The ETF Report

We can officially count 2014 as another bad year for Wall Street’s investment strategists.

The financial services industry likes to preach the benefits of compounding returns and long-term investing.

If you think the stock market is a volatile place, you ought to get a load of ETFs that use leverage.

Stocks around the globe are swooning and bonds are zooming.

Are momentum stocks losing their luster?

If you own a portfolio of investments, this article is for you.

Keeping track of global macroeconomic trends is a daunting task.

Reader poll: What’s among the most depressed asset classes in the world?

Isn’t it more than ironic that of all the times stock picking fund managers would post their worst multi-decade performance – that it would be smack dab in the middle of a raging bull market?

Let’s examine the facts and fiction about portfolio diversification.

When you ask Wall Street about valuations (NYSEARCA:IWD) they are quick to respond that things are “within normal ranges”.

Never mind how U.S. stocks are at all-time highs.

While Wall Street and the mainstream media is enamored by one all-time high after another in the U.S. stock market (NYSEARCA:DIA), other key investment themes have largely been ignored or forgotten.

For years we have heard about the “risk on” trade and how the move into riskier and riskier assets was helping drive stock markets higher.

Being a millennial means you’re young.

As of late, stock market trading volume has been lethargic and is now far below its 50 and 200 day moving averages.

A skilled magician knows the art of distracting the audience is just as important as mastering the trick.

The Dow could go to 100,000, easily.

Even if you don’t sell your mutual funds in 2014, you could still be on the hook for a hefty tax bill.

One-trick investment portfolios are everywhere.