Tuesday, May 20, 2014

India ETFs rally indicating that investors are optimistic

WisdomTree India Earnings (EPI) jumped 2% Monday to a five-year high of 22.17. It surged 13% the prior two weeks as Modi's victory grew more likely; it is up 28% year to date.

iShares MSCI EAFE Index (EFA), tracking developed foreign markets, and iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (EEM). The funds are up 2% and 3% this year.

Monday, May 19, 2014

US OIL FUND ETF

The investment objective of USO is for the changes in percentage terms of its units’ net asset value (“NAV”) to reflect the changes in percentage terms of the spot price of light, sweet crude oil delivered to Cushing, Oklahoma, as measured by the changes in the price of the futures contract for light, sweet crude oil traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange, less USO’s expenses. The USO portfolio consist of listed crude oil futures contracts and other oil related futures, forwards, and swap contracts.

Trading Hours: Monday-Friday(16:30 - 23:00) Eastern European Time (EET). GMT is 2 hours behind EET.

Margin requirement: 5%

Symbol USO
Total Net Assets (Bil) 2,919,200
Currency USD
Assets Commodities

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

The Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of the overall stock market. 

The Fund employs a “passive management” investment approach designed to track the performance of the Morgan Stanley Capital International® (MSCI®) US Broad Market Index, which represents 99.5% or more of the total market capitalization of all the U.S. common stocks regularly traded on the New York and American Stock Exchanges and the NASDAQ over-the-counter market. The Fund typically holds 1,200–1,300 of the stocks in its target index (covering nearly 95% of the Index’s total market capitalization) and a representative sample of the remaining stocks. The Fund holds a broadly diversified collection of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the full Index in terms of key characteristics. These key characteristics include industry weightings and market capitalization, as well as certain financial measures, such as price/earnings ratio and dividend yield.

Knowing a fund's investment style can help you understand how it might fit in your portfolio. This information can also help you build a portfolio that's broadly diversified across markets and less susceptible to sharp swings in any one market area. Vanguard uses a 9-box grid called a "style box" to show how a domestic stock fund's holdings are distributed by primary investment style (growth, value, or blend) and market capitalization category (large-, mid-, and small-cap companies).

Trading Hours: Monday-Friday(16:30 - 23:00) Eastern European Time (EET). GMT is 2 hours behind EET.

Margin requirement: 10%

Open Account to trading Vanguard Idx Fund

Symbol VTI
Total Net Assets (Bil) 20,900,00
Number of Holdings 3398
Currency USD
Exposure USA
Assets Equity Market

SP500 Index ETF

The first ETF, Standard and Poor's Deposit Receipt (SPDR, or “spider”) was released in 1993 with purpose to track the S&P 500 Index. Comprising the largest US companies; SPDRs are worth roughly one-tenth of the index, allowing international investors to diversify their portfolio without necessarily to pay the full price of the index.

Trading Hours: Monday-Friday(16:30 - 23:00) Eastern European Time (EET). GMT is 2 hours behind EET.

Margin requirement: 5%

Open Account to trading SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

Symbol SPY
Total Net Assets (Bil) 79.60
Number of Holdings 505
Currency USD
Exposure USA
Assets Equity Market

PowerShares QQQ: The NASDAQ100 Index Tracking Stock

PowerShares QQQ™, formerly known as "QQQQ" or the "NASDAQ- 100 Index Tracking Stock®", is based on the Nasdaq-100 Index®. The Index includes 100 of the largest domestic and international nonfinancial companies listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market based on market capitalization. The portfolio is rebalanced quarterly and reconstituted annually. Because it curbs the risk that comes with investing in individual stocks, the QQQQ is a great way to invest in the long-term prospects of the technology industry. It is also known as "cubes" or the "quadruple-Qs".

Trading Hours: Monday-Friday(16:30 - 23:00) Eastern European Time (EET). GMT is 2 hours behind EET.

Margin requirement: 5%

Open Account to trading Powershares Qqq Trust Series 1

Symbol QQQQ
Total Net Assets (Bil) 11.87
Number of Holdings 100
Currency USD
Exposure USA
Assets Equity Market

iShares Russell 1000 Value Index ETF

The iShares Russell 1000 Index Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the large capitalization sector of the U.S. equity market, as represented by the Russell 1000 Index. The index represents the approximately 1,000 largest companies in the Russell 3000 Index.

The Index measures the performance of the large capitalization sector of the U.S. equity market. It is a subset of the Russell 3000 Index and serves as the underlying index for the Russell 1000 Growth and Value Indices, and the Russell Top 200 and MidCap series. The Index is capitalization-weighted and represents the approximately 1,000 largest companies in the Russell 3000 Index. Component companies are adjusted for available float and must meet objective criteria for inclusion to the Index. Reconstitution is annual.

Trading Hours: Monday-Friday(16:30 - 23:00) Eastern European Time (EET). GMT is 2 hours behind EET.

Margin requirement: 10%

Open Account to trading ETF Russell 1000 Index

Symbol IWD
Total Net Assets (Bil) 5,720,000
Number of Holdings 989
Currency USD
Exposure USA
Assets Equity Market

iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF Fund

iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund is an exchange-traded fund incorporated in the USA. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond to the performance of the Russell 2000 Index Fund. The Index measures the performance of the small-capitalization sector of the U.S. equity market. The Fund uses a Representative Sampling strategy to try to track the Index.

The Russell 2000 Index measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. The Russell 2000 Index is a subset of the Russell 3000® Index representing approximately 10% of the total market capitalization of that index. It includes approximately 2000 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership.

The Russell 2000 is constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased small-cap barometer and is completely reconstituted annually to ensure larger stocks do not distort the performance and characteristics of the true small-cap opportunity.

Open Account to trading Ishares Trust Russell