The Nasdaq composite remains heavily weighted toward technology, thanks to Apple’s record market valuation near $750 billion. But tech’s weighting is down sharply from the Nasdaq’s peak, while the financial, consumer services and health-care sectors have seen their weightings more than double within the composite. [See table below.]Health care’s weighting in the composite is now 16 percent, which is comparable […]
However, one has to be careful not to grab an ETF that sounds too “cool” or cutting-edge, because it may mean some very illiquid securities are involved and you want to stay away from those.PLUS: 10 Ways to Tax-Proof Your PortfolioInstead, I look for ETFs that are structured in a creative way to distinguish them from other ETFs that are in […]
The financial media is playing the “when will oil bottom?” game to help fill the 24-hour news cycle—but that’s not going to make you money.So, today I have a trade that will…Sure, crude just took a breather to plug the leaks. It even jumped a couple of bucks. But when all was said and done yesterday, oil landed right back […]
Biotech stocks surged nicely Tuesday with the iShares Biotechnology ETF rallying more than 2 percent.For the most part, biotech stocks have performed very well over the last month and even the last year.That performance can be seen quite well with names such as Gilead Sciences, Illumina and Vertex Pharmaceuticals all having hit new highs within the last 30 days.However, not […]
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There has been a great deal of talk about the housing recovery. Sales of existing homes steadily rose between mid-2011 and mid-2013 on the back of a weak U.S. dollar and an increase in the money […]
For the first time in years, Iraq news is moving the markets again. Turkish stocks took a beating on Wednesday, with the iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (TUR) shedding 5.2%.The apparent reason? Armed militants from the terrorist group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (“ISIS”) seized the Turkish consulate in Mosul, taking the consul and his staff of nearly 50 […]
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Stocks came under selling pressure on Monday in the wake of renewed concerns over geopolitical instability in Eastern Europe. An escalation of tension between Russia and the Ukraine led to a plunge in Russia’s stock […]
APSee AlsoHere’s What Stocks Do When Interest Rates Are RisingHere Are 10 Things We Learned About The Economy And Markets In 2013The Weekend Is Over And Markets Are Mostly Drifting LowerWhen the Turkish stock market dives 5.2% like it did yesterday, it drags the world down with it.
Of course, it dragged down the iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (which also fell […]
