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Last week, I warned to be careful with small-cap stocks, and they actually did rise slightly this week. A Look at the Market The State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) did bounce back from a big sell-off earlier during the week to end up for the week, though it is down month-to-date. It has increased in price by 8.8% and has returned 9.1% with dividends. Bonds remain under pressure, with iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG) now returning just 0.2% with dividends included, wh

Last week, I shared my complete list of ETFs that I closely follow, providing a lot of information, as I detailed that stocks went up a lot in May. A Look at the Market Stocks extended their bounce this week further at the beginning of this week.The State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) rallied until Friday, when it dropped 2.6%. It has increased in price by 8.2% and has returned 8.5% with dividends. Bonds remain under pressure, with iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG) now

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