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Sector Specific ETFs, most notably the SPDR Sector Select funds, provide an excellent opportunity to make broad bets on the success or failure of an entire industry.

While 2011 was a rough year on the whole for the housing market, December registered a 5 percent jump in existing home sales, though a recovery is still nowhere near.

With the financial sector on the rise, here are four cheap, small-cap financial stocks that have been on the rise.

Market volatility creates opportunities in today's market. Toni Turner of TrendStar Trading Group discusses several strategies investors and traders can use to take advantage.

By now, most investors should know that the January Barometer is indicating that 2012 should be positive year for the market. But how can they capitalize on it?

The new gold rush in the market has helped the precious metal skyrocket in value over the past few years, but how rare is this commodity?

Should one believe that the economy will continue to rebound, it could mean that making broad bets on improvement among consumer discretionary stocks are a smart bet.

The MLPs have produced a smaller return thus far in 2012, but does this create buying opportunity for high-yielding defense stocks or suggest further weakness ahead?

The PNC Christmas Price Index ,"a whimsical economic analysis based on the gifts in the holiday classic, 'The Twelve Days of Christmas,'" was up 3.5 percent this year.

It doesn't look like market volatility is going away any time soon. So how can investors use these uncertain times to their advantage? Check out these ETFs to trade the swings.

A resolution to the euro crisis has yet to be reached and the I.M.F. and Germany both seem to be denying massive financial involvement in potential bailouts. What companies have the highest exposure to a collapse?

After watching prices plummet to close out last year, gold and silver have been steadily moving higher. Could the momentum continue or are precious metals set for another fall?

While investors seem to be flocking into passive-investment index funds, there remain a handful of savvy stock-pickers who consistently crush the markets.

With the Supreme Court ruling on the new health care law this spring, several healthcare ETFs give investors a chance to play their hunches about the sector's direction.

The biggest winners have been the most beaten-down stocks during the financial crisis. Of course, these companies also had the most to recover from.

Retail ETFs are linked to indices and portfolios that will allow them to rise and fall with the fortunes of retailers, allowing speculation on the sector as a whole.

Investors flooded precious metals and manufacturing equipment makers in trading after Caterpillar's impressive earnings report and guidance painted a rosy picture for 2012.