Amid hard times, oil companies are starting to improve upon their inefficiencies and hopefully the upgrades may prove to be a boost to their shares, along with related exchange traded funds (ETFs). Many oil companies are reducing budgets, closing wells and throwing out long-term contracts, report......

As boom has turned to gloom, commodities prices have dropped, demand has dwindled away, mining companies and the exchange traded funds (ETFs) that hold these companies have been hit hard. The Economist reports that Rio Tinto has been one of the hardest hit and are taking the following measures to......

The markets and exchange traded funds (ETFs) are rallying in spite of a gloomy report about job losses that far exceeded expectations. Heavy Losses. In January, the economy lost 598,000 jobs. The losses were spread across the manufacturing and services industries. The numbers put the unemployment......

Certain exchange traded funds (ETFs) mangled in hard times right now could just turn out to be diamonds in the rough. What are they? As the market continues to flounder, the meticulous and perceptive investor may have noticed that there are bargains to be had on broader based indexes, writes Gary......

Auction sites and the exchange traded funds (ETFs) that hold them are seeing hard times and a not so holly-jolly Christmas. This holiday season has seen a decline of shoppers on auction sites like eBay (EBAY) and a trend towards the more speedy and convenient fixed-price sites, like Amazon......

Employment within mining and construction equipment making will be hit hard, as weakening global demand has forced companies in this sector to downsize, further weakening related investments such as exchange traded funds (ETFs). Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) reported they are cutting executive......

While consumer prices are falling at the fastest rate on record, it doesn’t seem to be delivering an equal boost to retail exchange traded funds (ETFs). While some of the larger retail funds are up slightly in the last month, it’s hardly reflective of the rapid drop in prices, which......

In a market where nobody seems to want to hold commodities, oil and its exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been hard hit by an brutal sell-off of oil futures. Last week, price of crude oil dipped below $50 a barrel since its record of US$147 a barrel in July, writes Billy Fisher for TheStreet.......

It has a been a wild roller coaster ride for exchange traded funds (ETFs) focused on the financial sector, with fluctuations in asset value and trading volume. The effect has resulted in winners and losers. Since its recent move to the NYSE, the Financial Select Sector SPDR (XLF), has been the most....

Exchange traded funds (ETFs) may snatch up investors from mutual funds as investors see unsatisfactory returns in their mutual funds being taxed. The insult to industry may exacerbate the exodus that mutual funds have been seeing this year as year-end tax bills are opened. Investors have removed......