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This Week In ETFs: March 4th Edition
March 04, 2012 at 07:00 AM EST
Equity markets seemed to take a breather this week, easing off last week’s wild rally and closing out in negative territory by the end of Friday’s trading session. Small cap equities have been under the microscope lately as the sector struggles to keep up with the recent bullish market. For some investors, this lagging should be a cause for concern as small caps typically perform better during market rallies. On the commodities front, gold simply got slaughtered on Wednesday, plummeting over 4% as investors digested the latest news from the Federal Reserve Bank. Contrary to expectations, Ben Bernanke made no mention of an upcoming round of quantitative easing, which kept a tight lid on investors’ inflation expectations (see Gold Hits Resistance, Time To Worry?). After February’s impressive launch streak, the ETF industry slowed down its pace this week as issuers rolled out only three new products. State Street debuted two new [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: No Related Posts
Equity markets seemed to take a breather this week, easing off last week’s wild rally and closing out in negative territory by the end of Friday’s trading session. Small cap equities have been under the microscope lately as the sector struggles to keep up with the recent bullish market. For some investors, this lagging should be a cause for concern as small caps typically perform better during market rallies. On the commodities front, gold simply got slaughtered on Wednesday, plummeting over 4% as investors digested the latest news from the Federal Reserve Bank. Contrary to expectations, Ben Bernanke made no mention of an upcoming round of quantitative easing, which kept a tight lid on investors’ inflation expectations (see Gold Hits Resistance, Time To Worry?). After February’s impressive launch streak, the ETF industry slowed down its pace this week as issuers rolled out only three new products. State Street debuted two new [...]
