That was the question posed in “Japan ETFs: Still Room To Run?” In the days after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, opportunistic investors pumped record amounts of cash into exchange-traded funds that invest in Japanese companies. But now, more than two weeks after the disaster, is the bargain hunting over? Japan ETFs are the quickest and easiest way for …
Lowest Cost ETFs On The Horizon
Schwab threw down the gauntlet last year by offering their suite of no transaction fee ETFs. Scottrade now picked it up as the WSJ reported (subscription required) in “Scottrade ETF Plan: Lowest Cost:” Discount brokerage Scottrade Inc. is launching a suite of low-cost exchange-traded funds, a move that could put further pressure on fees. On Wednesday, the closely held firm …
ETF Tracker StatSheet Improvement
Something that’s been bugging me for a long time is the fact that I have only been able to publish the weekly StatSheet data in PDF format. Over the past weekend, I finally figured out a way to extract the numbers for use in a spreadsheet. As a result, starting with this week’s publication, you will now have access to …
Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker
ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, March 24, 2011 If you are not familiar with some of the terminology used, please see the Glossary of Terms. 1. DOMESTIC EQUITY MUTUAL FUNDS/ETFs: BUY— since 6/3/2009 As announced via a blog post, on 6/2/2009, the TTI triggered a buy signal with an effective date of 6/3/2009. We will use the 7% trailing …
Last Week In Review: ETF News And Blog Posts To 1/1/2012
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 1/1/2012. The major indexes inched slightly lower into the last trading day of the year with the S&P 500 ending 2011 just about unchanged. Heading into 2012, the world’s excessive debt overhang will remain headline …