Marc Gerstein

Interest Rates Are at Historic Lows: Here Are 3 ETFs That Produce Income for Retirees

Retirees seeking income remain stuck between a rock (outrageously low interest rates) and a hard place (high risk of reaching for high yield) Rather than go to one extreme or the other, I suggest aiming at a “sweet spot” near the middle In today’s fixed-income market, short to intermediate investment-grade corporate ETFs seem appealing Everybody …

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Differentiate Carefully Between Growth ETFs And Glamor

I started out looking for large-cap growth ETFs but hated the portfolios I was seeing. So I switched things up, ignoring size and searching in oddball ways. I avoided ETFs with extremely high concentrations in big-name FANG-type stocks. I want sincere-credible growth-finding methodologies, not passive cap-weighted big-name run-ups or active performance chasing Good news: I …

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Coronavirus Sparked Healthcare ETFs In General, But Ultimately, We Really Do Need To Pick And Choose

We see it much more boldly when switching our focus to company-centric fundamental-value, earnings-growth, sentiment and technical-analysis metrics But Healthcare is not a monolith.  After Coronavirus pounded pretty-much everything in the market, the recent upturn propelled Healthcare conspicuously to the forefront. We can see this in the place we’d be inclined to look — in …

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Dividend ETFs: Anomalies Are Great, So Long As They Aren’t Mirages

As interest rates remain mired at generational lows, it’s more challenging than ever for those who need income to find it without taking undue risk. There will be many occasions when the market appears to be offering a “free lunch,” high yield without high risk. Closer examination will reveal many of these situations to be …

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