Tom Lydon from ETF Trends had a blurb about the increased usage of ETFs by RIAs (Registered Investment Advisors). He says that the fastest growing advisor segment are those advisors with affiliations for providing fee-based advice. The trend towards independent fee advice continues to grow exponentially and RIAs are catching on to the ETF advantage. I have written about the …
Special No Load Fund/ETF Tracker Update For 9/5/2007
Continued bad housing news, and lingering credit problems along with dimmed hopes for an interest rate cut, pulled the major market indexes lower. Our Trend Tracking Indexes (TTIs) retreated as well but are remaining above their respective trend lines as follows: Domestic TTI: +3.34%International TTI: +1.59% Today, I ventured back into broadly diversified international funds, as announced yesterday. Because of …
Special No Load Fund/ETF Tracker Update For 9/4/2007
With Wall Street’s big guns having returned from their summer vacations, it was time again to push the buy and sell buttons. Today, despite low volume and short covering, the sentiment was bullish. Our Trend Tracking Indexes (TTIs) are now positioned in regards to their long term trend lines as follows: Domestic TTI: +3.65%International TTI: +2.51% I can no longer …
Investment Management: Not All ETFs Are Created Equal
You may think that investing in the wide variety of ETFs available like iShares, HOLDRs, SPDRs and others is all the same, but there are differences which can affect you long term. It may not matter to you if you manage your own money, because you will find out any limitations as you place your order. For example, you can …
Tax-Free Muni Investing: A Perfect Storm
Recently, MarketWatch featured a story titled “Muni bond funds hit by perfect storm.” There is no better way to describe that during August’s credit crisis all income investments along with tax free muni funds were affected. The sudden rise in yields caused many large and well known muni bond funds (and CEFs) to drop in price and become another fallout …
Sunday Musings: A Great Place To Live And Work
The Labor Day weekend always has a special meaning to me. Tomorrow, it marks the day I arrived in the United States 34 years ago, as a 24-year old with a Masters degree in engineering eager and ready to take on the world.It took a few years to get acclimated and integrated into a society that is unique in many …