All Things ETF

Read our updated commentary on Investment and Financing ideas that can help you save more for retirement and help you finance your business so that you can save more for retirement. Biotech is heating up, so I have added a few Biotech ETFs to the watch list. By UCS Investment Co.

Do you know that many listed stocks, and even worse for unlisted investments, do not perform well over the short-term or long term. It's incredible how much garbage is out there and is being hyped and sold by investment professionals. I have at least 200 positions that I follow and track on a regular basis and many of those positions just do not live up to their potential. It's an investment minefield out there. A common, but effective investment strategy is the "buy and hold strategy", but the recession that began in 2007, basically blew that theory out of the water. As a matter of fact, a "buy-and-hold strategy" may be dangerous in this market right now. However, here is an article in the Wall Street Journal on a star trader, working for a popular mutual fund , who has been really successful at not trading and basically buying and holding. I thought the article was interesting, but I do not think the article is entirely true. This trader may not trade a...

By Rick Walter I have posted a new Biotechnology portfolio . It's total return as of November 25, 2009 is 3.4%. However, to download and use it you will have to subscribe to the portfolio, of course. On an important note, I consider each portfolio to be well diversified in its particular sector but I've recently decided to add stock futures and options positions to each portfolio which will increase each portfolio's return but lower the risks going forward.

By Rick Walter Building a good Biotechnology portfolio has turned out to be a bit of a task. I have one on the table, but feel that it's a little too aggressive and risky, especially for today's market. Funding for most Biotech ventures- old or new, have either dried up or have been put on hold. This portfolio that I am building is too much of a pure Biotech play. It would be feast or famine on the returns. Let me explain. I remember when I was a young broker, I worked for this small outfit in Florida where the office manager and a few other brokers, including myself, would get all pumped up over a stock called Celi. I believe that the stock is now trading on the Amex as (Cel-Sci: CVM ). Well the stock was always on the verge of getting approval for some phase of cancer treatment therapy. Whenever the company released news, we would run the stock up as high as the market makers would let us run it- ($1.30 to $2.30 per share) before we banged it back down to previous lows of .30...

By Rick Walter Still working on putting together a strong biotech portfolio. Here is a good general article on the state of the biotech industry that was posted yesterday on the online Wall Street Journal's site- Biotech Stocks Hot Right Now, Ho-Hum in the Long Run.

By Rick Walter I will be posting a New Biotech portfolio later this week. The biotech industry has not quite participated in the huge market rally which started in March of 2009, but this sector may be one of the few sectors that could make the difference in your investment portfolio's total return for the year. Check back later this week for the new biotech portfolio listing and subscribe to make some money.