Vanguard CEO Bill McNabb discusses the company’s new ETF and index fund offerings with MoneyWatch’s Eric Schurenberg. Eric touches on what investment vehicle, traditional funds Read more…

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Despite a rollercoaster ride in the stock market and uncertainty in the overall strength of the global economic recovery, some fast food stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) that hold them remain Read more…

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Vanguard is expanding its index fund family, introducing new funds with ETF Shares to provide investors with additional low-cost stock and bond choices. The new ETFs will be available commission-free to Vanguard Brokerage clients. See the preliminary breakdown of each ETF below Read more…

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Brandon Clay From Invest With An Edge Writes: Last week the Labor Department reported an unemployment rate above 10% for the first time Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, IYT, IYW, VCR

Even with the recent gains in stocks, we think investors seeing green shoots have two solid options to enhance exposure to a broad-based recovery in consumer names. Both the  Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (VCR) and  Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR (XLY) represent sound satellite holdings that trade at modest discounts to our fair value estimates. The majority of the underlying companies in these funds rely on discretionary spending and are well-positioned to pick up market share and emerge from the downturn relatively stronger than their competitors. In addition, both funds offer low costs and fine liquidity. Despite the compelling characteristics of these ETFs, we would wait for pullback in prices to get to more-compelling valuation levels. After all, the recent rally may turn out to be a head fake and the recovery could be more muted than what is implied by the underlying share prices, in aggregate. Read more…

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