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Dealing With (Market) Tragedy: Despair vs. Denial

I just read something from a TD Asset Management letter where one of their US-based fund managers said the following: A major step towards resolution occurred with the formal insolvency of Lehman Brothers and the potential of Merrill Lynch. While being ...

From RICHARD KANG, Seeking Alpha,  18 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Merrill Lynch,  Lehman Brothers

The Debate On Levered / Inverse ETFs

A down market would do this.  That is, bring out a debate on the benefits of hedge fund-like investing.  With indexing and ETFs, one would think it’s all about gaining exposure to markets (hopefully on the upside) and reducing or eliminating exposure ...

From RICHARD KANG, Seeking Alpha,  29 Jun 2008
Related Topics: John C. Bogle,  Google Inc.

On Energy, the U.S. Dollar and Positive Areas of the Market

A couple of weeks ago, I was invited by the guys at “The Market Traders” to join in on their weekly roundtable podcast as one of three guest panelists.  If you check out their site, you’ll see that they’re big on commodities.  Possibly a bit more of a ...

From RICHARD KANG, ETF Investor,  25 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Fareed Zakaria

Credit Contagion and the Domino Effect

I’m surprised that it’s only now that we’re starting to hear the term “contagion” used more often in the financial press about the current predicament seen globally and especially in the US. Over the past couple of years, I’ve mentioned in passing to ...

From RICHARD KANG, Seeking Alpha,  8 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Stephen Hawking,  Fareed Zakaria,  NASDAQ,  Morgan Stanley

ETFs, Commodities and Dubai

Speaking of hot, this event was in Dubai. I’ve experienced some hot and humid conditions in my life in places like Manila, Seoul, Singapore and Hong Kong. But this was by far the hottest climate I’ve ever experienced. It was a dry, baking heat. When ...

From RICHARD KANG, Seeking Alpha,  30 May 2008
Related Topics: Jim Rogers

Actively Managed ETFs Coming Soon?

Previously, the onus to generate Alpha was squarely on the shoulders of the advisor as he utilized the Beta products the industry provided. Now the industry is prepared to shoulder the burden as evidenced by the amount of actively managed ETFs in ...

From RICHARD KANG, ETF Investor,  25 Mar 2008
Related Topics: iShares

Bullish on ETFs in a Bear Market

My continued lack … well, maybe a better word is reduction … in blogging has been compensated by increased conference speaking. Aside from the event in Singapore I participated in last week, the other recent big ETF event was the “Inside ETFs” ...

From RICHARD KANG, ETF Investor,  7 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Morgan Stanley

Lehman's Opta ETNs: Attack of the I-Banks

Lehman Brothers (LEH) have now entered the ETF fray (actually, their product line up contains exchange traded notes) and they’re branded as Opta ETNs. Well this is an interesting development and one that I don’t find very surprising. Let’s think about ...

From RICHARD KANG, ETF Investor,  22 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Merrill Lynch

SocGen and the Perception of Risk

I always meant to blog about the wider theme of “beta” but due to the wide proliferation and exposure of exchange traded funds, the other big beta instrument, derivatives, was kept to the side. Truthfully, my past was always more focused on the use of ...

From RICHARD KANG, ETF Investor,  27 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Nick Leeson,  Société Générale

The Perception of Risk in Hedge Funds and ETFs

Financial advisors, like investors, come in different types with various degrees of proficiency and complexity. If the above are some of the various steps to increased complexity, one’s own personal philosophy on investing will likely determine where ...

From RICHARD KANG, ETF Investor,  14 Jan 2008

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