Author: Bruce Powers

Episode 6- Tax time is over, time to focus on portfolios. In this episode Tom talks about trends in areas like Tech, Luxury and Metals ETFs, including why gold, platinum and silver are still hot. Listen...

The tax season has come and gone, but just because you won’t need to file another tax form for another year, it doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t think about taxes year round to better prepare for next time. One...

Bill Gross, co-founder of the $1 trillion asset management company PIMCO, thinks the U.S. bond market is finally running out of steam after rallying over the past 30 years. What does this mean for fixed-income exchange traded...

South Korea, the motherland of powerful companies such as Samsung, LG, and Hyundai, looks primed for economic growth in the coming months. If that is true, investors can look to exchange traded funds (ETFs) to benefit from the...

Look around. You probably see at least a half-dozen people with their iPhones or Blackberrys out. Smartphones are taking the world by storm, and now there’s an index to represent. Perhaps an exchange traded fund (ETF)...

Whoa. Where did the rupee come from? India’s currency is on a surge, and it has made its mark as the top-performing currency for the first quarter of 2010. Rupee exchange traded funds (ETFs) also performed handsomely in...

Airline stocks and their related exchanged traded fund (ETF) recently touched 52-week highs, having been swept up with the broader market rally. But does the airline industry have the fundamentals to continue earning for...

Municipal bonds have been long used as a tax shelter for high-net worth investors, but the backers of these bonds have fallen on hard times. States and cities that issue municipal bonds are in fiscal distress, and investors are...

After a brutal two years, the restaurant industry may finally be turning a corner. If the uptick gains momentum and Americans continue to order out, it would spell good news for restaurant exchange traded funds (ETFs). Robert...