European stocks are having their loudest year in a decade, and the Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) is the vehicle most retail investors will consider. VGK trades around $90, up 18% over…
The casino game of roulette has a slight advantage in favor of the house. However, an interesting strategy of hedging against loss involves playing several different scenarios. Dubbed the “James Bond Strategy”,…
The S&P 500 has long been an accepted benchmark of US industrial health status, and has been a consistent winner, delivering annual gains to investors for decades. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF…
Throughout 2025, the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: VOO) has performed well over the past 12 months at +29%, but Q1 2026 has been a struggle: at the time of this writing,…
Most European equity exposure sits in Western Europe: Germany, France, the UK. Poland, the largest economy in Central and Eastern Europe, rarely makes the list. That gap has drawn attention from investors…
After a decade of trailing the S&P 500, European equities are finally having their moment. The SPDR Euro STOXX 50 ETF (NYSEARCA:FEZ) has shown strong momentum recently, outpacing U.S. stocks. The shift…
When currency swings punish domestic investors and geopolitical headlines scream crisis, the stocks underneath often tell a different story. European equities have delivered that contrast in 2025, with quality blue chips outpacing…
Going into the final weeks of 2025, the S&P 500 has had another strong year. ETFs that track the S&P 500 have posted double-digit returns yet again for the year, with Vanguard…
For investors looking to set and forget, it’s hard to do much better than the Vanguard ETFs. Undoubtedly, the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) and Vanguard S&P 500 ETF…
Passive investors looking to create meaningful wealth over the long-term do have a plethora of options these days to choose from. The rise of the exchange traded fund (ETF) has changed the…
With the Brexit Vote only adding that much more uncertainty, the reality is setting in that this could spell long-term trouble for the European Union. Britain never did share its currency, but…
ThinkstockThe European Central Bank (ECB) is considering even more easing than the official rate cut we saw recently. Now there is talk that easing could be taken as far as creating negative…
Jon C. Ogg ThinkstockThe U.S. Federal Reserve may have slashed the Fed funds rate as low as humanly possible. After all, how can you beat zero percent (actually targeted 0.00% to 0.25%)? The answer is…
ThinkstockExchange 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, but these…
Thinkstock24/7 Wall St. is reviewing ETF strategies, nuances and trends with regularity, and we cannot help but to wonder about the so-called hedged international exchange traded funds (ETFs). These hedged ETFs are…
