ETF Pop Quiz: Bank Loans, Bangladesh, and Building
After slow week in the global market, the ETFdb pop quiz returns with another round of questions about Bank Loans, Bangladesh, and Building ETFs.As always, all answers can be found using the suite of...
View ArticleGold and Silver Outlook for December 31 – January 4
The prices of precious metals edged down during the previous week. As the year is winding down, the clock is still ticking on the fiscal cliff. Up to now, the White House and Congress didn't progress...
View Article3 ETFs To Watch This Week: FXI, XLI, VXX
With no concrete solutions on the table regarding the much-feared fiscal cliff, it wasn’t terribly surprising to see equity markets take a beating last week. Profit-taking pressures have been a...
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Hard Evidence That The Fiscal Cliff Negotiations Are Hurting Consumer Confidence
Some analysts remain doubtful that the fiscal impasse in Washington is having a material impact on the US consumers (as discussed here). But once again we see the uncertainty showing up in consumer...
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BIRINYI: Bears Will Capitulate, And Stocks Will Surge To A Record High In 2013
Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) -- The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index will probably surpass its record high in 2013 as bears capitulate and the lure of a four-year bull market pulls “everyone in the pool,”...
View ArticleThe Major Flaw At The Heart Of Macroeconomics
There’s been a lot of ink spilled in recent weeks over the problems (or lack thereof) in modern macroeconomics (see here and here). I’ve expressed my opinion that the state of modern macro is moving...
View ArticlePolitics Not Economics Push FX into Year End
It seems only fitting that politics, which have shaped the investment climate to such a large extent this year, dominates on this last day of 2012. To be sure though, activity is thin and it seems...
View ArticleBest and Worst Bond ETFs of 2012
This was the year of bond ETF growth, with massive inflows into this asset class over the last few months. After the financial crisis, investors have flocked to this consistent and often high-yielding...
View ArticleThe Fiscal Cliff Will Probably Flip The Stock Market 'January Effect'
Search “January Effect” and you will likely find a number of varying investing opinions, strategies, and explanations of what it means for the stock market. In my case, it has always meant crafting a...
View ArticleThe Fiscal Cliff Will Probably Flip The Stock Market 'January Effect'
Search “January Effect” and you will likely find a number of varying investing opinions, strategies, and explanations of what it means for the stock market. In my case, it has always meant crafting a...
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What Paul Krugman Got Right And Wrong About The Rise Of The Robot Workforce
Paul Krugman is one of the leading “names” in economics today. There are reasons for his stature. He’s got a Nobel Prize, he’s an academic at a leading University, he writes for the NY Times, and not a...
View ArticleComplete List Of New 2012 ETFs
With 2012 nearly in the books, the ETF industry has set yet another record for product development and innovation. More than 165 exchange-traded products debuted this year, beginning in early January...
View ArticleBest of Q4 Posts
Here is the selection of our best posts from the fourth quarter. 1. The Passion of Monti: A Christmas Story An allegorical analysis of Italy's political situation and Mario Monti's ambiguous...
View ArticleEUR/USD – Over the Cliff We Go?
On the final trading day of 2012, EUR/USD has edged lower, and has fallen below the 1.32 level. Despite intensive talks in Washington to try and avert the fiscal cliff, the likelihood of a last minute...
View ArticleForecast 2013: Contraction, Contagion, and Contradiction
The people who like to think they are managing the world's affairs seem fiercely determined to ignore the world's true condition -- namely, the permanent contraction of industrial economies. They...
View ArticleWhen Priced in Gold, the US economy is at Depression-Era Levels
December 31, 2012 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaAs we slide into the end of yet another year in which the nominal price of gold has posted a positive return, I thought it would be interesting to take a look...
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The Public Is Enforcing Wall Street's Sentence
There are times when a confluence of events can bring clarity to seemingly complicated issues.I recently read an article in the leading business daily that somewhat smugly reported on the lack of...
View ArticleSocial Security and the current fad of being balanced and comprehensive
Salon writer Natasha Lennard reports that a sticking point around Social Security stalled 'fiscal cliff' back and forth rejoinders between the two parties, but also points out that the topic continues...
View ArticleJavert’s Religion of Statism
Those who take prosperity for granted — and all of us do whether we admit it or not — would do well to make their way to the film Les Misérables, which features Russell Crowe playing the role of the...
View ArticleUSD/CAD Canadian Dollar 2012 Wrap up
The Canadian dollar has been range bound and had to react to world economic, political and social events outside its borders and with very little control of the outcome. Canadian fundamentals are...
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