Exchange Traded Funds
Investing in Private Equity through Public Markets
Private equity funds are much maligned for being inaccessible and merely being a vehicle for the rich to get richer. Well, if you can’t beat them, join them! A little known asset class made a few headlines in recent days when two participants – Ares Capital Corp. and Apollo Investment Corp. – filed public offerings [...]
read more »The Most Contrarian Idea I Have
Any reader of my blog recognizes that I generally have an affinity for consumer products and retail facing stocks. In this recession, I’ve also become quite the fan of dividends as manifested in my recent investments – GE, VLO, MO, and LINE. As such, this investment idea probably comes as no surprise – Hotel REITS.
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An Oft-overlooked ETF Folly
Just came across an article at Motley Fool talking about a mistake that many people make when deciding how best to allocate their assets. The basic principle is that most people who actively pick stocks in addition to using ETFs for quick portfolio diversification and to gain access to various asset classes may unwittingly be [...]
read more »Feeling Defensive?
While I’m of the camp that believes that the subprime meltdown will be relatively contained and that the economy and the stock markets will get through this current correction without a collapse in prices, there’s really no way to know for sure. The last few weeks may triggered profit taking or stop losses in your [...]
read more »Clarification from Yesterday’s Post
I mentioned yesterday that inverse ETFs could be used in place of straight shorting for those that do not have access to margin accounts and, subsequently, the ability to short. After doing some more research on inverse ETFs, I realized that I should not have said that they give you exactly the same exposure. Shorting [...]
read more »Hedging (and ETFs)
So, you think you got what it takes to be a big shot hedge fund manager? Well, with ETFs at your disposal, you can practice similar hedging tactics as many hedge funds in your own portfolio. Now, let’s get something clear, a hedge fund is an investment fund which practices hedging as a way to [...]
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