Socially Responsible Investing's Growth

The latest word of so-called SRI funds moving into the exchange-traded funds market from Pax World leads Dow Jones Newswires' Ian Salisbury to recap the growth of such ETF products. 

You can read the story here.

Review Of 2008 & Beyond

At Investor's Business Daily, reporter Trang Ho takes a look at the biggest winners and losers of 2008. But she also talks to advisors and strategists about which ETFs they're favoring in 2009.

You can read the story here.

Review Of December Returns

With a wide variety of ETFs producing strong returns in December, particularly real estate and gold, TheStreet.com's Sam Patel is warning of a mirage. 

He writes: "Such an eclectic group of funds signifies volatility across the board and suggests a lack of a sustainable trend. Investors unwilling and unable to take substantial risk should not play this market. They would be better served to wait until mid-2009 before making an assessment of whether to invest."

You can read the article, with a chart of December's winners, here.

Time To Short Treasuries?

Thomas Kee, president of Stock Traders Daily, writes in a column for MarketWatch saying now's the time to short Treasuries. He likes the ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury (NYSE: PST) to accomplish that task.

You can read the story here.