
By Insider Monkey : By Jake Mann Over the past week, financial stocks have been in a tizzy, as the sector has fallen over 6 percent. From a macroeconomic standpoint, the broader markets have been shrouded by uncertainties regarding the Eurozone and the JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ) trading loss. One ...
slide shows eleven sectors as identified by Vanguard and eight sectors represented by iShare ETFs. Five ETFs, VFH , VAW , VNQ , IYF , and IYM show the greatest probability of doing well over the next six to twelve months. Delta is the difference between the
By Elliott R. Morss : In 2007, the banks gambled on mortgages and lost, causing the largest global recession since 1929. They then gambled on European sovereign debt and lost. And now we hear JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ) just lost $2 billion on a derivatives bet. Should this not be the last straw? There
By Zvi Bar : JPMorgan Chase & Co. ( JPM ) showed its hand to the market and announced its intention to unwind positions relating to its recent two billion dollar trading loss, but that does not mean the losses are over. Worse yet, JPM's troubles relating to this may jump the shark and extend from
may consider financial ETF options like the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Sector Index Fund ( IYF ) or Financial Select Sector SPDR ( XLF) . IYF with 257 holdings has a less top-heavy weighting, with its top ten holdings account for 37.8
By Investment Underground : by Larry Gellar JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ) has had a pretty good run over the past few months, and there are a number of recent events that should work in this stock's favor going forward, such as a reasonable dividend, strong fundamentals, and lackluster competition. In ...
underlying index as this Rydex fund. Other cap-weighted financials sector funds to consider include iShares Dow Jones US Financial Sector ETF IYF (0.47%) , iShares S&P Global Financials ETF IXG (0.48%), and Vanguard Financials ETF
Sector SPDR XLF (0.18% expense ratio), Vanguard Financials ETF VFH (0.23%), or iShares Dow Jones Financial Sector ETF IYF (0.47%). We realize that some investors might be attracted to the idea of using leverage in order to reach a targeted level
Financial Select Sector SPDR XLF (0.18%), Vanguard Financials ETF VFH (0.23%), or iShares Dow Jones Financial Sector ETF IYF (0.47%). (Note that when shorting an ETF, the expense ratio actually serves as a slight tailwind for the investor who
18% expense ratio), Vanguard Financials ETF VFH (0.23% expense ratio), and iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Sector IYF (0.47% expense ratio) offer suitable alternatives. This ETF tracks the S&P Capital Markets Index, a equal-weighted