Many investors have had a rough time so far in 2011 as a number of issues have plagued markets around the world. European debt crises appear to be in the news every other day while an increasingly large number of emerging markets appear to be abandoning their focus on fighting inflation. This has pushed many investors back into American securities, however this too has been a losing pick as broad indexes have slumped thanks to a lower credit rating for U.S. government debt and weakness in job prospects for a variety of industries. In fact, the gold-standard of the ETF world and a mainstay of many investors’ portfolios, the State Street’s SPDR S&P 500 Fund (SPY), is still down in year-to-date terms, posting a loss of 4% since the start of the year. Returns over the past half year period and previous quarter are no better, as these time frames [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: September’s ETF Studs: Five Funds That Thrived During A Wild Month These Aren’t Your Grandfather’s Gold ETFs Morgan Stanley Rolls Out Oil-Linked S&P 500 ETN (BARL) Barclays Rolls Out New ETN: S&P 500…With A Twist Beyond SPY: Nine Alternatives To S&P 500 ETFs
Many investors have had a rough time so far in 2011 as a number of issues have plagued markets around the world. European debt crises appear to be in the news every other day while an increasingly large number of emerging markets appear to be abandoning their focus on fighting inflation. This has pushed many investors back into American securities, however this too has been a losing pick as broad indexes have slumped thanks to a lower credit rating for U.S. government debt and weakness in job prospects for a variety of industries. In fact, the gold-standard of the ETF world and a mainstay of many investors’ portfolios, the State Street’s SPDR S&P 500 Fund (SPY), is still down in year-to-date terms, posting a loss of 4% since the start of the year. Returns over the past half year period and previous quarter are no better, as these time frames [...]
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