Reader Nitin sent in a link to an article called “Protecting the Investments of the Bad Investor,” which was recently featured in Yahoo Finance. I agree with the overall premise that there are many investors who are not doing well, getting below average returns by buying, holding and selling at the wrong time. The article goes on to state that …
Special No Load Fund/ETF Tracker Update For 8/1/2007
After the markets meandered for most of the day, I liquidated 2 positions that had dropped off their highs by -7.5% as announced yesterday. Of course, I had no idea that my trades were so influential that they confused Wall Street traders and promptly ignited a strong rebound rally during the last hour. While all major indexes closed higher, it …
ETF Investing: Should You Use ETFs Or ETNs?
With the flood of ETFS being brought to the market, there was bound to be a new product following along as a new alternative to ETFs to confuse investors even more. Such an animal did arrive and it is called Exchange Traded Notes, or ETNs for short. I’ve been hard pressed to find information on it, but Kiplinger had an …
Special No Load Fund/ETF Tracker Update For 7/31/2007
Right in the middle of a continuation rally from yesterday, news about the subprime virus having infected another institution, took the legs right out from under a strong up move and turned it into another down day. The trigger was American Home Mortgage’s admission that it was unable to borrow or raise money, which pushed its stock down some 90%. …
ETF/No Load Fund Investing: Are There Valid Reasons To Sell Now?
Reader Nitin sent me an article from BusinessWeek called “Five Reasons to Sell, Sell, Sell.” It lists five of the biggest threats to the current stock market rally, which include: 1. Earnings 2. Consumer spending 3. Inflation 4. Subprime and housing 5. Shiny happy investorsAll of these are items which I’ve discussed in various posts and comments, and every one …
Special No Load Fund/ETF Tracker Update For 7/30/2007
As I mentioned last Friday, those funds/ETFs that had barely triggered my sell stop points were slated to be sold today. This plan was subject to confirming further market direction to the downside at today’s opening, to make sure we would not expose ourselves to a potential whipsaw. So far so good! The markets rebounded nicely and pushed our holdings …