In case you missed it, here’s a summary of the ETF topics and market reviews I posted to my blog during the week ending on 9/2/2012. The big speech from Bernanke at J-Hole came and went and, as I suspected, no earth shattering announcement was made other than the usual jawboning that “we stand ready to act…, etc.” Amazingly enough, …
Should Bernanke Maintain The Status Quo?
The sluggishness in the jobs market is neither a fiscal responsibility nor a monetary responsibility of the Federal Reserve, rather it’s about responsibility in the short run versus responsibility in the long run, says Edward Lazear, former economic adviser to President George W. Bush and a professor at the Stanford University. The best policies to grow jobs are not the …
New ETFs On The Block: Egshares Beyond Brics ETF (BBRC)
Emerging Global, the emerging markets focused ETF, has announced the launch of EGShares Beyond BRICs ETF (BBRC), a fund that seeks exposure to an often overlooked emerging market segment, giving investors an opportunity to diversify their portfolio. EGshares is one of the first companies to move away from the MSCI Emerging markets Index to other more diversified and balanced benchmarks …