ETF Analysis & Opinion

The all-cap growth style ranks fifth out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in my style roadmap. It earns my Neutral rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 2 ETFs and 436 mutual funds...

Here is the ETF Professor's ETF Watch List for Friday July 20, 2012. The Market Vectors Pharmaceutical ETF (NYSE: PPH) is on fire. Earnings play: Technology Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLK). ...

My clan, the accountants, must be in high demand with the Fortune 500 companies who report their earnings every quarter. Because despite a weak economy and bad quarter, companies are beating the...

Low-volume ETFs are being overlooked by investors for all the wrong reasons. What makes an ETF different from a common stock is that the liquidity of an ETF is not based on the actual trading volume...

The iShares MSCI Israel Capped Investable Market Index Fund (NYSE: EIS) will be one to watch. The iShares Dow Jones US Oil Equipment Index Fund (NYSE: IEZ) is starting to perk up. The Guggenheim...

In just eight days, the Summer Olympics commence in London. Regardless of Great Britain's medal count, it is clear being the host nation for major international sporting competitions does provide an...

The chase for yield hit full throttle yesterday as investors continue to pile into corporate bonds – both HYG (iShares' high yield corporate bond ETF) and LQD (iShares' investment grade...

Shares of the widely traded small cap ETF iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund (NYSE: IWM) are likely headed considerably higher in coming weeks. IWM is in a well defined up trend, since reaching...

As China's economy -- the world's second-largest behind the U.S. -- continues adding to what has become a long line of concerning economic data points, speculation intensifies that policymakers in...

Where there are winners, there are probably some losers right around the corner. That can be especially true in the financial markets, but the good news is some of yesterday's laggards can become...

The large-cap value style ranks fourth out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in my style roadmap. It gets my Neutral rating, which is based on an aggregation of the ratings of 38 ETFs and 744...

The all-cap blend style ranks third out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in my style roadmap. It gets my Neutral rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 33 ETFs and 669 mutual funds...

The large-cap blend style ranks second out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in my style roadmap. It gets my Neutral rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 40 ETFs and 1127 mutual...

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