Most Financial Sector ETFs Look Like Risky Wagers
The main takeaway from my research is to avoid all financial sector ETFs except for KBWP. In fact, two of the financial ETFs are among the worst of the more than 400 ETFs in our coverage universe.
View ArticleLooking Under The Hood Of 36 Large-Cap Value ETFs
Too many investors have been misled to believe they can trust the ETF label or category and to believe that all ETFs within a certain category are the same when they are not.
View ArticlePicking Diamonds Out Of The ETF Rough
There are major differences in methodologies between funds, which results in drastically different holdings even within a given sector.
View ArticleAccounting Trickery Flourishes In Financial Sector
Before I delve into the accounting loopholes used to prop third-quarter earnings, let me point out the vast amount of choices for ETFs in the financial sector. There are 25 financial sector ETFs with...
View ArticleUtilities Have Plenty Of Risk, Choose ETFs Wisely
Too many investors put their hard-earned money in utility stocks with the assumption that relatively high-yielding dividends from stable business make a good investment. The real question that...
View ArticleDon't Get Shafted Drilling Into Energy Sector ETFs
There are major differences in methodologies between ETFs, which results in drastically different holdings even within a given sector. And the problem is that the passively-managed ETFs are...
View ArticleThe Fab Four: Social Media on Steroids
VideoSome of the followers of The Flack have commented on how much they've enjoyed the once-regular feature "Your Weekend Viewing," a curated collection of cool and useful videos posted at week's end....
View ArticleOn Memorial Day, A Look At Surviving Family Military Benefits
Last week, my brother returned home to his family after his most recent deployment. He is active duty in the U.S. Navy and I know that we are lucky that, for the last twenty years or so, he has come...
View ArticleCould Ebola Virus Become A Threat In The U.S.?
Media reports on the death of a Liberian traveler in Lagos, Nigeria, due to the deadly Ebola virus have caught the world’s attention--and for good reason. As we live in an interconnected world we have...
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