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David Zeiler: There’s an inherent flaw in Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system. The flaw isn’t a technical glitch. In fact, most agree that Google’s Android is a first-rate mobile operating system that has gotten better with each update. Some even prefer it to Apple’s iOS. Read more…
Michael Johnston: As the ETF industry has grown by leaps and bounds over the past few years, innovation has been a recurring theme in the space. Although some of the new exchange-traded products now hitting the market offer access to “plain vanilla” asset classes and indexes, the ETF expansion has Read more…
NASDAQ:FONE, NASDAQ:SOCL, NYSE:EIPO, NYSE:SSDD, PXN, QID, QLD
The last several years have seen no shortage of firsts in the ETF industry. The size of the ETF roster is quickly approaching 1,300 products, thanks in large part to impressive innovation from more than three dozen different issuers. While some of the new launches have been duplicative in nature, Read more…
First Trust has rolled out the industry’s first ETF focused exclusively on the cloud computing industry, debuting the ISE Cloud Computing Index Fund (NASDAQ:SKYY) on Wednesday. The new ETF will seek to replicate a modified equal-dollar weighted index comprised of companies involved Read more…
Direxion, the Boston-based ETF issuer best known for its suite of 3x and -3x products, continues to expand its platform to include non-leveraged ETFs. The firm has already rolled out a non-leveraged airline ETF (NYSE:FLYX), and earlier this year detailed plans Read more…
Apple has become the 800 pound gorilla of technology growth stocks. It’s meteoric rise and redemption from the ash heap in less than a decade is the stuff of legend. And while, the stock has essentially gone no where in 6 months, Wall Street analysts still love the stock. According to FactSet Data, 94% of the 53 analysts who have an opinion on Apple, rate it a “buy” and have a median price target of Read more…
As the ETF world has grown over the past few years, investors have had the opportunity to access a number of different asset classes that were once off-limits to the average investor. Read more…
NASDAQ:FONE, NASDAQ:VCSH, NYSE:AOM, NYSE:GTAA, PCA, PFM, PXH
A few days after Global X filed details on a proposed Global Auto ETF, First Trust made an SEC filing that shed light on plans for a similar product. The First Trust NASDAQ Global Auto Index Fund Read more…
When AT&T (NYSE:T) offered $39 billion to buy T-Mobile last week, there was only one word that dominated the headlines: Monopoly. That’s the major hurdle that the deal has to clear before it’s approved. Both the FCC and Department of Justice have to sign off – and that’s far from a sure thing. In Read more…
I was out to dinner at a swanky restaurant here in Dallas where you would think etiquette would prevent the use of electronic devices at the table. I was blown away when I looked around the room Read more…
Score another first for the ETF industry; today marks the launch of the first ETF to offer pure play exposure to companies engaged in the smartphone segment. The First Trust NASDAQ CEA Read more…
First Trust Advisors L.P. (“FTA”) announced today that aggregate assets under management for the exchange-traded funds advised by FTA now exceed $6 billion Read more…
Sony Ericsson, the joint venture between Sony ADR (NYSE:SNE) and Ericsson ADR (Nasdaq:ERIC), never did enjoy significant mobile phone sales in the United States. That’s not a failure to shrug off. Research company Strategic Analytics calls the U.S. the world’s most valuable mobile phone market, Read more…
First Trust will begin trading its new “First Trust NASDAQ CEA Smartphone Index Fund” (NASDAQ:FONE) Friday, February 18, 2011. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the Fund’s fees and expenses) of an equity index called the NASDAQ OMX Read more…
After January saw the introduction of nearly two dozen ETFs, February was a bit of a slowdown from a product development standpoint. Still, the month saw plenty of activity, as 14 new 
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