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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Quant Approach to TAA: Equity-Like Returns with Bond-Like Volatility	It is always nice to see a model continue to perform out-of-sample. Below are the results of the "Quant Approach to TAA" paper since it left off in 2005. Equity-like returns with bond-like volatility and low drawdowns. Obviously, much of this outperformance is due to the spectacular run in commodities and the (relatively) high allocation this model uses at 20% of the portfolio. This does not include June and the additional 5% dump in the S&P500. One could use five simple ETFs to r...	June 24, 2008
ETF Update: Time for Inverse Index Positions?	It was a difficult week for investors, almost regardless of market sector. As we have observed in our last several updates, a general deterioration in market sectors helps the investor get a good feel for the overall market. Last week we wondered whether there was anyplace to "hide". We noted that the inverse market sectors ETF's were showing surprising strength.Markets versus SectorsMost ETF investors are interested in finding the best sectors. The advantage of considering market ETF'...	June 22, 2008
Time to Change Country Mix in World Market-Cap	The world market capitalization is ever changing as share and market values fluctuate, and the US share is shrinking. The US market share has been declining steadily in recent years, while other markets have been increasing. Today, the US market (SPY) has declined to less than 41% from nearly 53% as recently as of 2004, according to the S&P “World by the Numbers” report. In earlier times, the US share was much higher than 53%....	June 22, 2008
ETFs Continue to Evolve	The exchange traded fund (ETF) was born in 1993. It provides investors the perfect blend of a stock and a mutual fund. Overall, they help control portfolio costs, and add efficiency plus diversification. The momentum of the ETF has flourished due to their bonuses like trading flexibility, and cost structure and transparency, reports Cathy Pareto for Investopedia. State Street was the first on the scene in 1993, January 29 to be exact. In partnership with the American Stock Exchange they launc...	June 05, 2008
Today's Market Performance	Below we highlight the 1-day, 5-day and 1-month performance of key ETFs across all asset classes. The S&P 500 tracking SPY ETF was up 2% today, but it's only up 0.56% over the last 5 days and down 4 bps over the last month. SPY outperformed the Dow 30 and the Nasdaq 100 today, but underperformed the Midcap 400 (IJH)... ...	June 05, 2008
Yield Hunters Struggle	Those that have owned the Dow Jones Dividend Select ETF (DVY) over the last year know that dividend stocks have severely underperformed the overall market. Below we highlight a chart comparing the price change of SPY and DVY since the start of 2006. As shown, the two traded pretty much inline with each other until the credit crisis hit dividend-paying... ...	June 02, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WORD VIDEO HERE China Trade The trades spoke with Steve Cortes, Veracruz LLC CEO, about how to play China. Cortes said his research shows that China’s growth is unsustainable without the American consumer. He believes the U.S. consumer is in trouble and this in effect will hurt China’s stock market. Cortes also thinks the U.S. dollar is going to get stronger which will also hurt China. He suggested shorting iShares FTSE China (FXI) and PetroChina (PTR) and buying t...	May 27, 2008
ETFs As A One-Stop-Shop	Can exchange traded funds (ETFs) with a broad-base, covering the entire globe, act as a one-stop-shop for investors? There are several ETFs that are in registration with the SEC or are available that give access to the world's largest companies in one fund. Rob Wherry for Smart Money points out that on the upside, buy-and-hold investors can get a low-cost way for instant diversification on a worldwide level. On the flip side, these ETFs follow static indexes that always own the same countrie...	May 25, 2008
"Fast Money" for Thursday	Thursday's PicksJeff Macke recommends the United States Oil Fund (USO) $108.31 with a $105 stop.Guy Adami suggests AMR Corp. (AMR) 6.22 for a trade.Karen Finerman prefers getting long the Oil Service HLDRS (OIH) $213.88 along with USO puts.Pete Najarian thinks Disney (DIS) $33.66 is a buy.Wednesday's ResultsGuy Adami thinks Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG) $43.91 is a buy.Close $43.66 LOSSPete Najarian recommends getting long Excel Maritime (EXM) $55.03 Close $53.10 LOSSJoe Terranova s...	May 21, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Fast MessagesMarty from Nevada writes, "What are your thoughts on the run up in gold over the past week? How do I play it?" Adami said the best gold play is Freeport McMoRan (FCX). Greg from Maryland writes, "What do you guys think of the PC semi companies at these levels?" Macke said don't buy the sector has already had a big run and Wall Street just went positive in the group. Scott from California writes, "As shipping rates returned to November highs and the weak dollar has fueled commodity ...	May 20, 2008

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