05) Economic Indicators: Consumer Credit Report
What It Is The Consumer Credit Report (CCR) is issued by the Federal Reserve Board. It is released monthly, around five weeks after the end of the month, and covering the previous month. It...
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04) Economic Indicators: Consumer Confidence Index (CCI)
What It Is The Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) is one of the very few reports that gauge the outlook of the average consumer. It’s released by the Conference Board, a non-profit organization with the...
03) Economic Indicators: Business Outlook Survey
What It Is Business Outlook Survey is also called the Philadelphia Fed Report, as it is released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. It is a monthly report that can be obtained every...
02) Economic Indicators: Beige Book
What It Is The Beige Book, officially titled “Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions” (written by Federal Reserve District), consists of 12 regional reports from each of the member Federal district banks (District...
11) Exchange-Traded Funds: Conclusion
Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) today have been extended to track any index available such as fixed income, industrial sectors, global investments, commodities and currencies, and investment styles. They have progressed a long way from tracking...
10) Exchange-Traded Funds: ETF Investment Strategies
Flexibility is something ETFs are very good for when it comes to investment strategies and creating portfolios. Core Holding An ETF can be used as core portfolio holdings. With but a few ETFs, a...
09) Exchange-Traded Funds: ETF Alternative Investments
Alternative investments in ETF is a good way to diversify a portfolio. It is also used for hedging existing positions or gain positions in currencies or commodities. Currency ETFs Designed to track movements of...
08) Exchange-Traded Funds: Fixed-Income and Asset-Allocation ETFs
Exchange-traded funds providers have long since broadened their coverage with offerings of bond ETFs and asset allocation ETFs, instead of solely equity ETFs. Fixed-Income ETFs, Bond ETFs Bond ETFs are what regular bonds are...
07) Exchange-Traded Funds: Equity ETFs
Equities are a principal asset class for investment portfolios, and thus, it is imperative to know the different available options to have a diversified portfolio based around equity exchange-traded funds. Total Market and Broad-Based...
06) Exchange-Traded Funds: Index Funds Vs. ETFs
If you plan to follow a more passive approach to investing, the question that is most likely to come next is how best go about it-using index funds or exchange-traded funds? Index Funds versus...
05) Exchange-Traded Funds: Active Vs. Passive Investing
Exchange-Traded Funds usually take on a passive approach to investing. Lately, there have been ETFs with a more aggressive or active stance on investing. Which approach is better for an investor? What is Active...
04) Exchange-Traded Funds: SPDR S&P 500 ETF
The first Exchange-Traded Funds in the US is the SPDR S&P 500 ETF with a trade name of SPY on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX:SPY). It was created by State Street Global Advisors (SsgA),...
03) Exchange-Traded Funds: Features
Many Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) are made to track a specific index. Its performance, therefore, is similar to that of an index mutual fund. The following are the the general differences between the two: Trading...
02) Exchange-Traded Funds: Background
The very first US Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) originally tracked a wide market index. It was created when State Street Global Advisors introduced the S&P 500 Depositary Receipts (SPDR), fondly called “spiders”, into the market....