The WSJ reviewed the pros and cons of dividend ETFs in “Dividend ETFs Beckon Income-Starved Investors.” Let’s listen in: Exchange-traded funds that focus on dividend-paying stocks trailed the market by a wide margin in 2009, but they may attract yield-starved bond investors who are also worried about the prospect of rising interest rates. Several factors are causing some fixed-income investors …
No Load Fund/ETF Tracker updated through 4/1/2010
My latest No Load Fund/ETF Tracker has been posted at:http://www.successful-investment.com/newsletter-archive.phpOptimism that the economic recovery continues to be on track supported the major indexes. Our Trend Tracking Index (TTI) for domestic funds/ETFs has now crossed its trend line (red) to the upside by +4.41% keeping the current buy signal intact. The effective date was June 3, 2009. The international index has …
What Is The Difference?
I am trying to politely turn a hateful comment regarding my post “Mutual Fund Fee Makeover” into a worthy response. The anonymous comment in question came from someone who in no uncertain terms stated his dislike for “dreaded” mutual fund managers or investment advisors for that matter. The basic question was as to how a mutual fund manager differs from …
Platinum ETF Anyone?
Why buy gold when platinum is rarer, dearer and far more useful claims Forbes in “Platinum: Like Gold, Only Better:” Gold might have history on its side, but when it comes to investing in precious metals platinum arguably makes more sense. Platinum is rarer, dearer and just as pretty. What’s more, unlike gold, it has an important industrial use in …
Bond Fund Investors Beware
Income investors are reading “Bill Gross Warning May Catch Bond-Fund Investors Off Guard:” Bill Gross’s warning that the almost three-decade rally in fixed-income has run its course may catch individual investors off guard after they poured $89 billion into bond funds this year. The inflows through yesterday are running almost five times higher than deposits during the first three months …
No Need To Unload Buy And Hold? Yeah Right…
MarketWatch is still supporting the buy and hold bandwagon as shown in a summary of “No need to unload buy-and-hold:” For the many investors who are still smarting from the stock market’s 2008 meltdown, buy-and-hold tactics are the same as buy and fold — a deer in the headlights of impending disaster. In truth, while buy and hold may disappoint …