From the category archives:

ETF

Signed on to Speak at iGlobal Conference In NYC

February 5, 2010

I will be speaking at iGlobal’s ETF conference in NYC on March 10th. If you happen to be in the area, it looks to be a solid conference.

Read the full article →

ProShares Adds New Leveraged ETFs

January 25, 2010

ProShares launched two new Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) that short U.S. Treasuries. The ProShares Ultra 20+ Year Treasury (NYSEArca: UBT) is obviously based on the twenty year Treasury while the ProShares Ultra 7-10 Year Treasury (NYSEArca: UST) focuses on intermediate Treasuries. Both funds are structured to provide double the movement of the underlying index on a [...]

Read the full article →

Market Outlook at Index Universe

June 25, 2009

Interesting read over at Index Universe from John Serrapere. It is a pretty honest assessment of the markets, but it isn’t the most hopeful. However, I agree with his line of thinking. As I have stated previously, too many people are using analysis and projections from the previous three recessions to base their projections for [...]

Read the full article →

To Option or Not to Option

March 29, 2009

The website, Index Universe, recently profiled Picket Fence Financial and described how we use Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) and options on those vehicles in client portfolios. Here is a link to the article:
http://www.indexuniverse.com/sections/features/5501-to-option-or-not-to-option-with-etfs.html

Read the full article →