Posts filed under “ETFs”
Very cool tool from ETF Database that allows you to select the least expensive way to express nearly any sector or style investment, with both lowest internal expense ratio and the median cost in that particular space.
(Let me know if they missed any and I will inform ETF Database of the omission)
Cheapest ETF for Every Investment Objective
click for interactive site
Hat tip Josh
Binary market action as in a daily game of red light green light. Take a look at this week’s daily action in the sectors. What will tomorrow bring? (click here if charts are not observable)
Category: ETFs, Markets, Think Tank
James Grant, publisher of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, talks about gold prices, inflation and credit markets. He speaks with Deirdre Bolton on Bloomberg Television’s “Money Moves.” Bloomberg’s Michael McKee also speaks.
Source: Bloomberg, April 15 2013
Category: ETFs, Gold & Precious Metals, Video
GLD was briefly the world’s biggest exchange-traded fund. In August 2011, GLD had assets of more than $77 billion, surpassing SPY (SPDR S&P 500 ETF) for a short time. The SPDR Gold Trust’s market capitalization rose to $76.7 billion — gold briefly topped $1,880/ounce. At the same time, SPY’s “capitalization” was ~$74.4 billion. I missed…Read More
Category: Contrary Indicators, ETFs, Gold & Precious Metals, Technical Analysis
GLD was briefly the world’s biggest exchange-traded fund. In August 2011, GLD had assets of more than $77 billion, surpassing SPY (SPDR S&P 500 ETF) for a short time. The SPDR Gold Trust’s market capitalization rose to $76.7 billion — gold briefly topped $1,880/ounce. At the same time, SPY’s “capitalization” was ~$74.4 billion. I missed…Read More
Category: Contrary Indicators, ETFs, Gold & Precious Metals, Technical Analysis
TBTF ETF Backtest (Red) Source: Bespoke I am putting together a new ETF that consists entirely of companies that have become so large and systemically important that they are guaranteed survival regardless of their own incompetency. It is a market cap weighted index (naturally) so that those names that represent the greatest threat to…Read More
Since it is a Friday (following Valentine’s Day), I want to step back from the usual market gyrations to discuss a broader topic: The pursuit of Alpha, where it goes wrong, and the actual cost in Beta. For those of you unfamiliar with the Wall Street’s Greek nomenclature, a quick (and oversimplified) primer: When we…Read More
Category: ETFs, Investing, Philosophy
click for larger charts
Source: Bianco Research
In my year end column for the WaPo (10 trends to watch in finance for 2013), the very first trend was “ETFs are eating everything.”
Some of the charts nearby, courtesy of Bianco Research, put it into perspective visually.
Just last month, ETF assets passed the $2 trillion dollar milestone. And today, Schwab announced they are allowing “investors to trade over 100 ETFs commission-free.”
By way of their simplicity, low cost and passive indexing, ETFs are becoming the most dominant product in finance.
Category: ETFs, Technical Analysis
Source: FT.com This was part of theme of my presentation this week — while equity markets in general have seen huge outflows, ETFs in general — and Vanguard in particular — have seen large inflows . . .
Category: ETFs, Investing, Mutual Funds
