David Banash

1929's Closed End Fund Craze: Lessons For Today

That's great stuff. Any idea on where I can get a copy of the De Long and Shleifer research paper. Old CEF's are one of my research areas. Thanks!

Three Closed-End Funds of Funds

Eric,
Good point about weighting that discount calculation. I own ADX as well as CET another old closed-end equity fund. Taken as a group along with GAM and TY, these granddaddy equity CEF's really put a premium (no pun intended) on deep value, buy and hold portfolio selection. It's amazing that you can get them at sizable discounts at times but hey, everybody loves an inefficient market!

Four Countries That Could Weather a U.S. Market Deterioration

Interesting take on downside protection. Could you include New Zealand in that list?

Sixty-Seven ETF Filings For a New Year

I believe Barclay's launched an ETN, exchange-traded note rather than an ETF.

Whole Foods, Whole Portfolio?

This stock was a favorite with the Jim Dines crowd before it broke down. Another holding to compare is UNFI, much less volatility.

Ten ETF Trends To Expect In 2007

Try the no-load natural gas index fund GASFX from FBR funds. I owned it from Aug 2004 till last week and did very well with it.

Comparing Financial Sector Index ETFs: Does Anything Make Them Special?

It would be interesting to see how financial sector no-load mutual funds such as the FBRFX and FBRSX and the closed-end Financial Fund FF (which I own) perform in this comparison.