All Things ETF

Valuing a company is one of the toughest things to do Wall Street. Many investors look at a company's Price-to-Sales ratio to help them determine the value of a company. The price-to-sales ratio (Price/Sales or P/S) provides a simple approach: take the company's market capitalization (the number of shares multiplied by the share price) and divide it by the company's total sales over the past 12 months. The lower the ratio, the more attractive the investment . Price-to-sales provides a useful measure for sizing up stocks. For example, The Price-to-Sales ratio of  Alphabet ($Google) is 6.76 , whereas the Price-to-Sales ratio of GoPro Inc Class A ($GPRO) is 1.56 . Which stock is a better buy? You may leave your comments below. Brought to you by Thrushy Media

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Invest Like a T-Rex in China's AlphaShares China's Technology Index The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( DJIA ) and the Standard and Poor's 500 ( S&P500 ) are doing really well. Both market indices are trading at historic highs. And the question you should ask yourself right now is, should you still be investing in the U.S. equity markets or should you be taking money off the table? Should you a take a contrarian view and sell short, since everyone else seems to be still buying or should you just look elsewhere? I say look elsewhere. The above decision also depends on whether you expect continued growth in the U.S. economy, albeit slow growth. Of course, there are other economies that are doing well also, such as the Chinese economy. I believe that the Chinese economy, although saddled with some serious structural issues, can provide a great place to receive spectacular returns on investment. Without getting into all the macro and mic...

Out looking for new products today. Guggenheim Investments has a new class of ETFs called Pure Style ETFs .  The funds are based on the concept that the, "potential drawback of actively managed mutual funds and traditional cap‐weighted style indices is a lack of style purity. This may undermine portfolio optimization and Guggenheim Pure Style ETFs seek to address this shortcoming with a unique approach, offering only “pure” exposure to value and growth investing."   Guggenheim lists about 7 funds in this new class of funds. If you would like more information on how this class of funds can help you grow you wealth, call us at 1-866-801-3359 or visit our website at UCS Financial Advisors and fill out and submit the secured form on our Wealth Products page requesting more information in the comments section of the form. **Please note we are in no way affiliated with Guggenheim Investments or any of its funds or investments, nor are we paid to recommend a...

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There is a lot of confusion in the markets right now with investors seemingly undecided about what to do with their bond holdings. Do they sell now and lock in profits or do they hold positions and risk losing principle as yields rise. Here is an article by Olly Ludwig of IndexUniverse.com - Bonds ETF Outflows Spikes as Rates Rises , pointing out that investors have been pulling money out of exchange-traded bond funds in record amounts due to the Fed's quantitative easing, which may suggests that higher interest rates may be a bad thing for bond investors. However, Anthony Mirhaydari, of MSN Money in his article- Why higher rates are a good thing , makes the point that quantitative easing may be just what the markets need to get back to that level of competitive free markets.  Mr. Mirhaydari makes the argument that the markets have been artificially propped up for too long, lulling many investors into a false sense of stable fixed-income return expectations. ...

I am still very keen and excited on the energy industry. There's lots of opportunities to make a lot of money but avoiding the potential land mines that still exist in the solar, wind, stored energy and natural gas plays, can be very stressful. However, that's where the safety of exchange-traded funds comes in. Although all exchanged-traded funds can be volatile, many positions in these funds are researched exhaustively before they are included in the respective indexes that they track, making these funds a good candidate for an investment. I am not recommending any particular fund, although I may be impartial to a few out there. I believe that investors still need to be very patient until many of the heavily subsidized sectors in this industry to bear fruit. One could start by taking a look at Invesco's  PowerShares Wilderhill Progressive Energy Portfolio , which is based on the Wilderhill Progress...