PowerShares DWA Technical Leaders Portfolio (PDP)

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  • commenter
    billb
    May 29 05:00 PM
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    Quant Strategy Broad ETFs [view article]
    A good article idea ... comparing the performance of the "quant" funds against the major averages. Reply
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    David
    Jackson
    May 29 04:01 PM
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    Quant Strategy Broad ETFs [view article]
    Update: We added the new First Trust 130/30 ETN to the list, and in the Further Reading section a link to an article about it by Murray Coleman, that quotes Roger Nusbaum. Reply
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    Mike Moody,
    CMT
    Apr 23 03:51 PM
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    Concept ETFs Provide Portfolio Stability [view article]
    ETF volume should not be a major concern for investors. ETFs, like open-ended mutual funds, create shares ("creation units" in the case of an ETF) as they are needed. If an ETF trades only 1000 shares per day, but you have a $10 million order, they simply create the shares they need to fill the order. Since the ETF can be arbitraged against the underlying shares, the prices generally don't get too far out of line. Reply
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    Geoffrey
    Lordi
    Apr 23 03:32 PM
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    Concept ETFs Provide Portfolio Stability [view article]
    Jayapal,

    I used to think that, too, but it's not really a problem with limit orders...I've been buying PCY for many months and that ETF's average volume is only about 21K shares. Most of the time my orders fill below my entry price (Merrill Unlimited Advantage trading)...

    If you're trading, 10k-30k shares mightn't be enough. But, in your own words, trading ETFs like these, that involve sector-based, temporal, rotation would be counterproductive.     Reply
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    jayapal
    Apr 23 12:24 PM
    Concept ETFs Provide Portfolio Stability [view article]
    i think it is counterproductive to recommend etf's with daily volume of 10k and 30k respectively. Reply
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    SeekingAlpha
    Editors
    Apr 06 05:20 AM
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    General Discussion on PDP
    Is this a buy or a sell? Reply
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    JonD
    Jul 10 09:51 AM
    ETF Analysis: Bottom-Up vs. Forward Looking [view article]
    ummmm.. i guess i'm talking about all of the articles on this web site plus lots of articles in various newspapers and other web sites. it's hard to be specific b/c there's so many published every day. i will direct you to a dictionary to understand what "well above average" means. Reply
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    Roger
    Nusbaum
    Jul 10 08:51 AM
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    ETF Analysis: Bottom-Up vs. Forward Looking [view article]
    JonD, I think the big picture idea that I am trying to convey is that trying to apply bottom up stock picking methods to ETFs is not very useful.

    Further as far as timing, I believe I am very consistent in saying that I am increasing or decreasing and I preach on and on about never being zero weight in something as big as emerging markets. Her implication is to have zero in emerging markets right now (this is simply what I think I'm reading).

    It might be my inability to explain this well but I'm <em>telling you</em> that her article is very different and I think of no value.     Reply
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    mitsuo
    Jul 09 10:45 PM
    ETF Analysis: Bottom-Up vs. Forward Looking [view article]
    What the heck are you writing about? Which most current articles? What does "well above average" mean? Reply
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    JonD
    Jul 09 08:20 PM
    ETF Analysis: Bottom-Up vs. Forward Looking [view article]
    Roger, your criticism is misguided and a bit hypocritical (if i may be so bold). the first and third major sections of the article sound exactly like something you would write --- a logical and fact-based dissection/comparison of different ETFs in a given asset class. and the section you focus your criticism on, ironically, also could have come from your pen/keyboard as you often explicitly (or implicitly) offer market timing suggestions for certain subsectors of the asset universe all the time.

    i read most of the current ETF articles and this one is well above average relative to the incessant drivel of articles warning of "thinly sliced ETFs dangerous to your investing health."     Reply
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    mitsuo
    Jul 09 07:36 PM
    ETF Analysis: Bottom-Up vs. Forward Looking [view article]
    Generally, I find that Morningstar not a great fan of ETFs. I guess being biased against ETFs in the author's position is understandable, given that her company would become irrelevant if ETFs overtake mutual funds as the choice of investors and their money.

    However, her stance is a bit perplexing, given the number of iShares products based on Morningstar indices and the free revenue flow that those funds provide to Morningstar. Perhaps that's why the author and her company usually focus on State Street's products?

    Also, I found it most interesting that the author would bring an iPath into the article. These are structured notes, not funds. Is she comparing asset classes, returns, or structures?     Reply
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