Doug Fabian
Buyback Fund Shows Gains
The third-best-performing exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the international equity category during the first half of 2015 has a different focus than its counterparts. That fund is PowerShares International BuyBack Achievers Portfolio (IPKW), which invests in international companies that have cut their number of outstanding shares in the past year through the use of buybacks. View […]
Searching Abroad for Brighter Opportunities
This week’s ETF Talk concerns the second-best-performing ETF in the international equity fund category during the first half of 2015.
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New Rule for ETF Investors: Stop Using Stops
The recent price action in many ETFs during a period of extreme market stress has prompted very real concerns for investors.
Selective Dividend-Focused ETF
This ETF Talk rounds out the category of the top-performing domestic dividend-paying exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for the first half of 2015 with Cambria Shareholder Yield ETF (SYLD). View the current price, volume, performance and top 10 holdings of SYLD at ETFU.com. This fund’s strategy for selecting companies in which to invest is threefold. SYLD focuses on […]
Why It’s More Like 2011 than 2014
The latest bout of selling in equity markets has been compared to the big drop below the 200-day moving average that occurred in October 2014. While the 2014 breakdown was similar to what’s happened this year in terms of its rapid descent, looking at the big picture, the current decline appears to me to be […]
Trusted Covered-Call Income Producer
Even in market areas that are underperforming, there always are some stocks and funds that hold up better than the rest, demonstrating remarkable relative strength.