Fidelity and E*Trade are starting unified
managed accounts for individual investors who want someone else to
manage their money.
A price war is slashing expenses to the bone on index-tracking
exchange-traded funds and mutual funds. And that suits Harold Evensky
fine.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Are small companies telling investors about climate risks and
opportunities that affect their businesses? A new study examined 364
companies to find out.
A new variable annuity will allow investors to build their portfolio by choosing subaccounts that invest in ETFs.
Investors who forget what they paid for shares of stock will get help
starting next year, courtesy of the IRS.
When it comes to bond ETFs, investors think they've got lemons. The ETF industry has been working hard to convince them
it's really lemonade.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
The first water ETF celebrates its five-year anniversary this month.
by
Evan Simonoff
ProShares is partnering with Rob Arnott's Research Affiliates (RAFI) to
launch an absolute return ETF based on RAFI's fundamental indexing
methodology.
by Eric Uhlfelder
Rydex is rolling out six
new equity ETFs that collectively offer global equity exposure in a different
way than do conventional index funds.
State Street Corp. said it will cut
1,400 jobs beginning this week and trim real estate costs as interest
rates near zero erode profit. Barclays also is preparing to eliminate jobs, sources say.
by Marla Brill
Once the bad boys of the bond market, emerging market debt is now seen as less risky.
by Jerilyn Klein Bier
Responsible investors focus on this dirty industry's brighter spots and alternatives.
by Jerilyn Klein Bier
Their mission: making big endowments and big business socially responsible.
As financial advisors increase their use of ETFs, money
managers are moving further into the low-cost arena, laying the
groundwork to launch additional active and passive funds.
With total assets in exchange-traded funds
approaching $1 trillion, the rapid growth of these products is coming
under fire from critics who contend that ETF proliferation has created
new risks...
ETFs, not high-frequency trading, pose the greatest
danger to stock-market stability and may trigger more disruptions like
the May 6 selloff, according to the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
The world's largest stock exchange company has made a big commitment to
green investing with the introduction of 66 new indexes that track the
clean energy and environmental sectors, as well as...
(Dow Jones) When it comes to gold, financial advisors are finding themselves in an
all-too-familiar role: that of mom and dad slapping hands away from the
cookie jar.
