By Sun on Feb 25, 2008 in ETF, Investing | 5 Comments
The family of dividend-paying ETFs just got a little larger.
State Street Global Advisors on February 12th launched a new dividend-oriented exchange-traded fund, S&P International Dividend ETF (DWX). The new fund tracks the S&P International Dividend Opportunities Index, which was introduced a month ago on January 25, 2008. According to the fund prospectus, the benchmark consists […]
By Sun on Feb 20, 2008 in Alternative, Investing | 1 Comment
US stocks reversed course Wednesday, making a 240+ points swing from down 154 points to close the session up 90 points.
As stocks turned around, gold also got a boost to reach a new record of $945.80 an ounce. The precious metal rallied after a government report showed that inflation picked up stem in January with […]
By Sun on Feb 19, 2008 in Investing | 3 Comments
Do you rebalance your portfolio?
If you do, how often do you rebalance? Once a year? Semi-annually? Or every quarter?
Or maybe you do it whenever you think is necessary.
Why rebalance?
The main reason for rebalancing is to maintain a portfolio’s target asset allocation. As time goes by and market moves, some asset classes may perform better […]
By Sun on Feb 15, 2008 in Tools, Investing | 3 Comments
Yesterday, I wrote a post on what it takes to become a millionaire, where I gave a table showing given your monthly savings and an annual rate of return, when you will have at least $1M assets (houses, cars, etc. are not included). While the table is quite straightforward, it's not flexible enough. For example, [...]
By Sun on Feb 8, 2008 in Stock, Investing | 3 Comments
I have had this idea on my mind for a while, but only implemented this month.
The idea is to buy last month’s worst performing Chinese stock (ADR) at the beginning of the month and hold it for one money. At the end of the month, sell the stock and buy again the worst performer of […]
By Sun on Feb 5, 2008 in ETF, Investing | 9 Comments
Do you think there are just too many ETFs out there?
Apparently, there are. The latest evidence came from Claymore Securities Inc, one of the major issuers of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which in an announcement last week says it will close 11 of its 37 ETFs on February 20th and liquid assets in these funds on […]
