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Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

May 16th, 2012

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices: The shareholders of Flint Energy Services Ltd. (TSX:FES) have accepted the $CDN25.00 cash per share offer from URS Corporation Read more…

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ETFs: What Are Exchange Traded Funds?

May 15th, 2012

Randall Mah:  ETF stands for Exchange-Traded Funds and refers to investment companies that sell large blocks of stocks to, generally, large institutional investors. First introduced in 1993, ETF shares Read more…

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Saving For College ETF Style: An ETF-Friendly 529 Plan

May 14th, 2012

Michael Johnston: The ETF industry has been routinely praised for its innovation over the last several years, which is no doubt a contributing factor to the surge in interest and assets. Read more…

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Dow Jones Indexes To License Yield-Oriented, Multi-Asset Class Index for New ArrowShares ETF

May 14th, 2012

Dow Jones Indexes today announced that Arrow Investment Advisors, LLC has licensed the Dow Jones Global Composite Yield Index to serve as the basis for the Arrow Dow Read more…

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Most ETFs Highly Liquid and Marketable, FocusShares CEO Says

May 14th, 2012

The liquidity and marketability of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are still widely misunderstood by professional and individual investors, said Erik Liik, president and CEO of FocusShares LLC, in a statement today. Read more…

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ETF Daily News: Friday, May 11th ETF Movers (EEME, XBI, EMLB, CTNN)

May 11th, 2012

In trading on Friday, the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets EMEA (NASDAQ:EEME) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.11% on the day. Also up on the day is the Read more…

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ETF Deathwatch For May 2012: NASDAQ Tries To Help

May 11th, 2012

Ron Rowland: The quantity of products on ETF Deathwatch climbs again with twenty names being added to the list for May and only four coming off.  The net increase of 16 pushes the total count to 324, consisting of 229 ETFs and 95 ETNs. Read more…

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ETF Statistics For April 2012: Listed Count At 1,457

May 11th, 2012

Ron Rowland: Eighteen new ETFs and two ETNs came to market in April.  The twenty new product introductions places the year-to-date launch count at 105, but the net increase is only 88 as a results of the 17 closures.  The number of listed Read more…

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May Q&A: Shah Gilani on the Student Debt Bubble, Europe and More…

May 11th, 2012
Shah Gilani: It seems my Subprime Student Slaves article really struck a nerve! Nearly 250 of you subscribers wrote in to me in response to that one. Thank you. Read more…

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IndexIQ Announces April 2012 Performance of Its IQ Hedge Family of Investable Benchmark Hedge Fund Replication Indexes

May 8th, 2012

IndexIQ, a leading developer of index-based alternative investment solutions, today announced the performance of its proprietary family of hedge fund replication and alternative beta Read more…

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Five Easy ETF Trading Tips

May 4th, 2012

Stoyan Bojinov: The growth of the ETF universe has spawned a number of ways to tap into a variety of asset classes that were previously out-of-reach for mainstream investors. Thanks to the numerous (and growing) number of advantages that ETFs offer Read more…

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Market Vectors’ Francis Rodilosso Comments On Outlook For Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Default Rates

May 3rd, 2012

Market Vectors high-yield debt portfolio manager Fran Rodilosso, today commented on defaults among emerging markets corporate bond issuers. Read more…

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April Roundup: Launches, Filings, and Closures

May 3rd, 2012

Daniela Pylypczak: After capping off one of the strongest first quarters in 14 years, major benchmarks have stalled their rally, as conflicting data from all around the world has put markets in a rut. As we head into the summer months, investors will hope overarching issues, like European debt, will cool off but all Read more…

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RBC Capital to repay $2.9M to Massachusetts ETF investors

May 3rd, 2012

RBC Capital Markets has agreed to pay up to $3.15 million to settle allegations that it marketed inappropriately risky exchange-traded funds to Massachusetts investors for years. Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin announced today that RBC will pay Read more…

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US Bancorp Files With The SEC To Offer ETFs And Actively-Managed ETFs

May 3rd, 2012

According to a recent filing with the SEC, US Bancorp Fund Services LLC, Radiance ETF Trust, Radiance Asset Management LLC, and Quasar Distributors LLC  have requested exemptions to pave the wey for ETFs and Active ETFs. The filing Read more…

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