by Tom Lydon
Before ETFs covered the commodities space, a
person had to either be part of a large institution or have an account
in the commodities pits to gain exposure to price movements in the...
A growing field of managers who use ETFs to build stand-alone portfolio are grabbing market share from actively managed mutual funds.
by Marla Brill
Infrastructure ETFs have offered mixed returns to investors.
ETF companies are rolling out new products to combat the threat of rising rates. Toward that end, the industry is seeing continued expansion of fixed-income ETFs.
by
Jeff Schlegel
The combination blends Rydex ETFs and Dorsey's technical research and analysis into a new series of model ETF portfolios that rely on tactical, multi-asset allocation methodology.
by Jerilyn Klein Bier
How large the SRI industry is and how much it's under the radar surprises this financial advisor, who's been trying to make it more visible for investors and other advisors.
by Tom Lydon
Today's harvest projections don't measure up to the levels that people consume.
by
Jeff Schlegel
TD Ameritrade Trust Co. recently launched a program enabling plan
sponsors and independent RIAs to offer exchange-traded funds to 401(k)
participants.
by Melissa May
Exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded products
attracted $41.4 billion of net new assets globally in the first quarter,
more than double the year-earlier period, according to BlackRock.
Pacific Investment Management Co. plans to offer an
exchange-traded fund that will invest primarily in fixed-income
securities, its first to be managed by Bill Gross.
by
Ameriprise Financial seems to be throwing its weight behind the future
of actively managed ETFs through its subsidiary
Columbia Management Investment advisors.
by
Exchange-traded funds are growing at a rate of 30% each year, and make
up roughly 10% of the average Generation X/Y investment portfolio, says
TD Ameritrade.
by Jeffrey L. Stouffer
Commodity ETFs are easy to access, but they may be the wrong choice for investors if they incorporate futures contracts.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Sites that sell prepackaged portfolios have attracted more than $3
billion in assets over the last three years as more investors leave
their full-service brokers.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
The PowerShares Cleantech Portfolio ETF finished firstlast year among 36 public equity funds focused on clean energy and/or clean technology, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
by Marla Brill
Advisors who have moved into alternative indexes are finding unique ways to use them.
by Mary Rowland
A look at two interesting books that recommend opposite strategies on market timing.
by
Ray Fazzi
Scottrade is launching a family of low-cost ETFs on Wednesday that are
based on Morningstar's domestic equity indexes, according to the
company.
Global X Funds has started a gold ETF that provides a way to invest in
companies that get almost all their revenue from mining the metal.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. agreed to buy Benchmark Asset Management Co.,
India's largest provider of index-tracking funds.
