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Bond ETF Revolution? State Street Plans Fundamental Fixed Income Fund (CBND, PHB, LQD)
State Street, the Boston-based firm that maintains a broad-based lineup of fixed income ETFs, recently made an interesting SEC filing detailing plans for a new type of bond ETF. Read more…
Counting Down The Best New ETFs Of 2010 (ELD, GTAA, EWEM, LIT, BSCB, USCI, DBC, DJP, PHB, SHY, LQD, ECON, PEK, JNK, RSP, SPY, EEM, VWO)
With 2011 just around the corner, the curtain is closing on yet another year of tremendous expansion in the ETF industry. With inflows for the year at close to $100 billion, total ETF assets Read more…
JNK, LIT, LQD, NYSE:BRAQ, NYSE:BSCB, NYSE:BSCH, NYSE:CHIQ, NYSE:DBC, NYSE:DJP, NYSE:ECON, NYSE:EEM, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:EWEM, NYSE:GTAA, PEK, PHB, RSP, SHY, SPY, USCI, VWO
Guggenheim Files For Short-Term High Yield Bond ETF (PHB, JNK, HYG, HYD)
As the ETF lineup continues to expand at a breakneck pace, the pipeline continues to fill with innovative ideas that could make 2011 yet another active year on the product development front. Read more…
Guggenheim Files For Short Duration High Yield Active ETF (GIY, GSY, HYG, JNK, PHB, HYLD)
Guggenheim, the parent company of Claymore, has filed a registration statement with the SEC, applying for an actively-managed short duration high yield bond ETF. The fund will be called the Read more…
Bond ETFs: 12 Stops Along The Risk/Return Spectrum (MINT, MBB, PRB, VCSH, PICB, BABZ, CWB, ELD, EDV, PHB, HYD, AGG, BND, TIP, LQD, SHY)
As investors have become more comfortable with the marriage of fixed income exposure and the ETF wrapper, billions of dollars have flowed into bond ETFs in recent years. Impressive innovation Read more…
LQD, MBB, MINT, NYSE:AGG, NYSE:BABZ, NYSE:BND, NYSE:CWB, NYSE:EDV, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:HYD, PCEF, PHB, PICB, PRB, SHY, TIP, VCSH
Ten ETFs Every Advisor Should Know; But Most Have Never Heard Of: Part I (EWX, CPI, PHB, SCHB, LAG, BND, AGG, VOO, JNK, HYG, LQD, TIP, EEM)
As the ETF industry has expanded at a breakneck pace in recent years, keeping track of all the products out there has become no easy task. There are now well more than 1,000 exchange-traded Read more…
IWV, JNK, LAG, LQD, MDY, NYSE:AGG, NYSE:BND, NYSE:CPI, NYSE:EEM, NYSE:EWX, NYSE:HYG, PHB, SCHB, SPY, TIP, VOO, VWO
August ETF Data: Reversing Course (SPY, EEM, VWO, TUR, THD, EWX, DGS, PIE, FRN, GXG, ELD, HYG, JNK, PHB, UNG, GLD, IAU, SGOL)
The monthly ETF statistical bulletins have become somewhat predictable in recent months, as continued inflows into the ETF industry have been about as certain as death and taxes. Read more…
IAU, JNK, NYSE:DGS, NYSE:EEM, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:EWX, NYSE:FRN, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:GXG, NYSE:HYG, PHB, PIE, SGOL, SPY, THD, TUR, UNG, VWO
Invesco PowerShares Announces Shift to Fundamental Index® Approach for High Yield Corporate Bond Portfolio (PHB)
Invesco PowerShares, a leading provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), announced that effective Aug. 2, 2010, the PowerShares High Yield Corporate Bond Portfolio (PHB) began tracking Read more…
PowerShares Utilizes Innovative Fixed Income ETF Approach (PCY, BAB, PHB)
In an attempt to better serve the needs of investors and offer a different way to gain exposure to fixed income, Invesco PowerShares recently announced that it has renamed the PowerShares High Read more…
Investors Flock To Safety In Bond ETFs (EDV, PLW, TLT, HYG, JNK, PHB)
“The equity markets got hammered on Tuesday, and traders sought safety in exchange-traded plays on fixed income securities. As a whole, the Bond ETFs Index is flat on the day as a subset of short or Read more…


As ETFs have become increasingly popular among more active traders in recent years, it may be easy to forget that the vehicle was originally designed with the long-term buy-and-holder in mind. 
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