ETF Digest

Key SIPP Target AchievedIFG has achieved its critical volume growth target of over 250 new SIPP accounts in a month (258 in October). It has delivered on the integration of James Hay and wasable, as...

Excluding Japan, the area formerly known as the Asian Tiger countries has never been more important. These countries are blessed with excellent demographics and natural resources. Some are industrial...

There is currently an expanding list of 35 ETFs oriented to the Asia-Pacific market whether in single country funds or with regional issues. The following analysis features a fair representation of...

Commodity-based companies and associated ETFs are critically important as a gauge of economic health and demand, inflation and should be important additions to most investment portfolios. Underlying...

There is currently an expanding list of 24 ETFs oriented to the utility and infrastructure sector with more on the way. The following analysis features a fair representation of ETFs available. We...

The Health Care sector as a more defensive sector overall remains a positive holding in 2012 despite volatility in overall markets. Nevertheless, uncertainties surrounding government health care...

It goes without saying that debt troubles in the eurozone have caused sharp declines and high volatility in equities from the region. The problems here may take a long time to resolve and may remain a...

This posting features a comprehensive review of the large cap ETF sector. In this category there aren’t many more ETFs than just the 10 we’ve featured given the tsunami of ETF issuance....

There are currently nearly 40 ETFs oriented to the financial sector. The following analysis features a reasonable list of ETF selections. We believe these constitute excellent index-based choices...

We have to wonder as see markets fading quickly if many REITs had experienced a false spring rally and are now correcting. A recent report suggested that over one third of shopping malls will...

In the mid-1980s discoveries in biotechnology were revealed and investors piled into many new companies such as Genentech and Amgen (AMGN). But the technology was yet to produce profits for many years...

With market trends pretty much well-correlated within S&P 500 sectors we view each sector separately. Currently all markets are battling a global economic contraction occasioned by euro zone debt...

There are nearly 30 ETFs oriented to the energy sector. The following analysis features a fair representation of ETFs available. We believe from these investors may choose an appropriate ETF to...

China’s economy over the past several decades has been the growing at a double digit pace. Recently the rate of growth is slowing below those levels as signs of point to perhaps a more serious...

Guggenheim BRIC ETF (EEB) has combined four single-country markets into one handy ETF. It has become popular for those perhaps unable to buy all four individual country funds or for those that find it...