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ETF Insider: Make Way For The Bulls
Sat, Feb 4, 10:14 AM ET, by Michael Johnston

Our bearish suspicions proved incorrect last week as bullish euphoria on Wall Street was bolstered ...

A Baker’s Dozen Of Top Value-Stocks For 2012: Part III
Fri, Feb 3, 3:14 PM ET, by Walter Gault, Sabrient.com

Here is an excerpt from Daniel Sckolnik’s latest article on Seeking Alpha: As of Wednesday’s ...

Nuclear Revival Spur Uranium Miners Higher, Uranerz Leading Sector
Fri, Feb 3, 3:11 PM ET, by Jeb Handwerger

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StoreIntel 2012 Spring Preview
Fri, Feb 3, 1:31 PM ET, by RetailSails.com

In the next two weeks we will be releasing a StoreIntel review of new Spring ...

Suppressing Volatility and The Black Swan of Cairo
Fri, Feb 3, 12:31 PM ET, by Bill Luby

First published in the May/June 2011 issue of Foreign Affairs, The Black Swan of Cairo: ...

Oil ETF Review: CRUD Crushing Competition
Fri, Feb 3, 9:14 AM ET, by Michael Johnston

For advisors utilizing ETFs in client portfolios, the details matter. Whether it be the difference ...

Same-Store Sales Strong in Light-Volume January
Thu, Feb 2, 1:51 PM ET, by RetailSails.com

Most retailers saw strong sales in January, which is typically the lightest-volume month and caps ...

Slaying the Natural Gas Contango Dragon
Thu, Feb 2, 1:11 PM ET, by Bill Luby

Yesterday's post on Natural Gas, Contango and UNG appears to have generated a fair amount ...

Five New Features on ETFdb.com
Thu, Feb 2, 9:14 AM ET, by Michael Johnston

The team at ETF Database has been hard at work developing a number of new ...

Sector Detector: Stocks reload for run at highs
Thu, Feb 2, 8:14 AM ET, by Scott Martindale, Sabrient.com

The stock market has continued its bullish waysthanks to indications of an improving U.S. economy ...

Dark Horse Traders’ Hedge: Song Sung Blue
Wed, Feb 1, 7:24 PM ET, by Scott Brown, Sabrient.com

Song sung blue Everybody knows one Song sung blue Every garden grows one Me and ...

Natural Gas, Contango and UNG
Wed, Feb 1, 3:31 PM ET, by Bill Luby

I have talked at length in this space about the contango and negative roll yield ...

ETFs For The Capital Preservationist
Wed, Feb 1, 9:14 AM ET, by Michael Johnston

When the Federal Reserve announced recently that it plans to keep key interest rates at ...

Bond ETFs For Every Objective
Wed, Feb 1, 8:14 AM ET, by Michael Johnston

As the lineup of exchange-traded products has expanded dramatically in recent years, financial advisors have ...

The U.S. Economy is Uncertain, Fragile, and … Growing
Wed, Feb 1, 8:12 AM ET, by Donald Marron

Over at the Kauffman Foundation, Tim Kane has released his latest quarterly survey of economic ...

CBOE Adds Options to Emerging Markets Volatility Index (VXEEM)
Tue, Jan 31, 7:11 PM ET, by Bill Luby

Earlier this month, the CBOE launched futures on the CBOE Emerging Markets ETF Volatility Index ...

Consumer Saving is not Usually a Bad Thing
Tue, Jan 31, 7:11 PM ET, by Bob McTeer

The small headline on the 4:30 PM Tuesday edition of the WSJ on my iPad ...

Uranium and Rare Earths Leading Market Rebound
Tue, Jan 31, 2:11 PM ET, by Jeb Handwerger

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Tuesday Retail & Consumer Reading List
Tue, Jan 31, 12:21 PM ET, by RetailSails.com

We’re back from vacation – will be catching up the rest of the week, but ...

Do Federal Workers Get Paid More Than Private Ones?
Tue, Jan 31, 11:52 AM ET, by Donald Marron

Yes, according to a new report by the Congressional Budget Office. As always in such ...

Join Corey Tuesday for a Webinar on Two-Timeframe Trading Tips
Tue, Jan 31, 10:51 AM ET, by Corey Rosenbloom

I hope you can join us this afternoon, January 31st shortly after market close – ...

What Will A Facebook IPO Mean For ETFs?
Tue, Jan 31, 9:14 AM ET, by Michael Johnston

The rumors have been swirling for years: Facebook will IPO next month, next quarter, next ...

Five Leveraged ETFs Delivering Big Gains
Tue, Jan 31, 8:14 AM ET, by Michael Johnston

Despite some rather significant bumps along the road in 2011, many asset classes are now ...

What the Market Wants: Uncertainties Cloud Market’s Progress
Mon, Jan 30, 7:44 PM ET, by David Brown, Sabrient.com

Uncertainties Cloud Market’s Progress We still don't know what the market wants or what it ...

A Monthly Comparison of VXX and VXZ
Mon, Jan 30, 3:11 PM ET, by Bill Luby

Three years after their launch, VXX has about four times as many assets as its ...

VXX Celebrates Third Birthday
Mon, Jan 30, 1:11 PM ET, by Bill Luby

It does not seem to long ago that I was the only person who though ...

