ETF Trends Podcast: Everything ETF's

I do the “ETF of the Week” for MarketWatch every Thursday on Chuck Jaffe’s MoneyLife Show where I highlight big movers and disappointments within the exchange traded fund market. On Thursday, I looked at the Market Vectors Short High Yield Municipal Index ETF (NYSEArca: SHYD). SHYD’s shorter duration helps mitigate the effects of rising interest [...]

I do the “ETF of the Week” for MarketWatch every Thursday on Chuck Jaffe’s MoneyLife Show where I highlight big movers and disappointments within the exchange traded fund market. This Thursday, I focused on the WisdomTree Middle East Dividend Fund (NYSEArca: GULF). While the emerging markets are faltering, frontier markets in the Middle East seem [...]

I do the “ETF of the Week” for MarketWatch every Thursday on Chuck Jaffe’s MoneyLife Show where I highlight big movers and disappointments within the exchange traded fund market. On Thursday, I looked at the Vanguard Total International Bond ETF (NYSEArca: BNDX). The ETF provides diverse exposure to investment-grade, non-U.S. fixed-income assets while hedging currency [...]

I do the “ETF of the Week” for MarketWatch every Thursday on Chuck Jaffe’s MoneyLife Show where I highlight big movers and disappointments within the exchange traded fund market. This Thursday, I focused on the AdvisorShares Peritus High Yield ETF (NYSEArca: HYLD). HYLD has shown a solid 3-year track record, provides good risk-adjusted performance and [...]

I do the “ETF of the Week” for MarketWatch every Thursday on Chuck Jaffe’s MoneyLife Show where I highlight big movers and disappointments within the exchange traded fund market. This week, I looked at the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (NYSEArca: XBI). XBI provides a good example of how holdings and weighting methodology affects the way a [...]

I do the “ETF of the Week” for MarketWatch every Thursday on Chuck Jaffe’s MoneyLife Show where I highlight big movers and disappointments within the exchange traded fund market. On Thursday, I focused on the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSEArca: UUP). Investors can use a U.S. dollar ETF to help capture the [...]

I do the “ETF of the Week” for MarketWatch every Thursday on Chuck Jaffe’s MoneyLife Show where I highlight big movers and disappointments within the exchange traded fund market. This week, I highlighted the Guggenheim Shipping ETF (NYSEArca: SEA). As the global economic engine picks up steam, shippers will help provide countries with the necessary raw [...]

I do the “ETF of the Week” for MarketWatch every Thursday on Chuck Jaffe’s MoneyLife Show where I highlight big movers and disappointments within the exchange traded fund market. On Thursday, I looked at the FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund (NYSEArca: QDF). QDF implements a type of smart-beta, multi-factor indexing methodology to dividend-paying stocks. Click [...]

I do the “ETF of the Week” for MarketWatch every Thursday on Chuck Jaffe’s MoneyLife Show where I highlight big movers and disappointments within the exchange traded fund market. This week, in a shift from the normal program, I looked at how investors can make their investment portfolio work harder and more efficiently through a [...]

I do the “ETF of the Week” for MarketWatch every Thursday on Chuck Jaffe’s MoneyLife Show where I highlight big movers and disappointments within the exchange traded fund market. This Thursday, I focused on the ProShares Large Cap Core Plus (NYSEArca: CSM). CSM provides an alternative 130/30, long/short large-cap strategy to help diversify an equity [...]

I do the “ETF of the Week” for MarketWatch every Thursday on Chuck Jaffe’s MoneyLife Show where I highlight big movers and disappointments within the exchange traded fund market. This week, I highlighted the ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF (NYSEArca: NOBL). A dividend ETF that includes large, quality names from the S&P 500 with a [...]

I do the “ETF of the Week” for MarketWatch every Thursday on Chuck Jaffe’s MoneyLife Show where I highlight big movers and disappointments within the exchange traded fund market. On Friday, I talked about the Market Vectors International High Yield Bond ETF (NYSEArca: IHY). While we are seeing rates rise in the U.S., investors can [...]

I do the “ETF of the Week” for MarketWatch every Thursday on Chuck Jaffe’s MoneyLife Show where I highlight big movers and disappointments within the exchange traded fund market. This week, I focused on the db X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund (NYSEArca: ASHR). ASHR is the first U.S.-listed ETF to provide investors direct [...]

I do the “ETF of the Week” for MarketWatch every Thursday on Chuck Jaffe’s MoneyLife Show where I highlight big movers and disappointments within the exchange traded fund market. On Thursday, I looked at the ProShares High Yield-Interest Rate Hedged ETF (NYSEArca: HYHG). Investors who are still looking for yields but are wary about rising [...]

I do the “ETF of the Week” for MarketWatch every Thursday on Chuck Jaffe’s MoneyLife Show where I highlight big movers and disappointments within the exchange traded fund market. This week, I took a look at the First Trust NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Fund (NasdaqGIDS: QQEW). The equal-weight approach allows investors to capitalize on the [...]