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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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Stick With Stock ETFs, But Consider A Multi-Asset Hedge
According to updated GDP reports, the U.S. economy grew at its fastest back-to-back quarterly rate since 2003. Yet few would attribute the U.S. dollar’s surge against competing currencies to the upbeat news.
Stock ETF Investors Should Track Junk Bond ETF Apathy
Perhaps as long as China is cutting rates and Europe is buying asset-backed securities – and as long as the U.S. maintains its policy of zero percent interest rates – investors can ignore traditional risk in stock assets.
A Diversified, Safer Way To Hedge Against Stocks Using ETFs
Over the last 12 months, most efforts to hedge against U.S. stock risk have proven to been an exercise in disappointment. And that’s if you merely chose milder forms of hedging, such as losing dollars with numerous put options or losing opportunity with excess cash.
3 Seemingly Crazy ETF Ideas
The SPDR S&P Insurance ETF (KIE) has been decidedly weak relative to the S&P 500 throughout the year.
Three Critical ETF Trends That Require Monitoring
The “carry trade” works as a mechanism for buying U.S. stocks as long as the U.S. Federal Reserve remains committed to its zero percent rate policy.
ETF Flows: Nobody Believes In Europe, Everyone Believes In North America
Valuation headwinds notwithstanding, the world’s money continues to pour into the North American equity space.
Are Energy ETFs The Key To A Sustainable Bull Market?
In sum, the bull market in U.S. stocks can continue with the blessing of severe laggards like XLE. On the other hand, plummeting tech shares in proxies like PowerShares NASDAQ 100 eventually ushered in the 2000-2002 bear; the early downtrend in SPDR Select Financials foreshadowed the 2008-2009 bear.
When Will Emerging Market ETFs Join The “Risk-On” Party?
The cash that hedge funds, institutions and money managers raised – money from the yen and euro carry trade as well as money from the sale of assets during the first few weeks of October.
Expect Rate Sensitive ETFs To Extend Their Lead Due To Housing Uncertainty
Homebuilders have tried to stay upbeat about their rate-sensitive industry. 30-year mortgage rates have, in many cases, dropped three-quarters of a percentage point in 2014.
Keeping More Of Your ETF Capital Gains And Income
According to the Social Security Administration, the average monthly benefit for retired workers of 65 years of age is $1,300 per month, or $15,600 per year.
New 52-Week Highs: Which Stock ETFs Are Shining The Brightest?
In spite of a stock market sell-off that nearly set the S&P 500 back 10%, some stock ETFs have already recovered. A handful of funds barely trembled during last week’s frightful liquidation.
Is It Over? 3 ETF Signals You May Use For Confirmation
What do I need to see before adding more to U.S. stock assets? Here are 3 ETF signals that I am watching.
ETF Expert Radio Podcast: October 19, 2014
The current downpour which started in September has given bears compelling reasons to sell. Here are several ETFs to hedge against stock risks... Audio Length 13:50.
Why Did ETFs Become So Popular? Fewer Folks Are Buying The Hold-N-Hope Hype
Exactly how long should a buy-n-hold investor “hold?” For example, if you held the Dow Jones Industrials Average from 1916 through 1981, would you have made money in those 65 years? Not from inflation-adjusted price appreciation.
It Is Not Too Late To Hedge Against Stock ETF Risk
Since October of 2011, the US. stock market has not only been resilient, it has repelled more water than Gore-Tex. The pullbacks in 2012, 2013 and the first eight months of 2014 have been unrepentant buying opportunities.
Are All ETF Correlations Barreling Towards 1.0?
The two major areas that have entered official corrections – foreign developed stock ETFs and small-cap U.S. stock ETFs – started their precarious journey in July.
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