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Wading Back In

by Marla Brill

Last year's credit crunch and commodities crash sent assets in exchange-traded notes plummeting. Now, investors are taking a second look.

BGI Introduces Donor-Advised Fund

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Barclays Global Investors today launched a donor-advised fund that allows clients to invest their charitable contributions in at least 25 iShares ETFs.

Selling Sustainability

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In London, about 50% of the clean water leaks away because the infrastructure is so old. The cost of digging up all of the old pipes and replacing them would be astronomical...

ProShares Launches Short Treasury ETF

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ProFunds Group has launched an ETF designed to provide short exposure to long-term U.S. treasury bonds.

Van Eck Launches Vietnam ETF

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Van Eck Global on Friday launched the Market Vectors Vietnam ETF, the latest in a series of ETFs designed to slice-and-dice the emerging markets investing universe.

Small-Cap Bounty

by Marla Brill

Small-cap ETFs have grown in number and offer some interesting choices.

Taming The Bear With ETFs

by David J. Drucker

Clients upset? Maybe you should have used ETFs and Tom Lydon's simple investment strategy.

ETF Portfolios To Go

by Marla Brill

ETF portfolio management services pitch to financial advisors.

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Genworth Enhances Investment Management Platform Genworth Financial Wealth Management is enhancing its investment management platform to help advisors through the current...

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Fidelity Benchmarks Technology Use Fidelity Investments is launching a Technology Benchmark Evaluator to help registered investment advisors benchmark their use and...

Performance Secret

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Advisor Steve Sanders estimates he's helped about 15% of his clients construct socially responsible portfolios...

Tapping ETFs

by Marla Brill

Dividend-rich ETFs may boost returns when the market is treading water.

Barclays Looking To Sell iShares

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Barclays PLC is looking to sell its exchange-traded-fund business to raise cash, according to published reports.

ETF Conference Engages In Wide-Ranging Debate

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ETF flows recently surpassed flows into mutual funds for the first time, but market volatility didn't leave them totally unscathed last year.

Handle With Care

by Marla Brill

Inverse and leveraged inverse ETFs can help battle a bear market, but you need to watch them carefully ...

ETFs As Defensive Plays

by Raymond Fazzi

Advisors say ETFs can be a useful tool when implementing downside protection strategies ...

Infrastructure Hitting Pay Dirt?

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When one thinks of infrastructure and the economy, the Depression-era WPA comes to mind-the romantic notion of ...

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FTSE Expands Environmental Indexes FTSE Group is expanding its FTSE Environmental Opportunities Index Series with the addition of nine new indexes designed to appeal to...

Column: The Socially Conscious Investor

by Steve Schueth

Investing opportunities with Obama's Green New Deal.