I have to admit it, I’ve got a soft spot for First Asset’s newest ETF: the DEX 1-5 year Laddered Government Strip Bond ETF (ain’t that a mouthful). To be honest, I haven’t slightest interest Read more…
The best advisors and fund companies try to read two distinct (and often contradictory) “winds,” judging where their investing business is going. The first is the technical side of investing, the one every financial news Read more…
Way back before ETFs were cool, State Street launched the definitive S&P 500 Index-based ETF, which they named the SPDR S&P 500, from Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts. Unless you’re a trader (even if?), you Read more…
There are a hundred good reasons why so much of the retail investor market has turned overwhelmingly to ETFs and index funds, eschewing managed mutual funds and old-fashioned stock-picking. Statistically, there is a lot of evidence that it's the '...