“As January goes for the stock market, so goes the year. Or does it? To be sure, it’s not an encouraging sign for the year when a popular exchange-traded fund tracking the Standard Read more…
IVV, SPY
“It took only three days last week to wipe out three months of gains. The selling was heavy. It was persistent. And it took down every market sector. Precious-metal stocks were among Read more…
NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:GLD
Old Mutual Global Shares Trust announced today that its Board has approved a five-for-one stock split of the shares of GlobalShares FTSE Emerging Markets Fund (“the Fund”) shares (NYSE:GSR) Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:GSR
A new exchange-traded product hit the market yesterday (January 28, 2010): UBS E-TRACS S&P 500 Gold Hedged Index ETN (SPGH). If this sounds like something you might want to buy Read more…
SPGH
Investors have debated for decades over whether active or passive strategies work better, particularly when it comes to commodities. As volatile and cyclical as commodities are, the same buy-and-hold Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS
Grail Advisors, an innovator in the development and distribution of actively managed exchange traded funds (ETFs), today announced that trading of the Grail McDonnell Intermediate Municipal Bond Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS
WisdomTree (Pink Sheets: WSDT), a leading ETF sponsor and index developer with approximately $6 billion in ETF assets under management, announced today it plans to close 10 of its ETFs Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS
iShares has filed preliminary paperwok with the SEC for the ”MSCI New Zealand Investable Market Index Fund.” (no ticker symbol or operating expenses were mentioned at this time) According to the Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS
iShares has filed preliminary paperwok with the SEC for the ”MSCI Indonesia Investable Market Index Fund.” (no ticker symbol or operating expenses were mentioned at this time) According to the prospectus, Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS
iShares has filed preliminary paperwok with the SEC for the ”MSCI China Small-Cap Index Fund.” (no ticker symbol or operating expenses were mentioned at this time) According to the prospectus, Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS
iShares has filed preliminary paperwok with the SEC for the ”MSCI Poland Investable Market Index Fund.” (no ticker symbol or operating expenses were mentioned at this time) According to the prospectus, Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS
WisdomTree (Pink Sheets: WSDT), a leading ETF sponsor and index developer with approximately $6 billion in ETF assets under management, announced today it plans to close Read more…
NYSE:DBR, NYSE:DBT, NYSE:DEB, NYSE:DGG, NYSE:DPC, NYSE:DPN, NYSE:DRF, NYSE:EEZ, USY
“The largest ETF fund inflow by sector last week was in utilities, new figures have shown. Results published by BlackRock showed that this area saw $140.4 million in the last seven days Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS, XLU
“The XRT retail exchange-traded fund is struggling to hold support at $34.50, and one big investor is positioning for a potential breakdown. OptionMONSTER’s Depth Charge tracking Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS, XRT
The old saying says, “Don’t believe everything you read.” While this is good advice, investors today have a bigger problem: News that is accurate but irrelevant Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS
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