Despite continued uncertainty over the health of global markets and skyrocketing crude prices, equity markets managed to post relatively strong performances during the last week. These gains were largely the result of broad improvement across the market but especially positive outlooks in the technology, materials, and consumer goods sectors. The few losers over the past week came in the financial and utilities sectors, as banks feared the Fed’s refusal over dividend increases and utility companies continued to sell-off modestly thanks to fears over higher regulation costs in the months and years ahead. Geopolitical concerns remained elevated, as the bombing campaign increased in Libya, pushing oil to new heights on fears of a continued conflict in the North Africa nation. Meanwhile, in Japan, citizens had hoped that the worst of the nuclear disaster was behind them, but new reports suggested that radioactive materials were continuing to leak from the impacted zone [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: IndexIQ Files For International Small Cap, Asian Tiger ETFs Global X Debuts Exploration/Junior Miners ETF (TSXV) Counting Down The Best New ETFs Of 2010 ETFs For The Forgotten Asset Classes Tuesday’s ETF To Watch: Canada Small Cap Fund (CNDA)