Michael Johnston: The FocusShares lineup of ETFs hit its one year milestone this week, marking the anniversary of the launch of 15 products focusing on U.S. equities. When FocusShares made its entrance 12 months ago, it marked the latest development in an ongoing “price war” in the ETF industry; many of the Read more…
NYSE:FCD, NYSE:FLG, NYSE:FMU, NYSE:IYE, NYSE:VDE, NYSE:XLE
ETF Base: Exchange-traded funds have commoditized broad allocation strategies. As exchange-traded funds require only a modest amount of overhead and competition intensifies, fund fees plunge with each passing day. Read more…
NYSE:FLG, NYSE:FMU, NYSE:TUZ, NYSE:VOO, NYSE:VTI, SCHB
Michael Johnston: Impressive growth has been a defining characteristic of the ETF industry over the last several years, as both the number of products and aggregate asset totals have skyrocketed. While a big portion of the expansion is attributable to “plain vanilla” ETFs offering exposure to well Read more…
NYSE:FLG, NYSE:FMU
A flash crash reminiscent price plunge forced the Nasdaq OMX to cancel the trades on new exchange-traded funds that on Thursday saw their share prices tank. Reuters is reporting that, “The ETFs, sponsored by Scottrade affiliate FocusShares, started trading on Wednesday and on Thursday plunged Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:FBM, NYSE:FCD, NYSE:FCL, NYSE:FCQ, NYSE:FEG, NYSE:FFL, NYSE:FHC, NYSE:FIL, NYSE:FLG, NYSE:FMM, NYSE:FMU, NYSE:FOS, NYSE:FRL, NYSE:FTQ, NYSE:FUI
FocusShares will begin trading its new “Focus Morningstar Large Cap Index ETF” (NYSE:FLG) Wednesday, March 30, 2011. The Focus Morningstar Large Cap Index ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond, before fees and expenses, generally to the price and yield Read more…
FUND LAUNCH, NYSE:FLG
In October 2008, FocusShares announced that it was shutting down its four ETFs after the funds had failed to attract significant assets in about a year of operations. That first generation of Read more…
NYSE:FLG, NYSE:FMU, NYSE:IVV, NYSE:SPY, NYSE:VOO, NYSE:VWO
FocusShares has filed paperwork with the SEC for a “Focus Morningstar Large Cap Index ETF.” The Focus Morningstar Large Cap Index ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that Read more…
NEW FILING, NYSE:FLG
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