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Three Opportunities in Bond ETFs

The 50 percent rally in the S&P 500 over the last five months has garnered the attention of investors and has not left much room in the headlines for other asset classes. Sure commodities get some mention from time to time, but even oil and gold have ...

From MATTHEW D. MCCALL, ETF Investor,  27 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Dow Jones,  iShares,  Standard Poor's

Back-to-School Retail Winners

Aeropostale (ARO) - A poor man’s version of Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), ARO has been able to blow away the competition in the mid-tier teen clothing sector. The company saw sales increase by 20% during the second quarter and as parents try to find their ...

From MATTHEW D. MCCALL, Seeking Alpha,  26 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Aeropostale Inc,  Abercrombie & Fitch,  Best Buy Co., Inc.,  Ross Stores, Inc.,  Wal-Mart

Three Overlooked High-Yield ETFs

SPDR High Yield Bond ETF (JNK) - Invests in corporate high yield (junk) bonds and pays out a monthly dividend that equates to an annual yield of 13%. Junk bonds and other risky assets remain undervalued and as the economy comes out of the recession ...

From MATTHEW D. MCCALL, Seeking Alpha,  31 Jul 2009
Related Topics: iShares,  Barclays,  Securities and Exchange Commission

Three Important April Retail Same Store Sales Numbers: Wal-Mart, Aeropostale, Buckle

Wal-Mart (WMT): +5% vs. +2.9%. Stock has struggle to get out of its own way recently after it gained 18% in 2008 and was one of the best performers in the market. WMT was down 11% heading into Thursday for the year, but was poised to open higher on the ...

From MATTHEW D. MCCALL, ETF Investor,  8 May 2009
Related Topics: Wal-Mart,  Aeropostale Inc

Why You Need to Be Careful With Leveraged ETFs

With volatility levels skyrocketing to historical highs in 2008, the introduction of leveraged exchange-traded funds [ETF] was a godsend for traders. Or was it? A leveraged ETF allows investors the ability to gain instant leverage against the ...

From MATTHEW D. MCCALL, Seeking Alpha,  24 Dec 2008

Hedge Your Portfolio with Hurricane Stocks

With Hurricane Gustav closing in on the Gulf of Mexico and expected to make landfall as a major hurricane, it is time to hedge your investment portfolio. After analyzing the 2008 hurricane season, I have generated a pack of hurricane stocks heading ...

From MATTHEW D. MCCALL, ETF Investor,  29 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Murphy Oil

10 Lessons Learned from Bear Stearns' Fall

Investors can use the fall of Bear Stearns (BSC) in a constructive manner by learning from the investment debacle. A strategy that I believe in, yet loathe at times. The key is to diversify just enough, but not too much that it takes your portfolio ...

From MATTHEW D. MCCALL, ETF Investor,  18 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Enron Corporation,  NASDAQ

Investable Water: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

One of my major investment themes for the next decade is the growing water shortage issue and need to upgrade the global water infrastructure. Many will not consider water a commodity, but I sure do and believe it can become as important as oil in the ...

From MATTHEW D. MCCALL, ETF Investor,  4 Mar 2008

Investing in Latin America

Six weeks into 2008 and the US markets are down anywhere from 7% to 12%. The emerging markets as a whole have held up fairly well considering that they do carry more risk than the US indices. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) is down 8% in 200 ...

From MATTHEW D. MCCALL, ETF Investor,  21 Feb 2008
Related Topics: iShares

6 Stock Ideas for Long-Term Value Investors

At one point yesterday the S&P 500 was down 13.5% for the year and nearly 20% off its all-time high set on 10/11/07. Did the index deserve the valuation it had on 10/11? Probably not. Does it deserve the valuation today? No! When the market offers ...

From MATTHEW D. MCCALL, ETF Investor,  24 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  BHP Billiton Limited,  Wynn Resorts, Limited

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