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October 14, 2012 at 09:00 AM EDT
It was a poor week for markets around the world, with stock and even gold prices declining like the autumn temperatures. Even with bad market out looks, the consumer sentiment gauge reported the highest rate in five years, meaning consumers think the future looks just a bit brighter, maybe due to the better-than-expected unemployment numbers last week. Analysts pointed their fingers at turmoil outside the United States for the low returns this week – Spain in particular as the country tiptoes around the issue of asking for a sovereign bailout from the European Central Bank. However, not every sector declined this week; consumer goods and oil both finished the week strong yet again[see Mortgage REIT ETFs: 10% Yields + Low Volatility]. FlexShares and Barclays iPath both brought unique products to the stage this week, RAVI a new active money market ETF looking for current income, and CAPE using a new intelligent beta strategy [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: FlexShares Launches Active Money Market ETF (With An Impressively Low Expense Ratio)
It was a poor week for markets around the world, with stock and even gold prices declining like the autumn temperatures. Even with bad market out looks, the consumer sentiment gauge reported the highest rate in five years, meaning consumers think the future looks just a bit brighter, maybe due to the better-than-expected unemployment numbers last week. Analysts pointed their fingers at turmoil outside the United States for the low returns this week – Spain in particular as the country tiptoes around the issue of asking for a sovereign bailout from the European Central Bank. However, not every sector declined this week; consumer goods and oil both finished the week strong yet again[see Mortgage REIT ETFs: 10% Yields + Low Volatility]. FlexShares and Barclays iPath both brought unique products to the stage this week, RAVI a new active money market ETF looking for current income, and CAPE using a new intelligent beta strategy [...]