Does the size matter when investing in ETFs?

There are more than 1,400 ETFs covering very narrow emerging market segments to much larger indexes in developed nations.  But more than 87 percent of the money invested in ETFs are with four providers; iShares, State Street, Vanguard and PowerShares.  Does the size matters when investing in ETFs? Buying ETFs are easy.  But liquidating or […]

The ever continuing Syrian struggle

The new United Nation’s and Arab League’s Syrian peace negotiator, Lakhdar Brahimi, is making headlines on newspapers and on the Web for his attempts to negotiate a truce between the Syrian government and freedom fighters before the start of the Id al-Adha holiday that begins on October 25, 2012.  He is holding talks with key […]

A case for dividend growth companies

Thanks to Federal Reserve’s latest attempt dubbed as QE3 (Quantitative Easing three), the low dividend paying companies may increase their dividend payments. According to Barron’s the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index ETF (Exchange Traded Fund) which has a 4.1 percent yield only paid out 30 percent over the past two years. Companies are sitting […]

Effects of QE3 (Quantitative Easing three)

It has been more than a month since the introduction of QE3 by the Federal Reserve. It intends to purchase $40 billion of mortgaged-backed securities a month with an aim to boost employment and housing. Some expect the program to continue until the end of third quarter of 2013. Since QE3, the mortgage interest rate […]

Bond market is thriving even with low returns

Even with high unemployment and looming fiscal cliff, the U.S. stock market is steaming ahead. The just ended third quarter results prove this. The $3.9 trillion strong U.S. diversified-stock funds that contain 7,857 funds gained 5.29 percent in the third quarter and 25.5 percent gain for the last 12-month period. Meanwhile the bond funds gained […]

Apple’s iPhone 5

The much anticipated Apple iPhone 5 finally went on sale on Friday, September 14, 2012 on Apple Stores and on-line as well as its carriers including AT&T, Verizon Communications and Sprint Nextel. The Apple stock, ticker: AAPL, reached a new all-time high as a result. Some Wall Street analysts were quick to declare that the […]

Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow)

The Dow announced that it is replacing the current Kraft Foods (KFT) in the index with UnitedHealth Group (UNH) at the close of market on Friday, September 21, 2012. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is also known as Dow, Dow 30, Industrial Average, DJIA and Dow Jones. It is one of the stock market indexes. […]

Quantitative Easing 3 (QE3)

On Thursday, September 13, 2012, the Federal Reserve Bank (Central Bank or Feds) of the U.S. announced that it is initiating a plan to buy $40 billion a month worth of mortgage-backed securities for an indefinite time period. It is intended to stimulate job growth and speed-up the stagnating economic recovery. Since this is the […]

The Berlin Air Show

The 2012 Berlin Air Show by the ILA will be held in September 11 – 16, 2012. Airbus is expected to complete its target of 600 planes for the year at the show according to news sources. At orders for 798 planes Boing is the world’s largest maker of planes. The Berlin show will showcase […]