Benjamin Shepherd

Benjamin Shepherd is a recognized exchange-traded fund (ETF), mutual fund and stock expert with an extensive background analyzing time-tested funds, including their managers and strategies. Ben looks for investments that have proven themselves in both bull and bear markets. Ben also specializes in covering emerging markets, pinpointing the most dynamic investments in developing nations for market-beating growth.

Ben is an analyst for Global Income Edge and regularly contributes to Personal Finance, Investing Daily’s flagship product. 

Analyst Articles

While China is becoming a key country for growth-oriented US multinationals to break into, Google’s recent difficulties highlight the fact that China is hardly ripe for the taking. I recently spoke with Ian Bremmer, founder and president of the Eurasia Group, a political risk research and consulting firm helping businesses navigate the craggy shoals of international expansion. He's also author of the recently released book “The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations?” which examines the geopolitical implications of state-sponsored enterprises. Read More

With interest rates at historic lows and money-market funds barely paying, high-yield and multi-sector bond funds have enjoyed huge runs in the past 18 months. That’s left many to wonder whether the sector offers additional upside and if investors are being adequately compensated for risk. This multi-sector bond fund is one that will continue to perform. Read More

In the Global ETF Profits  advisory that I co-edit with Benjamin Shepherd, we have exposure to the sector through the best available ETF. Here are Ben’s macro thoughts on nuclear power, as well as a recommendation. Read More

In the Global ETF Profits  advisory that I co-edit with Benjamin Shepherd, we have exposure to the sector through the best available ETF. Here are Ben’s macro thoughts on nuclear power, as well as a recommendation. Read More

While you can treat each of the recommendations as individual trades in your portfolio, given our emphasis on a balanced portfolio, the key to your successfully using Global ETF Profits is to hold all of our portfolio recommendations while being mindful of only purchasing shares when they’re under our buy targets. Read More

Investors continue to develop an understanding of ETF products and the varied roles they can play in portfolios and that has drawn the attention of managers. Through April, more than $16 billion in new cash was added to ETFs. Read More

Despite the perception that most emerging market countries are riddled with debt and plagued by leadership that's incompetent at best and corrupt at worst, on the whole the debt levels of most emerging countries are low. Read More

ETF Securities (ETFS) has laid down a gauntlet with its recent filing to add 18 new commodity funds to its US lineup. The funds propose to use a special type of swaps contract to greatly improve the tax efficiency of commodity ETFs. Read More