How To Prepare For QE3

By IndexUniverse June 06, 2012, 06:40:05 PM EDT

Whether you ever agreed with the unconventional policy from the Federal Reserve, there's no denying that ETF investors stand to benefit.

And, let's face it-it was only a matter of time before we got here.

After QE2 played out-ending just about a year ago-Europe's problems have dominated headlines and the market forgot about all those "green shoots."

Now many observers are openly discussing whether Greece should stay in the European Union, while at the same time economic data from China points toward a slowdown.

All but sealing the deal for further quantitative easing was last week's U.S. jobs numbers.

With unemployment now at 8.2 percent-up from 8.1 percent in April, and a presidential election looming-it's not unreasonable to prepare for some easing from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.

QE Winners

There's no doubt that equities stand to benefit the most from a new round of quantitative easing.

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEArca:SPY) comes to mind first, but let's look at things more broadly.

Total Returns During QE2 Don't forget to check IndexUniverse.com's ETF Data section.

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This article appears in: Investing, ETFs

Referenced Stocks: AGG, DBC, TLT, UDN, UUP



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