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Solar ETF: TAN a Better Choice than KWT

Seeking Alpha has changed my title, as they always do.

The title that I chose was: Solar ETF Update: TAN vs. KWT

Most of the reduction of average market cap was in fact due to the drop in the market, but there were smaller issues added to both funds.


On Oct 07 11:03 AM Alan Young wrote:

> You have listed differences so trivial as to be meaningless. I don't
> see your point at all. Is the headline defensible?
>
> "Over the past year both of these ETFs have shifted to a smaller
> average market cap." That is, the price of solar stocks crashed,
> I assume--or did they add some new small-cap companies to the index?

Money Flows to Fixed Income ETFs in Q1

while the performance of FAS hasn't been great, the interest in the issue is what the article is focused on. As more people buy the fund, more shares are created to meet the demand.

New Data Shows Active Managers Continued to Fail in 2008

I believe the main reason is that active managers have the ability to time the market, and the indexes do not. As long as the manager's holdings are similar to the benchmark, and hold a good amount, say 30+ stocks, then the actual stock choices from the benchmark universe wont matter all that much. However, the manager thinking he/she is smarter than the market - buying and selling on swings always causes these managers to get blown out in the long run.


On Apr 20 11:38 PM optionsgirl wrote:

> The artlcle states that active managers trail the markets, but doesn't
> state why. I'd like to know why. Any thoughts on this? I am speculating
> that part of the reason is because they aren't permitted to hold
> much cash- they have to be market participants no matter what is
> going on (during steep declines, for instance) and have to be long
> the market, too. Could it be the constraints of those funds cause
> them to be long term losers? I don't know the answers, I'm just throwing
> out the question!

Brett Arends thinks a covered-call options strategy might be just what the doctor ordered for today's turbulent markets: "Any buy-write or covered-call fund is going to underperform the stock market during a bull market. But after what you've been through, do you really care?"

I agree with the covered call strategy right now, premiums are big, and gives you some relief on the way down.

Why So Little Volume in the Direxion Triple ETFs?

I think it will just take time. The first batch of triples had a slow start, and then exploded. The same with the Proshares 2x funds, they went for months with low volume until they finally caught on.

Six International 3X ETFs Hit the Market

seeking alpha changed the title of my article, its not 6 international, two of them are domestic technology

UltraShort ETFs: At a Tipping Point?

Stop doing TA on leveraged funds, it reflects poorly on your knowledge of the product.

Paulson and Bernanke Were Wrong on Lehman

You are 100% right sir. If they had held up Lehman, AIG and the others wouldn't have slipped, and we wouldn't be needing this bailout plan - at least not at this point.

An In-Depth Look at Solar Stocks

Great Article! a nice summary for people wanting to get a good basic understanding of the solar players

Everything They Tell You About Solar Is Wrong - Travis Bradford

great article!

Clean Energy ETFs Face Off

Hey Seeker, QCLN is also a good one, its more closely related to GEX than PBW. Also its outperformed PBW, but underperformed GEX in the past year. Its a little lesser known, and has lighter volume, but definately a good fund to consider
www.ftportfolios.com/c...

USO Breaks Upward Trendline…Finally

DUG is also a good choice, I agree

A Look at New Asset Allocation and Hedged Equity ETFs

it looks like they have added outside funds, in PTO as of July 10th:

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund 4.63%
Vanguard ETF Emerging Markets 4.60%

New Up/Down Oil ETFs Open for Business

your fees are off a bit, its 0.95%

The New Frontier Markets ETF: Can You Handle It?

Good point DaveW, there should be a few more of these coming out and hopefully their construction is a little more creative. The best Frontier I've seen to date is through a MF(TRAMX).