The markets have started the year in a significant nosedive. Any day that we get a bounce, even a slight one, the pundits start asking if this is the bottom.
And you start wondering where you should put your money. Fortunately, you don't have to worry about finding the perfect stock.
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are a much better way to survive these markets. Here's why...
The markets have started the year in a significant nosedive. Any day that we get a bounce, even a slight one, the pundits start asking if this is the bottom.
And you start wondering where you should put your money. Fortunately, you don't have to worry about finding the perfect stock.
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are a much better way to survive these markets. Here's why...
People often ask me how to get started with tech investing.
I've got three investments will help you get started by providing a solid foundation for your portfolio, even in the very turbulent market we've been seeing all year long.
And I believe all three will crush the market over the next several years...
Ask me to name the greatest retail product to ever come out of Wall Street and I'll point to exchange-traded funds - better known as ETFs.
ETFs are great for lots of reasons, and today I want to show you how to employ them to your maximum personal advantage.
This will help you establish a solid financial foundation that'll promise wealth for years to come.
Here's everything you need to know about ETFs...
Bets are being laid down in advance of today's Fed decision.
The bet itself is a simple one: Will Fed decision makers raise rates... or won't they?
The first ETF debuted back in 1993. ETFs have displaced regular mutual funds as the investment of choice: The amount of money ETFs hold has skyrocketed more than 2,000% - compared with a paltry 120% for regular funds.
ETFs trade all day like stocks - making them "better" than mutual funds. ETFs are modern-day magical trading tools.
But if you know anything about magic, you know there are times where the trick goes awry...
Exchange-traded funds - ETFs for short - are billed as among the most investor-friendly products ever created, thanks to low fees, intraday pricing, and unprecedented flexibility versus the mutual funds they've ostensibly "replaced."
Make no mistake about it: The stock market crashed last Monday.
Stocks bounced on Wednesday and Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining back more than 1,000 points.
Now investors want to know: Was last Monday's stock market crash a below-the-belt hit?
Here's the truth about last week, what's going to happen next, and what you should do...
Of all the scary things that happened last Monday when the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 1,000 points, nothing was scarier than what happened with exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
They crashed and exacerbated the market sell-off. They're not all a bad risk, and there are some we like to recommend that are quite safe - even essential - during a market reversal.
Investors need to understand exactly what it is they're holding. But this opens a can of worms Wall Street would rather leave shut tight, because there's a danger to investors from some of these.
Commodities have been in a downtrend since 2011. All commodities are priced in U.S. dollars, and a strong dollar has acted as a headwind.
But signs right now point to a possible bottom and reversal in commodities.
Today, there are more than 1,600 ETFs. From clean energy to private equity to short-term volatility, there's an ETF for nearly every sector and investment strategy.
Some of the best ETFs to buy in 2015 help investors get a piece of a very lucrative trend: mergers and acquisitions.
The collective total of global M&A announced year to date surpassed $1 trillion through the first week of April. At the current pace, M&A activity is on track to exceed $3.7 trillion in 2015.
What is an ETF? The short answer is that it's a security that trades like a stock, has the diversification of a fund, and is tax-friendly.
The first ETF debuted in January 1993 when the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust was launched. Since then, ETFs have increased in popularity. Today, there are more than 1,600 ETFs, with an ETF for nearly every sector and investment strategy.
Here's what makes ETFs so popular - plus three great ETFs to buy now...
A leveraged ETF (exchanged-traded fund) is like most ETFs in that it trades like a stock and is designed to track the performance of a particular index.
However, a leveraged ETF uses financial derivatives and debt to increase returns. It also doesn't track the returns of an index on an annual basis, but the daily changes.
This ETF list is considered a stock market delicacy - it's comprised of the most promising, profitable exchange-traded funds.
From biotech to cryptocurrency to healthcare M&As, ETFs are one of the best low-cost ways profit from this year's top trends.
Here are seven of the best ETF investments you can make today...
For solid returns with minimal effort and low cost, buy an S&P 500 ETF.
Legendary investor Warren Buffett agrees. On Monday he advised LeBron James to keep it simple and invest in low-cost index funds.
It's not the first time Buffett has recommended this type of investment. "A low-cost index fund is the most sensible equity investment for the great majority of investors," according to Buffett.
Here's the best S&P 500 ETF to buy to profit from the S&P's future gains...
