Archive for June, 2007
PowerShares’ New Water ETF
[This article also appears on SeekingAlpha, PowerShares’ New Water ETF: Increased International Exposure]
The world of water investment is getting crowded.
Yesterday, PowerShares launched five new international equity ETFs, and one of them is PowerShares Global Water Portfolio (PIO), one month after two offerings from Claymore Securities and First Trust Advisors. The new water ETF tracks the [...]
Around the PF Blogosphere: June 13, 2007
Interesting articles for today:
Give Me Back My Five Bucks asks how much you keep in your checking account. I have about $5,000 in BoA checking account, all the rest go to other online savings account.
My Two Dollars says sometime you have to spend money in order to make money. For instance, “investing in yourself [...]
Try My Luck Using Zecco
When I opened a Zecco trading account and made my first trade a little over a week ago, my choice of stock was Xinhua Finance Media (XFML), the stock I also bought on its IPO day for $11.10 a share. So how’s my latest addition doing?
Currently, XFML is traded at $8.57, a gain of $1.62/share [...]
Some ETF Research Tools
Morningstar.com is my primary resource for mutual funds and ETFs research for its authority in the fund industry. I have used their ETF tool quite extensively when I was looking for ETFs for my taxable accounts. And for all the posts on ETFs I have written (for example, the Portfolio Build with ETFs series), I [...]
Credit Inquiries: Hard Pull and Soft Pull
The terms “hard pull” and “soft pull” often pop up when people talk about credit report, credit history, or credit inquiries. So what exactly are they and how do they affect credit scores?
The following are what I have found out.
What they are
“Hard pull” usually refers to credit inquiries that are initiated by you. When [...]
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