Panskeptic

Commodity and Bond ETFs: "Stuff" and "Safety" Beating Stocks

If you can make sector bets, do it. If you can't, diversify.

It's like when somebody says "You can't time the market," what they're really saying is "I can't time the market."

Do what you can. If you can't do something, do something else.

Money Magazine ETF Recommendations: Keeping It Simple May Be Stupid

This urge towarfd simplicity does not originate at Money Mag. Paul B. Farrell over at Marketwatch has been beating the drum for "Lazy Man's Portfolios" for a long time. His April 8th column trumpets 1st quarter performance for 8 different portfolios for passive investors.

Restless, inquisitive types who write/read at Seeking Alpha are not likely to be comfortable with these simple recipes that require little tweaking.

Commodity ETF Overview

Elements MLCX Biofuels (AMEX: FUE) and Elements MLCX Grains (AMEX: GRU) have just been announced, so here's two more for you to track. Predictably, they claim to be better structured than the DB ETFs. We'll see.