Listly by Jason Syd
ETF investing
A well designed Conservative ETF Portfolio is for those who are conscious of first rule of investing. Do not lose money. The main goal is to preserve capital as investors seek to ride the market over time rather than trying to time market top and bottoms. Index Tracking Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) is one of the easiest and cheapest way for investors to create their own low maintenance investment portfolio.
The healthcare industry amounts to annual total expenditure of $1.6 trillion and has seen consistent increase in above inflation growth. Along with favorable demographics momentum it could pay off for investors to allocated portion of the portfolio to the healthcare sector. Healthcare can be divided into 4 specific segments.
When investors think of Emerging Markets, the first countries that come to mind are the powerhouse economies in Asia like China, Singapore and South Korea or BRICs. There are many more Emerging Markets in other regions which are not commonly written about including Mexico (Latin America), Poland and Hungry in Eastern Europe.
Hydraulic fracturing dependent energy companies has been profitable for investors that go into the ground game early with the names likes Chesapeake and Anadarko. The energy sector in the US has experienced a paradigm shift where the oil majors has increased the use of fracking to make up the decline in production dependent on conventional oil and gas extraction methods.
High Yield Bond ETF (sometimes known as Junk Bonds) can be an important part of the investment portfolio by improving diversification and returns. With a mix of equity and bond like characteristics high yield bonds provide capital gains and income for the investor.
Inverse Market ETFs provides investors a positive return when the market declines. To use these index ETF to the maximum effect. Investors should be aware the underlying sector breakdown of the market ETFs each ETF. There are also inverse sector ETFs such as inverse (and leveraged) energy sector for those that has a bearish view on specific sectors.
iShares France ETF (EWQ) is an index tracking exchange trade fund tracking the MSCI France Index. It is designed as an easy way for investors to gain a exposure to large capitalized listed French companies which performance follow closely the French market and economy.
Investors looking to add Oil Refinery ETF presents a paradox to the modern day proliferation specialised exchange traded products. ETFs can be cost effective and easy way for investors to take advantage of sectors that is expected to outperform the market.
There are 2 primary ways to profit from changes in crude oil prices either from oil company stocks or crude oil futures directly. Oil futures listed on the CME have a fixed amount face price per contract.
United States is undergoing an energy revolution. In any gold rush, there is just as much profits in selling shovels as in mining gold. The same principal applies to the energy boom where the energy service and equipment providers are making hay while the sun is shining and in some cases has considerably outperformed companies in the exploration and production space.
Gold as an asset class had an outstanding performance from 2007 to its peak in 2011, jumping $640 to nearly $1800. This is a total return of almost 181% or 22% annually when the S&P 500 over the same period fell 15% (excluding dividends) and with much greater volatility.
There is 2 ways for investors to gain exposure to the gold price. The first can be investing directly in gold itself through either physical gold, gold ETF or gold futures ETFs or secondly investing in exchange trade funds focusing on gold miners.
Solar stocks has been on a tear this year. The ETF list below highlights 2 ETFs that invest solely in Solar stocks. Until recently it has been a wild ride for long term investors in the Solar sector.
It is important to note that there is nothing wrong with the ETF it self. NUGT is doing exactly what it is designed to do. Providing 3 times the return of a portfolio of gold mining stocks. The issue we are highlighting is when you pick the wrong sector to invest in plus using significant leverage.
What is an Exchange Traded Fund? An Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) similar to mutual fund is a collective investment vehicle that trades like a single stock. ETFs generally track the performance of a stock, bond, or commodity index. Similar to individual stocks, each ETF has a ticker and traded traded on a stock exchange.
The indian economy has lost momentum with growth dropping to low single digits in 2013 and 2014. Even India's presence along with other countries in BRIC has been questioned due to the ineptitude, weak governance and management of government led by the Congress party.
2014 have been extremely challenging for investors. After major market indexes returned above 30% in 2013. Investor optimism did not carrying forward to 2014. To get ideas of which asset classes can drive portfolio return for the rest of the year. We have highlighted the best index funds in 2014 to see what is working so far.
Signs are showing that Chinese growth slowdown is showing signs of life with PMI at almost 24 month highest. Unlike the Indian market, there are limited options for investors wanting to invest in the Chinese equity market due to capital inflow restrictions. Investors should note not all China ETF funds are created equal.
Volatility is nothing new for the Russian Market. Following the famous debt default in the 1990s which brought LTCM to its knees with weak governance and corruption. Investors should always been cautious investing in Russia.
Signs are showing that Chinese growth slowdown is showing signs of life with PMI at almost 24 month highest. Unlike the Indian market, there are limited options for investors wanting to invest in the Chinese equity market due to capital inflow restrictions. Investors should note not all China ETF funds are created equal.
Volatility is nothing new for the Russian Market. Following the famous debt default in the 1990s which brought LTCM to its knees with weak governance and corruption. Investors should always been cautious investing in Russia.
For many beginner investors. Indexing investing or investing in an index fund is one of the easiest and cheapest ways to get a foot in the market. An index fund is a combined pool of investment funds that tracks a specified market, commodity or sector index.
Equity returns across European markets has lagged the US since the inception of the Eurozone crisis. Recently, the economy has been stabilized and the market is recovering. Funds has gradually shifted back to the Eurozone region and there are number of investment options at investor fingertips to take advantage of the recovery.