“As the cloud of volcanic ash that shuttered Europe’s airports clears, the industry has begun to handicap its losses. On Wednesday, the International Air Transport Association, an industry group Read more…
NYSE:FAA
I am interested in buying natural gas for the Fall or winter of 2010. I checked (NYSE: UNG) for the period April 20-3rd week of October last year. (NYSE: UNG) went from about $14.50 (!) to $11 Read more…
UNG
Jeffrey Nichols, Senior Economic Advisor to Rosland Capital (www.roslandcapital.com ), had the following commentary based on recent developments Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:GLD
State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), one of the world’s leading providers of financial services to institutional investors, announced today that it has been appointed to provide investment services Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS
Russell Investments has hired Ken O’Keeffe as an additional dedicated resource to support the firm’s growing index-licensing business for exchange traded funds (ETFs). O’Keeffe formerly Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS
Bethesda, MD, April 22, 2010 — ProShares, the leading manager of leveraged and inverse ETFs, and KBW (NYSE: KBW), the largest full-service investment bank specializing in the financial services sector, announced today the launch of the first ETFs providing leveraged or inverse exposure Read more…
KRS, KRU
Schwab filed paperwork with the SEC today to offer a “Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF.” No symbol was listed at this time. The fund’s goal is to track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 3-10 Year Treasury Bond Index. Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS, VGIT
Schwab filed paperwork with the SEC today to offer a “Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF.” No symbol was listed at this time. The fund’s goal is to track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 1-3 Year Treasury Bond Index. This Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS, SHY
Schwab filed paperwork with the SEC today to offer a “Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF.” No symbol was listed at this time. The fund’s goal is to track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) Index Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS, TIP
In midday trading Wednesday, the iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT North America Index Fund ETF (NASDAQ: IFNA) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.4% on the day. And underperforming other ETFs today is the Biotech HOLDRS ETF (AMEX: BBH), down about 4.2% in Wednesday afternoon Read more…
IFNA, NYSE:BBH, video
“You probably already know there’s a phenomenal investment opportunity in natural gas right now. But here’s the background… Natural gas is an extremely useful fuel. In 500 BC, the Chinese Read more…
IEZ, NYSE:FCG, NYSE:GAZ, UNG, UNL, WCAT
Grail Advisors, a leader in the development and distribution of actively-managed Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), today announced the firm has issued a white paper on Fixed Income ETFs and the state of the ETF marketplace. Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS
“Gold has certainly received a lot more attention from investors since the beginning of 2009. Last Wednesday, with gold near its high for 2010, precious metals consultancy GFMS said in its annual Read more…
NYSE:GLD, SPY
Daniel O’Neill, President and Chief Investment Officer of Direxion Funds, discusses the history of ETFs, why investors find them an attractive investment option and Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS, video
Claymore Investments, Inc. is pleased to announce the April distributions for the following exchange-traded funds and closed-end funds which pay monthly distributions Read more…
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