SDOG provides you with the opportunity to own equal segments of the economy in one single package. In addition, because they select from some of the largest and most liquid stocks in the world, the holdings are generally high quality companies.

On June 24th, the junk bond markets were fairly tightly bid, and volume in the main high yield ETFs [JNK & HYG] were moderate. By August 1st, that bid had seemingly disappeared, but volume in the main high-yield ETFs were high.

Mark Hulbert is the dean of market chart-watchers. So his warning that three key signals of a market correction are now flashing in unison, and that this condition has invariably led to a 20% market drop over the last 45 years, should not be taken lightly under any circumstance.

Dividend ETFs make great tools for income and capital appreciation, but they may not save you from the next downturn in stocks.

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?

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.