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Did Massive ETF Inflows in Stocks, Bonds & Gold Mark a Summer Top in All 3 Asset Classes?

Posted: July 2, 2019 at 2:54 pm
Last updated: January 6, 2020 3:13 am

More and more cash is going to work into the financial markets. The problem with that statement is that the money is being put to work in all of the ...
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ETFs Taking In, and Losing, the Most New Capital in September 2013

Posted: October 2, 2013 at 5:11 pm
Last updated: October 3, 2013 6:55 am

Exchange traded funds (ETFs) almost undoubtedly have unseated mutual funds in their importance in the daily swings in the stock and bond markets. Mutual funds are still important to the markets, ...
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ETF Folly: Just When You Thought Bond Yields Would Skyrocket

Posted: March 19, 2013 at 12:10 pm

Bond yields have risen over the past month or two, and many investors expected those yields to keep rising. That was before Monday. The latest European debacle in Cyprus wanting to steal ...
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Corporate Bond War: Quality Trumping Junk (LQD, JNK)

Posted: February 2, 2012 at 4:05 pm

The world of high-yield corporate bonds and the world of investment-grade corporate bonds may be nearing another near-term inflection point.  Many retail investors have to go find yield elsewhere outside ...
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