ETF’s and Dynamic Asset Allocation

Today, ETFs dominate conversations between financial advisors and their clients to a much greater extent than traditional mutual funds or individual stocks and bonds. That certainly was not true at the end of the 20th century. At its core an ETF (exchange-traded fund) is merely a mutual fund or trust that issues shares that trade … Read more

Time to Flip the Switch from Energy to Utilities

This week’s blog focuses on a trade recommendation based upon many data elements found in ValuEngine reports combined with industry experience and knowledge. At the end-of-June blog, “Drill. Baby, Drill”, I focused on the 5 (Strong Buy) recommendation that the ValuEngine models had on the iShares US Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (ticker … Read more