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  • Finding Safety, Yield, and Total Return in selective Preferred Stock Floaters by Dan Plettner
    When most people think of Preferred Stocks, they think of retirees investing $25 a share after a broker’s cold-call in the primary (issuance) market.  I suggest looking at the secondary market, with a current perspective on these highly liquid exchange-listed securities. I will... More »
    December 5, 2009 • PFF, PSK
  • ETFDesk Daily 11/25/2009 Top News and Investment Ideas by ETFdesk.com
     Sign up for Daily email and feed at etfdesk.comToday's market-moving headlines, macro trade ideas and more...J.P. Morgan: U.S. Dollar Carry Trade a ‘Half Truth’US shoppers wait for salesAs Black Friday Looms, Will Consumers Show Up?Climategate: the final nail in the coffin... More »
    November 25, 2009 • ULE, UDN, ROB
  • 3 ETFs to sell by Jim Van Meerten
    I'm selling these 3 ETFs from my Financial Tides ETF portfolio on Martketocracy based on technical indicators from BarChart.PFF - IShares US PreferredPGX - ProShares PreferredSMH - Semiconductor HolderIf you hold these ETFs in your portfolio please research them fully on BarChart.Jim Van Meerten... More »
    November 6, 2009 • PFF, PGX, SMH
  • ETFDesk Daily 11/03/2009 by ETFdesk.com
     Sign up for Daily email and live feed at etfdesk.comThe Zweig Total Return Fund Inc Declares DistributionCIT Files Its Bankruptcy PlanJittery Companies Stash CashMXF Publishes Schedule of In-Kind Proceeds Distributed in Connection with Tender OfferCNA's Q3 benefits from fewer... More »
    November 3, 2009 • ZTR, GCH, ZF
  • Looking for Yield by Glenn Rogers
    Contributing editor Glenn Rogers joins us this week from sunny California. Glenn has had several winning picks for us in recent months but he's feeling a little nervous about the markets right now and looking to lock in some gains. Here is his report.Glenn Rogers writes:Since my last column, the... More »
    November 2, 2009 • IAE, PFF, IGR
  • Price Probability Ranges for Key Asset Categories by Richard Shaw
    Last week we published a visual view of price range probability cones for several securities (SPY, FXI, TLT and UUP).  This article builds on the concepts in that article and provides a tabular view of the same kind of data for twenty-seven asset categories. The two tables below show the... More »
    October 13, 2009 • BND, MUB, IRF
  • Bond Funds Price Change vs Volatility by Richard Shaw
    Stock volatility versus price change gets a lot of financial media attention, but bonds don’t get so much. Bonds are an important part of portfolios that deserve investigative attention too. This article provides data for  bond funds of various types in terms of price rate of change... More »
    September 21, 2009 • TIP, MBB, SHV
  • ETFs Currently Overbought by Scott's Investments
    Below is a list of ETFs currently considered 'overbought' using data from Finviz.com. In this case overbought is defined as having an RSI (14) of over 80.  Stocks and ETFs can remain overbought for extended periods of time and one can use multiple ways to define 'overbought'.  However,... More »
    August 13, 2009 • EWA, IYC, IYT
  • Three Overlooked High-Yielding ETFs by Matthew D. McCall
    Investors have an opportunity to invest in ETFs that not only offer upside potential through capital appreciation, but also above average dividends. Whether you are a young or old investor, the thought of a regular sizable dividend payment is attractive.Here are three ETFs that I believe will... More »
    July 31, 2009 • JNK, PFF, HYD
  • Which Way’d They Go? by Richard Shaw
    Saying it’s better to buy when securities are going up than when they are going down is easy.  Actually determining what is up and what is down is not quite as easy. We have said and wish to reiterate that you should buy makes good sense to own for fundamental reasons when it is going... More »
    June 26, 2009 • BND, MUB, IEF

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