ETFdesk's  Instablog

Since March 9th of last year, the Standard & Poor's Composite 1500 index, a broad-based, capitalization-weighted benchmark of 1,500 U.S. companies, has rallied 75%. As it happens, all but one industry group in the index, which is comprised of the S&P 500, the S&P 400 (mid cap), and the S&P 600 (small cap), has seen a double-digit percentage rally over the span ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: buy PowerShares Water Resource Portfolio (PHO) buy Claymore S&P Global Water Index ETF (CGW) buy First Trust ISE Water Index Fund (FIW) buy PowerShares Global Water Portfolio (PIO); Check out how others are using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own opinion

Greece faces the threat of state bankruptcy. No longer is there any illusion that membership of Europe’s economic and monetary union provides protection from harsh realities. Since it entered the euro area in 2001, Greece has sacrificed competitiveness and amassed enormous trade deficits. Theoretically, to make up the economic ground lost in less than a decade, the Greeks would need to devalue by 40 per cent. But in a monetary union, that is impossible. ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: buy iShares MSCI-Germany (EWG) buy Rydex Euro Currency Trust (FXE); Check out how others are using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own opinion

SAO PAULO, March 25 (Reuters) - Yields on Brazilian interest rate future contracts for shorter maturities jumped on Thursday over expectations the central bank would hike borrowing costs in April for the first time in two years. ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: buy WisdomTree Dreyfus Brazilian Real Fund (BZF); Check out how others are using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own opinion

March 26 (Bloomberg) -- Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said the recent rise in Treasury yields represents a “canary in the mine” that may signal further gains in interest rates. ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: sell iShares Lehman 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT) sell iShares Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund (IEF) buy UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury ProShares (PST) buy UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury ProShares (TBT) buy Direxion Daily 30-Yr Treasury Bear 3x Shares (TMV) sell PIMCO 7-15 Year U.S. Treasury Index Fund (TENZ); Check out how others are using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own opinion

March 29 (Bloomberg) -- Junk bond sales reached a record this month as rising profits and record low Federal Reserve interest rates foster lending and investment to the lowest-rated borrowers. ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: buy iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund (HYG) buy SPDR Lehman High Yield Bond ETF (JNK); Check out how others are using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own opinion

The unemployment rate remains locked in a range that recalls the economic doldrums of the early 1980s. Housing is stuck in a ditch, with foreclosures rising. And consumers are still reluctant to part with the little cash they do have. ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: sell S&P 500 SPDR (SPY); Check out how others are using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own opinion