons; the rookies still at their trading turrets can show your bosses how smart you are by plowing through our morning train reads: • Lessons from the Correction (ETF) see also Plan...
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Barron’s 400 Index Boots Facebook, Microsoft, Wal-Mart
emmanuel dunand/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The Barron’s 400 Index booted blue-chip heavyweights Microsoft (MSFT), Facebook (FB) and Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) in its latest twice-yearly rebalance....
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Godzilla-Sized Leveraged ETF Is Wreaking Havoc On Tokyo’s Stock Market
The world’s biggest leveraged exchange-traded fund is too big for its britches. Nomura Asset Management says it will halt new share creations in the $6.2 billion Next Funds Nikkei 225 Leveraged Index...
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10 Wednesday AM Reads
Where goeth the bounce back? We might find out today, but before then, my morning train reads: • The Top Performing Hedge Funds of 2015 (Bloomberg) • A New Breed of Trader on Wall Street: Coders With a...
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10 Thursday AM Reads
By the time you real this, I’ll be on my way to Pennsylvania for a special project (more on this later) but in the meantime, enjoy our morning train reads: • The Lone Analyst Who Said Sell Valeant When...
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ETF Survey: Let Me Hear From You!
A few months ago, I ran an informal survey looking at the potential interest in an exchanged traded fund (ETF) based on our Crossing Wall […]
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