In 2019, the ETF industry is expected to top $4 trillion for the first time. By the end of 2018, a high water mark of almost $3.4 trillion was reached in theRead More…
Retirement is a 70 year decision-making process. Before retirement it’s all about saving every possible penny for those golden years. IRAs, ROTH, 401(k)s. Stocks, bonds, gold, cookie jars and sofa change! It’s theRead More…
WisdomTree is closing eight of its ETFs. Their last day of trading being March 14. These funds are closing because in-flows have been small due to lack of investor interest in theseRead More…
The ETF Spotlight is on SPDR Bloomberg Barclays TIPS ETF Ticker Symbol: IPE Family: State Street Global Advisors SPDRs Exchange: NYSE ARCA Brief: IPE seeks to provide investment results that corresponds toRead More…
An excellent article posted on Morningstar.com touts the fact that Active fund managers in Europe have the same struggles beating the Passive investment approach as they do here in the US. …activelyRead More…
The ETF Spotlight is on iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust Ticker Symbol: GSG Family: iShares by BlackRock Exchange: NYSE ARCA Brief: The iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust tracks the S&P GSCIRead More…
The ETF Spotlight is on SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF Ticker Symbol: RWR Family: State Street Global Advisors SPDRs Exchange: NYSE ARCA Brief: The SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF tracks the Dow Jones Read More…
While it is still 2019 in the west, Chinese astrology tells us that 4717 will be a great year for investing and making money. It’s the Year of the Pig on theRead More…
Ok, so we don’t have to be as dramatic as Tony Soprano writing off a turncoat family member, i.e. a rat, but ever since the introduction of the ROTH IRA the TraditionalRead More…
The Fix The Investments Series By 1993, when State Street Global Advisors introduced us to the world of SPDRs, the exchange traded fund structure, or very similar structures, had already been aroundRead More…