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This Week In ETFs: August 19th Edition
August 19, 2012 at 09:00 AM EDT
The beginning of this week was as uneventful as it could get, but yesterday some investors took comfort in German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s commitment to hold the euro zone together as a part of the recovery plan. The consumer sector of the global economy has also been recovering quicker than many bond investors anticipated, which has actually led to the biggest monthly global bond market loss in two years. Both the euro and the dollar hit 6 and 5 week highs respectively against the Japanese yen, as investors have been pulling out of the safe haven and reinvesting in slightly riskier options. Technology stocks were the winners this week, excluding Facebook, which has reached a record low after early investor shares became unlocked and were immediately sold off. Even with all these developments, trading volumes were pretty low and the majority of the market was unmoved [see also 101 ETF Lessons Every Financial Advisor Should Learn]. The ETF industry [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: No Related Posts
The beginning of this week was as uneventful as it could get, but yesterday some investors took comfort in German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s commitment to hold the euro zone together as a part of the recovery plan. The consumer sector of the global economy has also been recovering quicker than many bond investors anticipated, which has actually led to the biggest monthly global bond market loss in two years. Both the euro and the dollar hit 6 and 5 week highs respectively against the Japanese yen, as investors have been pulling out of the safe haven and reinvesting in slightly riskier options. Technology stocks were the winners this week, excluding Facebook, which has reached a record low after early investor shares became unlocked and were immediately sold off. Even with all these developments, trading volumes were pretty low and the majority of the market was unmoved [see also 101 ETF Lessons Every Financial Advisor Should Learn]. The ETF industry [...]
