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I wrote a piece here in December about my interest in ETFs, concluding that not all ETFs are good. That piece included something about every ETF article that I had published at Seeking Alpha since October 19th. I have published a few more since then: 12/21: Approach REIT ETFs Cautiously 12/25: PEY Is Not As Bad As It Looks 01/04: Why NOBL Could Falter 01/12: SMDV: Why I Still Like It The last one was by my new alias at Seeking Alpha, The Intelligent ETF Investor . I continue

The ETF market has gotten massive. What is an ETF? It stands for Exchange-Traded Fund, which was invented in Canada in 1990 and introduced in the U.S. in 1993 with the launch by State Street Global Advisors of the SPDR® S&P 500® ETF (SPY), which represented the overall market as measured by the Standard & Poors 500, a popular large-cap index. Now, there are so many ETFs, and they have expanded their scope beyond broad markets to very narrow ones. They have moved beyond just s

I have been very bearish on stocks for a long time. Too long! Does that make me wrong? Right, but early? I think too early, but I don't...

American investors have had to learn about inflation over the past five years. The last time inflation was big in the U.S. was the early...

Wait. What? I said " Sell the Gold Miners " in early May at Seeking Alpha. VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX), a huge ETF for large gold...

QQQ is rocking, but the Magnificent 7 is flashing caution.

I like TIPS, especially the longer-dated TIPS. If you are afraid of inflation, this is for you (AND NOT GOLD!)

Stocks have been in a bull market since bottoming out five years ago, but they are rolling over. I have been cautious for quite some time...

Stocks had their worst week since the start of the pandemic. Now what?

Gold is up a lot in 2025, and I expect it to decline.

Rates are falling, but they are rising too! Today, the FOMC is likely to leave short-term Fed Funds unchanged.

Stocks are falling, but it's not clear that a bear market has started.

There are things that investors who are bearish on stocks can do...

I am a big fan of Seeking Alpha. It's where I run my subscription service for people who are interested in cannabis stocks, 420 Investor....

Interest rates are falling (Fed Funds) and rising (anything more than 2 year maturity). Why, and what does this mean for stocks?

REITs are a very interesting type of stock, and Brad Thomas does a fantastic job of explaining what they are and how to go about investing.

While the Federal Reserve has cut rates (Fed Funds), Treasury yields have increased a lot.

TIPS look better to me than other bonds and certainly better than stocks. Cash may make more sense, but I sure like the TIPS.

Koyfin is an extremely powerful data tool for investors at an unbelievably low price.

Fed Funds has dropped 75 basis points, but the 30-year Treasury Bond has increased in yield by 1 basis point. There is no inversion now.