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The article presents the response of some financial executives to the question of how the decision of the U.S. Federal Reserve to restart a government bond buying program affected their outlook on clients' asset allocation. Lou Stanasolovich of Legend Financial Advisors states that the firm is purchasing double-short positions of long-term treasuries. John Serrapere of Arrow Investment Advisors states the company decided to invest in managed futures positions that re long-short commodities, long-short currencies and long-short bonds.

The article reports that conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway and rare exchange traded funds (ETFs) like the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust and the U.S. Oil Fund have become major secretive, high-frequency trading firms in the U.S. stock market. Topics discussed include the U.S. Oil Fund generated 46 million dollars, making it a 5.9 percent contributor to the holdings of VIrtu Financial, and other unique ETFs covered by Virtu like CurrencyShares Euro Trust and ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures.

The article focuses on the recovery of the exchange-traded fund (ETF) industry in the U.S. Data from the Investment Company Institute (ICI), a national association that represents U.S. investment companies revealed that growth was distributed throughout the domestic industry with an increase in broad-based and sector equity funds, international funds, and bond funds. It notes that iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (EEM) remained the top ETF in international and emerging markets.

The article reports on the continued growth of U.S.-based exchange-traded funds (ETF) as of 2008. The growth of ETF into a spectacular array of divergent choices is evidenced by the inclusion of leveraged portfolio, funds tracking fundamentally weighted indexes and actively managed funds. Among the factors that contribute to the popularity of ETF are trading flexibility and the fund's low cost structure.

The article offers techniques on how to analyze the equity markets in the U.S. It suggests that human psychology is a key element to market movements because the markets involve human participation. It also argues that market selection is important for trading system success. Moreover, it highlights the most important aspect of entry strategy such as determining a stop loss in case a trader is wrong.

The article discusses the career path evolution of the author, who is writing a book about libraries and community building, to be published in 2007. She recounts the jobs that she has held throughout her career, each of which, viewed in retrospect by her, were community building types of jobs. Her jobs were mostly customer service type jobs, which allowed her to interact with the community. In graduate school, she became interested in online communities, and it is in that realm that she has had the most career fulfillment.

The article examines the condition of the exchange-trade fund (ETF) market in the U.S. as of March 2009. It attributes the appeal of ETF among investors to its tax efficiency and trading capability. The best performers in the fixed-income funds segment are long-dated Treasuries. According to Select Sector SPDR wealth management strategy director Dan Dolan, investors will continue to seek more diversification and minimal exposure to single stocks if trust in the corporate world is not restored.

The article offers suggestions for the U.S. investors on making profit from decreasing value of the currency euro from the European Central Bank (ECB). Topics discussed include cutting of interest rate by the ECB, production of inverse return for the euro performance against the U.S. currency dollar by currency exchange-traded fund (ETF) such as the ProShares Short Euro ETF and need of investments in the currencies performance.

The article focuses on the drawbacks of short and leveraged exchange traded products (ETPs). Short and leveraged ETPs have experienced tremendous growth in the past few years. In the U.S., some ETPs have not performed in line with the exchange traded funds' (ETFs') stated investment objective. The main issue with U.S. listed ETFs is that the derivative counterparty does not guarantee the daily index closing price and aims to provide a return as close as possible on a seek to achieve basis.

A calendar of events related to securities in the U.S. to be held in August 2008 including the Kinder Institute Seven Stages of Money Maturity workshop in Missouri, the Securities Operations Boot Camp seminar in New York City and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Institute at Wharton conference in Philadelphia.

The article reports that a survey conducted by State Street Global Advisors found that assets in U.S. exchange-traded mutual funds fell over 6.5 percent in January, 2008. The decline was due to the fall in stock prices during that month, not a redemption of funds by investors.