Features
How Safe Are Your ETFs?
By Matthew Hougan - October 10, 2008

The credit crisis is squeezing exchange-traded products. Here's an analysis of what's safe and what appears to be less so in differing categories.

 
Bond ETFs Helping To Set Prices In Murky Credit Markets
Straight From The Source
By Murray Coleman - October 10, 2008

BGI's Matthew Tucker says ETFs are providing pricing clarity. Also, he updates bid/ask spreads. 

 
iShares Tied To Lehman Indexes Face Perfect Storm
By Eric Rosenbaum - October 09, 2008

Sinking credit markets threaten to stall Barclays' request for clarity about how more than a dozen of its bond ETFs will be regulated by the SEC. 

 
October 3 – October 9
ETF Watch
By Heather Bell - October 09, 2008

Filings for leveraged and inverse commodities, Peru and more. Plus, all ETFs in registration.

 
S&P Setting Up For 17% Rally
The Technician
By Jerry Slusiewicz - October 09, 2008

Charting actual price movements indicates the index is positioned to rally to at least 1,150. 

 
Active Indexer Sees S&P Trading To 800, Maybe Lower
By John Serrapere - October 08, 2008

Using earnings estimates, the S&P has many points yet to go: 800 is likely; 600 is possible.

 
News In Focus
October 10, 2008 1:43 PM
 
 
 
 
 
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Research
By Keith Lerner - October 06, 2008

All cycles eventually change. Lowering expectations in the meantime can make a little bit of good news go a long way.

 
By Elli Malki - October 05, 2008

Determining whether stocks have become more expensive or cheaper depends on which calculation method you use...

 
By Allan Roth - October 04, 2008

Forget all the psychobabble you're hearing—it's really not that difficult for long-term investors to figure out what to do in such crazy times. 

 

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Jim Wiandt
How Bad Is It?

Here is some perspective on where we stand in the history of bear markets.



Matthew Hougan
The Crisis Is Good For ETFs

The problems the ETF industry is having right now will eventually make the industry better.



 
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INDEX/ETF MONITOR
Oct 10,2008 Closed
INDEX/ETF PRICE %     
EFA 42.36 -3.73%
MSCI EAFE 42.20 -1.06%
GLD 83.22 -7.43%
Gold Bugs 248.12 -12.70%
IYR 47.76 +7.96%
MS REIT 96.82 +0.00%
NASDAQ 100 1,269.80 -0.42%
QQQQ 31.32 -0.63%
R 2000 522.48 +4.66%
IWM 52.45 +4.92%
S&P 500 899.22 -1.18%
SPY 88.50 -2.43%
TLT 95.95 -0.70%
30yr Bond 4.14 +0.41%
VTI 44.35 -2.90%
R 3000 520.97 -0.74%
% change from previous day's close

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