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Gary A. Gordon, MS, CFP® is the president of Pacific Park Financial, Inc., a Registered Investment Adviser with the SEC. He has more than 24 years of experience as a personal coach in “money matters,” including risk ...more

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Dividend ETFs May Gleam, Yet Tech Dividends May Shine Even Brighter
All of those Apple (AAPL) alarmists are eating crow for breakfast. They chastised Tim Cook for months. They declared the death of the tech manufacturing giant at every opportunity. And today, the Cupertino-based multinational is asking those same naysayers, “How do you like me now?
Homebuilder And Home Construction ETFs Falter At The Real Estate Altar
Is the enthusiasm for the real estate market built on a solid foundation? Existing home sales fell in March to its lowest pace since July of 2012. Worse yet, sales have declined for seven out of the previous eight months, ever since the the Federal Reserve signaled its intent to slow the pace of its Treasury bond purchases.
Weaker Euro Presents ETF Admirers With Multiple Opportunities
A change in the value of the Euro gives traders new opportunities.
The Return Of Energy ETF Dominance?
Energy ETFs outperformed the overwhelming majority of competing sector investments in the previous bull market (10/02-10/07). In the early part of the run, the war in Iraq boosted the demand for shares. In the later stages of the rally, emerging economic growth fueled speculative excesses in both the price of oil as well as desire for ownership in exploration and/or oil services companies.
ETFs For Those Seeking Greater Tax Freedom
A leading non-partisan tax policy researcher, The Tax Foundation, estimates that your first 111 days belong to the U.S. government. When the estimate includes the effect of federal borrowing, the date moves to May 6.
ETFs Of CEFs? Yield Shares High Income (YYY) Impressive Since Inception
Before exchange-traded funds (ETFs) became widely accepted, the closed end fund, or CEF, offered investors the ability to trade a diversified investment throughout the day.
Great Rotation? ETFs Encounter A Different Kind Of Shift In 2014
Whatever happened to the “Great Rotation?” You remember the predictive theory that ultra-low yields would encourage investors to rotate out of bonds and into stocks.
Disappointing Employment Data Affects Stock And Bond ETFs Differently
In 2008, President George W. Bush expressed regret for an ill-conceived 2003 speech aboard the USS Intrepid in front of a “Mission Accomplished” banner. The blunder? The declaration of victory in the initial battle and the subsequent celebration came a mere month into the war.
Three Asian ETFs With Tremendous Upside Potential
Here is something that investors can take to their “to-big-too-fail” banks: Authorities in China will never allow a full-blown credit crisis to decimate the world’s 2nd largest economy. Disappointing manufacturing data, a falling yuan and the country’s first junk bond default have all contributed to perceived investing risks.
Smoking Hot Emerging Market ETFs: The Real Thing Or Just Another Head Fake?
In a matter of weeks, funds like Vanguard Emerging Markets (VWO) surged forward by as much as 8.5%. Do investors suddenly believe that Russia, Brazil and China will collectively get their developing economies back on track?
How To Buy Emerging Market ETFs With Greater Confidence
Discounts to overvalued U.S. stocks may mean that emerging markets can be described as undervalued or under-appreciated, rather than unbelievable bargains.
How Bond ETFs Crushed Stock ETFs In The First Quarter Of 2014
The National Association of Realtor’s pending home sales index has fallen for eight consecutive months. Don’t blame weakness in home sales on weather conditions.
Three Reasons Top Earners Should Favor High Yield Muni ETFs
Many fear that rising interest rates will crush income-oriented portfolios. Get over it — that was last year’s news. In fact, the vast majority of high-yielding assets have been the best performers of 2014, including utility stocks, REITs as well as long-dated U.S. Treasuries.
ETF Investors React With Caution To A Weakening Consumer
Last week, board members of the Federal Reserve signaled that they may begin hiking overnight lending rates as early as 2015. A majority of analysts believe that the message is in line with an anticipated acceleration of U.S. economic growth and a more robust expansion.
ETF Investing In A Sputtering Economy
Many assume that a stock market’s direction depends on an economy’s well-being. It does not. In fact, a meaningful correlation between stocks and gross domestic product does not exist
Three Characteristics Of ETFs Near 52-Week Highs
The investing public tends to place a great deal of faith in the forecasts of economists. To be frank, I am not entirely sure why. An overwhelming majority missed the impact that well-documented declines in real estate were having on the economy in 2007.
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