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Materials Select Sector SPDR

New Constructs
March 12, 20130Comments

Danger Zone 3/11/2013: Praxair Inc. (PX)

Praxair Inc. (PX) is in the Danger Zone this week. Another example of the high-low fallacy masking overpayment for cash flows with rising EPS.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
January 28, 20130Comments

Rating Breakdown: Best & Worst ETFs & Mutual Funds by Sector (January 2013)

This report focuses on my top picks and pans for all sector funds for January 2013. I will follow this summary with a detailed report on each sector.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
December 18, 20121Comments

How To Avoid the Worst Sector ETFs: December 2012

Why are there so many ETFs? The answer is: because ETF providers are making lots of money selling them. The number of ETFs has little to do with serving investors’ best interests. Here are three red flags investors can use to avoid the worst ETFs...
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
November 30, 20120Comments

How To Find the Best Sector ETFs: November 2012

Finding the best ETFs is an increasingly difficult task in a world where a new ETF seems to be born every 10 seconds.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
February 6, 20120Comments

Best and Worst Funds: Materials Sector

The Materials sector ranks fifth out of the ten major sectors as detailed in our sector roadmap. It gets my Neutral rating, which, like my fund ratings, is based on aggre­ga­tion of stock rat­ings for each of about 150 companies in the sector.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

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