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Ron Rowland: January’s new ETF activity hit the highest level in seven months. After ten days of no introductions, the pace jumped to more than one a day with 23 launches in the last 21 calendar days of the month. So far the new rollouts have been limited to ETFs rather than ETNs. Month-end totals Read more…
Stocks eased modestly on Monday, on very light trade. The major indices chopped around in a tight range for the entire day and eventually closed just below session highs. The small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSEArca:IWM) fell 0.3%, while the Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ), DJIA (NYSEArca:DIA)and S&P Read more…
Wall Street was smiling yesterday as stocks ripped higher and the Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) claimed an 11 year high. All five major indices posted impressive gains with the small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSEArca:IWM) leading the march higher. The small cap index rallied 2.2%. Both the Nasdaq and Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Stocks drifted sideways on Thursday as investors were glad to see a better-than-expected jobless claims report, but held off from jumping into the market ahead of today’s pivotal unemployment data. Confidence in the recovery improved as Ben Bernanke testified before Congers, while the Read more…
Noel Archard: Last year, I said one of my hopes for 2012 was that the industry, lawmakers and regulators would continue to explore the development of a classification system for exchange traded Read more…
David Zeiler: The threat of another flash crash caused by high-frequency trading is as great as ever. And the next flash crash could be much worse than the one that shocked investors in May 2010. Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: The next 1,000 points on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSEArca:DIA) in either direction are going to be determined by what happens in two cities thousands of miles from our own shores… Athens and Berlin. Read more…
Stocks ended mostly down on Monday, but barely. The S&P 500 (NYSEArca:SPY) was the day’s only winner, as it closed higher by a meager 0.1%. For the second time in as many days, the S&P MidCap 400 closed flat. Both the Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) and the Dow Jones Industrial Average Read more…
Joseph L. Shaefer: The first 10 years of this new millennium were dubbed “The Lost Decade” for investors. 2011 was no different, ending flat for the year. So are the troubles we see so difficult that Read more…
Jared Cummans: ETF investing has surged in recent years as the industry has experienced exponential growth in nearly all aspects of the universe. Now, there are over 1,400 products with Read more…
Equities faded on Friday on mixed trade. Yesterday’s price action pulled all five major indices into negative territory but all five closed well off session lows. The small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSEARCA:IWM) dropped 0.8%, as the S&P MidCap 400 lost 0.6%. Both the Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) and the S&P Read more…
Michael Johnston: The ETF industry finished 2011 with assets of about $1.06 trillion according to data recently released by the ETF Industry Association. Total assets grew by about 5% over the previous year, when the industry stood at $1.01 trillion. Net cash inflows for the year totaled about $117.6 billion Read more…
For a second consecutive day, stocks gapped down but climbed their way back to close near session highs. After undercutting Wednesday’s lows, four of the five major indices ended up on the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSEARCA:DIA) was the lone holdout, as it finished the day fractionally Read more…
Stocks lost ground on Friday on higher trade. Friday’s lower close resulted in mixed results for the major indices in 2011. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSEARCA:DIA) finished just over 5.0% higher in 2011, while the S&P (NYSEARCA:SPY) ended flat and the Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) slid Read more…
Michael Johnston: For most investors, 2011 was a frustrating year; after some strong early gains seemingly pointed to a continuation of the recovery that took root in 2010, the appearance of some Read more…
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