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Short Russell 2000 ETF

With the run that the stock market has had since last summer it’s natural to start worrying about a severe price correction. After all, many indices are back to the pre-crash levels of 2008 and the Russell 2000 is back to levels not seen since the fall of 2007. Therefore it seemed logical to talk […]

Are Emerging Markets Too Risky?

Emerging Markets were the single best place to be from the lows in late 2002 through the top in 2007. In fact, the Brazil ETF – EWZ for example went up a whopping 1200% from 10/2002 – 5/2008 which is absolutely unbelievable for a stock market index. After performance like that many people believed that […]

Investing In Metals – Which Metal Is The Best To Buy?

If there is anything that investors should have learned in the past decade it’s that commodities (which include metals) have a place in a well diversified portfolio. When it comes to investing in the metals, investors have traditionally favored Gold, Silver and Platinum. However, in recent years the more industrial metals Palladium and Copper have […]