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Demand for housing has taken a major hit, evident by the record 17% decline in existing-home sales recorded in December. Many observers suggest that downward price pressures are imminent. According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, home prices have gained...

Investors who want the broadest range of choices in investments must consider foreign stocks and bonds in addition to domestic financial assets. Many foreign securities offer investors higher risk adjusted returns than do domestic securities. In addition, the low positive...

The Canadian dollar has started to gain favor on the back of an improving outlook for the economy and firming oil prices. Crude prices traditionally are the main driver of “loonie” direction but we have seen that relationship wane in...

An IPO ETF is an exchange-traded fund that tracks initial public stock offerings (IPOs) by a company. It attracted investors because  it follows a large pool of initial public offerings, rather than exposing the investor to one or a few...

When exchange-traded funds (ETFs) originated, they were widely viewed as a more liquid alternative to mutual funds. Not only could investors gain the same broad diversification that they could with indexed mutual funds but, unlike mutual funds, they could also...

Here are some tips for trading ETFs in a wildly gyrating market. Choose Carefully Investors trying to gauge which ETFs are cheapest and easiest to trade need to keep two factors in mind: how frequently the stocks or bonds that...

A recent Wall Street Journal article highlighted the incredible success of leveraged ETFs.  A year ago, none existed; today, more than 50 such funds collectively hold more than $6 billion in assets. Through the magic of borrowing money, these funds...

Investors should spend most of their time on overall asset selection and ignore individual stocks for the most part. according to research, about 95% of money managers’ performance can be explained by their selection of asset classes, not by their...