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Vanguard Ranks 1st With Advisors Among ETF Providers

Wednesday, 01 September 2010
Vanguard Group has displaced BlackRock Inc.'s iShares unit as the provider of ETFs with the most advisor loyalty as surveyed by Cogent Research.

New Commodity ETF Touts Academic Pedigree

Monday, 30 August 2010
A new commodity exchange-traded fund's complex mechanics and scanty track record means potential buyers will want to study it very carefully.

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Junk-Bond ETFs Boom As Investors Crave Income

Monday, 23 August 2010
Investors fed up with U.S. stocks' negative returns and paltry rates in today's fixed-income markets are piling into exchange-traded funds that invest in high-yield corporate bonds.

ETFs That Short Treasurys Suffer Big Losses

Monday, 09 August 2010
Betting against Treasury bonds was supposed to be the no-brainer strategy for 2010. Instead, shorting government debt has brought steep losses so far this year.

ETFs Shunned By Many 401(k) Plans

Wednesday, 04 August 2010
The investing world's current darlings, ETFs, get no love from 401(k) plans. Many advisors say the problem is simple: ETFs just aren't a good match for 401(k)s.

Lessons From The ‘Flash Crash’

By Marla Brill, August 2010 issue
Were ETFs victims or culprits that day, when they were jolted more than other kinds of equities?

ETF As The 'TAO' Of Chinese Real Estate

Wednesday, 28 July 2010
One of top-performing exchange-traded funds so far in July tracks Chinese real estate companies.

Lithium ETF Launched

Friday, 23 July 2010
An ETF launched today that follows the performance of lithium producers and battery makers is part of a trend in which new ETFs are tracking more obscure parts of the financial markets.

IShares Gold Price Cut A Boon To Advisors

Thursday, 08 July 2010
The chief beneficiary of investors' current interest in gold funds has been the $50.6 billion SPDR Gold Shares. Now BlackRock Inc. is making a serious bid to change that.

Navigating Socially Responsible ETFs

By Jerilyn Klein Bier, June 2010 issue
Learn what exchange traded funds can offer SRI investors—and a few caveats to watch out for, too.

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June 2010 issue
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Timing Is Everything

By C. Michael Carty and Julia M. Carty, June 2010 issue
Leveraged and inverse-leveraged ETPs can be good tactical tools, but can produce outsized losses as well.

The ETF Race Is On

Tuesday, 29 June 2010
There might soon be a day when at least half of the mutual-fund community converts its traditional funds into ETFs.

Grail Advisors, DoubleLine Capital Roll Out Active ETF

Thursday, 24 June 2010
Grail Advisors, a developer of actively-managed ETFs aimed at the financial advisor market, has partnered with DoubleLine Capital LP to launch an emerging markets fixed-income ETF.

Upstart Unveils Alternative To Morningstar Fund Rating System

Tuesday, 22 June 2010
One-year-old company rolls out a mutual fund star rating system it says takes a deeper look at risk metrics than does Morningstar Inc.’s bellwether star rating system.

Weighing ETFs' Cost Cuts

Thursday, 03 June 2010
A modest price war among some ETFs focused on emerging markets is making the arena more affordable for investors.

Advisor Emporium

June 2010 issue
Advisor Emporium

ETF Tune-Up

By Marla Brill, June 2010 issue
The middle of the year is a good time to re-evaluate ETF portfolios and do fine-tuning.

Weakening Euro Stings U.S. Portfolios

Wednesday, 02 June 2010
There's no easy fix to the way the weakening euro is amplifying U.S. investors' losses in international stocks and mutual funds.

Pax World Introduces Sustainable ETFs

Wednesday, 19 May 2010
Financial advisors whose clients want ethics to play a role in their investment portfolios are getting a new tool.


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