High-Yield ETF Performed Well Amid Turmoil
HYG has outperformed similar offerings while the market has been volatile, but it's time to take another look at the comparison.
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10:03AM 07/24/08
This ETF Bets on Big Profits Out of Africa
AFK has big weightings in the financial and basic-resources sectors.
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09:29AM 07/21/08
Materials ETF Helps You Benefit From Boom
Funds that don't hold General Electric have been doing better than their peers recently.
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11:03AM 07/15/08
Middle East Fund Has Its Quirks, Perks
PMNA is a good way to get exposure to the MENA region, for those willing to stand the volatility.
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10:40AM 07/11/08
Portfolio Insulated From a Bumpy Ride
With the market so volatile, this proposed asset mix appears to be working.
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02:08PM 07/07/08
If Countries Abandon Dollar Pegs, You Want This ETF
PGN invests in currencies with tight relationships to the greenback.
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01:53PM 07/03/08
LSC Commodity ETN Tries to Minimize Risk
This absolute-return product could help offset volatility in the commodities portion of a portfolio.
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03:09PM 07/01/08
Access Carbon-Trading Market Via This ETN
Barclays' GRN note could be a good global-warming play.
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11:01AM 06/30/08
Should You Buy an Alternative-Energy ETF?
Roger Nusbaum looks at the nuts and bolts of FAN, a fund focused on wind power.
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12:15PM 06/19/08
An Infrastructure Play to Help Diversify
The BIP fund employs such plays as timber and utilities, but it has been volatile of late.
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09:56AM 06/16/08











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