ETF Digest

There are currently over 50 U.S. Small-Cap issues whether categorized as growth, value or blend. This is overwhelming for most investors. Using our long experience as an ETF publication, we try to...

Two days in a row and we have better manufacturing data from Germany. On May 7th Factory Orders gained 2.2% from prior .6% and yesterday, May 8th, Industrial Output gained 2.8% from prior .3%. At the...

There have been ongoing worries that the Chinese economy is contracting based on recent economic data indicating a manufacturing slowdown. Further reports of the governments desire and attempts to...

Currently there are only 5 significant ETFs in the preferred and convertible ETF sector. More may be issued especially as the drive for yield heats up with baby boomers heading toward retirement and...

The price action of base metals, perhaps more than other commodities, are important to study to gauge the strength of industrial and economic growth. Some would suggest vibrant demand for these raw...

Let me be one of a few thousand commenting on Apple’s (AAPL) earnings as they affect primary technology ETFs where the weighting in the company is extraordinarily high. Depending on any given...

This listing includes the municipal bond ETFs that have proliferated over the past few years as issuers have discovered a reasonable way to price related indexes. After all, since bonds are a...

ETFs in the real estate investment trust (REIT) sector have been steadily higher over the past few months. And, even as equity markets overall have seen uneven performance REIT-based ETFs have been...

For some investors a “one size fits all” approach can be more compelling. After all, it’s easier to deal with just one ETF in a sector than trying to deal with many different...

Biotech sectors have seen recent outperformance primarily due to recent M&A activity particularly with Human Genome Sciences (HGSI). Perhaps more importantly there exists the prevailing belief...