Etfs

With globalization reshaping traditional business models, domestic stock-issuing firms are under increasing margin-reducing pressure from lean foreign competitors.

Most people are familiar with mutual funds, a basket of different equities in which you can trade easily. Less people are comfortable with Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs).

Silver and BlackRock's silver ETF, iShares Silver Trust ETF (SLV), have been the target of some wild rumors in the past several months.

NEW YORK/BOSTON (By Frank Tang and Aaron Pressman) - Billionaire financier George Soros, who called gold "the ultimate bubble," dumped almost his ...

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON - The Securities and Exchange Commission unveiled a long-awaited plan designed to protect the markets from volatile pr...

Just what is at the root of the EU's troubles? And how do last week's events with Portugal exemplify the problem?

"How Should I Invest?" are the four most dangerous words to your portfolio. The answer to that question is often given as if one size fits all, when it's anything but.

NEW YORK, By Leah Schnurr and Edward Krudy: Leanne Chase took her money out of stocks in early June 2008 before the collapse of Lehman Brothers spark...

Portfolio diversification is often simplified as spreading one's nest eggs among several baskets. Should a stock in one basket drop (and crack), eggs in another basket will stay whole.

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The economic stimulus in question focuses a great deal on a short-term fix, rather than a long-term fundamental change. It's reactionary when it should be visionary.