A Baker’s Dozen Of Top Value-Stocks For 2012: Part II
Mon, Jan 30, 11:54 AM ET, by Walter Gault, Sabrient.com

Here’s an excerpt from second in a series of articles (read part I here) written ...

ETF Periscope: Davos Sounds Similar Notes to What the Upcoming EU Summit Will Be Singing
Mon, Jan 30, 11:44 AM ET, by Daniel Sckolnik, Sabrient.com

"If it’s a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, ...

Online Education and Self-Driving Cars
Mon, Jan 30, 11:12 AM ET, by Donald Marron

Last week, I noted that former Stanford professor Sebastian Thrun enrolled 160,000 students in an ...

Entering the Debt Dimension
Mon, Jan 30, 8:14 AM ET, by ilene, Sabrient.com

Entering the Debt Dimension Excerpt fromStock World Weekly We ended last week's newsletter explaining why ...

ProShares Launches German Bond ETF
Mon, Jan 30, 8:14 AM ET, by Michael Johnston

ProShares announced the launch this week of itsGerman Sovereign/Sub-Sovereign ETF (GGOV), which will offer U.S. ...

Expiring Monthly January 2012 Issue Recap
Mon, Jan 30, 8:11 AM ET, by Bill Luby

I may have been away on vacation for the last two weeks, but that doesn't ...

GLD-Free Gold Bug ETFdb Portfolio Now Available
Sun, Jan 29, 9:44 AM ET, by Michael Johnston

The GLD-Free Gold Bug ETFdb Portfolio is now available to ETFdb Pro members and those ...

ETF Insider: Take Profits In A Sideways Market
Sat, Jan 28, 10:14 AM ET, by Michael Johnston

Equity markets endured another back-and-forth week as investors digested mixed earnings and lackluster economic data ...

Dark Horse Traders’ Hedge: New Buy/Write Positions Welcomed With Arms Wide Open
Fri, Jan 27, 7:54 PM ET, by Scott Brown, Sabrient.com

Well I just heard the news today It seems my life is going to change ...

EGShares Plans Emerging Market ETFs With A Twist, ALPS Files For High Volatility Fund
Fri, Jan 27, 8:14 AM ET, by Michael Johnston

The ETF industry is off to a hot start in 2012 as new products continue ...

How Much Does the United States Really Owe?
Fri, Jan 27, 8:12 AM ET, by Donald Marron

My latest column at the Christian Science Monitor takes a crack at this perennial question. ...

Long Term Trend Up In Gold and Silver Is Intact, Look For High Quality Exploration Companies
Fri, Jan 27, 8:11 AM ET, by Jeb Handwerger

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Positive Feedback Loop Situations in SPX Price
Thu, Jan 26, 12:11 PM ET, by Corey Rosenbloom

One of the main activities that trip up traders, especially new traders, is the concept ...

Can One Professor Teach 500,000 Students At Once?
Thu, Jan 26, 9:12 AM ET, by Donald Marron

That’s what former Stanford professor Sebastian Thrun aims to do. Sound impossible? Well, he’s already ...

Sector Detector: Bulls get support from the Fed
Thu, Jan 26, 8:14 AM ET, by Scott Martindale, Sabrient.com

Bulls found fresh legs on Wednesday with support from the FOMC, despite the reluctance of ...

Early ETF Stars Of 2012
Thu, Jan 26, 8:14 AM ET, by Michael Johnston

The unfriendly economic landscape from 2011 has been gradually evolving into a much more optimistic ...

Fed Announces Record Low Interest Rates Until Late 2014 and Commodities Soar
Wed, Jan 25, 8:11 PM ET, by Jeb Handwerger

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Two Sabrient Portfolios Clobbering the SPY!
Wed, Jan 25, 7:34 PM ET, by Walter Gault, Sabrient.com

Halfway through the 4th trading week of 2012, two of Sabrient’s portfolios, the Sabrient Baker’s ...

Rare Earths Breaking Downtrend To The Upside
Wed, Jan 25, 3:31 PM ET, by Jeb Handwerger

Get a FREE 30-Day Trial of my Members-Only Premium Stock Analysis Service NOW!Years ago when ...

iShares Rolls Out Norway ETF (ENOR)
Wed, Jan 25, 9:34 AM ET, by Michael Johnston

As expected, iShares became the first ETF issuer to list a product on the BATS ...

The 10 Most Profitable ETFs In The World
Wed, Jan 25, 8:14 AM ET, by Michael Johnston

The ETF industry has long been known for the many advantages that it offers over ...

The VIX-VXX Minotaur Trade
Wed, Jan 25, 8:11 AM ET, by Bill Luby

[The following first appeared in the December 2010 edition of Expiring Monthly: The Option Traders ...

A Baker’s Dozen Of Top Value Stocks For 2012
Tue, Jan 24, 5:34 PM ET, by Daniel Sckolnik, Sabrient.com

For better or for worse, as investors we are generally suckers for a good stock ...

QE-Cating
Tue, Jan 24, 4:14 PM ET, by ilene, Sabrient.com

Excerpts from this week’sStock World Weekly: QE-Cating Excerpts from this week’s Stock World Weekly: QE-Cating ...

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