US investors are warming up to equity investment opportunities following the stock market’s bull-run since the start of 2012. Leading brokerages are upbeat about equities with some of them terming the current situation as “the opportunity in a generation.” Jeffrey Saut, chief investment strategist at leading brokerage firm Raymond James and Associates Inc who oversees $300 billion in investments, thinks …
Is It The Right Time To Enter Financials? These ETFs Are On Fire Already
US stock-markets have performed remarkably well with most of the indexes scaling multi-year highs since the beginning of the year. It’s common knowledge that for the economy to do well, financial companies (primarily banks, credit unions and insurers) need to fire on all cylinders. The economically sensitive categories like materials and consumer discretionary have performed well compared to 2011. Financials, …
Should You Consider A Commercial Real Estate ETF Now?
As the economy shows signs of a slow recovery with successive lower unemployment-rate readings and better overall economic numbers, is it time to raise a toast for the real estate sector? Well, if you look at the US residential property market, the indicators have been mixed with the latest S&P Case Shiller Home Price Index readings dropping by 0.5 percent …
Asset Diversification During Changing Times
While Greece is unraveling and remains under threat of disorderly default, we can’t deny that equity ETFs have had a favorable run since the start of the year. While I have advocated a less risky portfolio over the last several months due to deteriorating conditions in Europe, acting too conservatively can have its drawbacks. As seen in this discussion, although …
Last Week In Review: ETF News And Blog Posts To 1/22/2012
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 1/22/2012. The markets inched higher apparently following the mantra that, if globally things look poorly from an economic standpoint, and there is a wall of worry, it can be climbed. While it’s nice to see …
Last Week In Review: ETF News And Blog Posts To 1/15/2012
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 1/15/2012. Continued upward momentum pushed the major indexes higher by less than 1%. With Friday’s downgrade of various European countries, it remains to be seen how the markets will react when Wall Street opens for …