Visual Guide to Sector ETF Performance

              Through three quarters, 2015 is shaping up to be a unique year in several different ways. State Street debuted its suite of sector ETFs in 1998, meaning that the nine “sector SPDRs” will soon complete their 17th full year. That stretch has seen bull and bear markets, dramatic …

            Those who follow the daily movements of the Dow are clearly in the minority. Earlier this week, Josh Brown highlighted some fascinating data from Convergex, illustrating the apparent apathy among the general public towards the financial markets. Search volume for many generic terms, from “ETF” to “real estate” to “stockbroker,” had actually …

              The stock market isn’t unstoppable, but comparisons to 1929 are nonsense. By most indications, the U.S. economy is quite strong. But that hasn’t stopped several “experts” from predicting a future full of doom-and-gloom. The most aggressive of these bearish predictions call for a repeat of the 1929 crash that started the Great Depression. In …

            A few comparisons put today’s market in perspective. Though many working on Wall Street have backgrounds in finance or economics, there is certainly a love of history as well. Comparisons to past environments are commonplace, as are predictions based on historical patterns. There is some value in the study …