Michael Johnston: Innovation has become a common occurrence in the ETF industry in recent years, transforming the product lineup from a collection of blunt instruments into an arsenal of more than 1,400 investing tools. Among those products are a growing number of precise, targeted tools that allow investors an Read more…
NYSE:BAB, NYSE:BABS, NYSE:BABZ, NYSE:MLN, NYSE:MUNI, NYSE:SMB
Michael Johnston: The debut of PIMCO’s highly-anticipated Total Return ETF (NYSEArca:TRXT) earlier this month has been hailed as a pivotal moment for the active ETF industry, potentially opening up the floodgates to significant future inflows. There seems to be an opinion that the active ETF movement Read more…
NYSE:ALD, NYSE:CEW, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:GSY, NYSE:HDGE, NYSE:MUNI, NYSE:WDTI
Michael Johnston: Bond fund giant PIMCO launched its highly anticipated Total Return ETF (NYSEArca:TRXT) on Thursday, bringing to market an exchange-traded version of the mutual fund that has accumulated about $250 billion in assets since its debut in the 1980s. The new ETF is the most Read more…
NYSE:AGG, NYSE:BND, NYSE:LAG, NYSE:MINT, NYSE:MUNI, NYSE:TRXT, SCHZ
While many of the “first generation” of ETFs offered exposure to widely-followed equity indexes, the universe of exchange-traded products has expanded at a tremendous pace in recent years to Read more…
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Guggenheim became the latest ETF issuer to roll out actively-managed products on Wednesday, raising the curtain on a pair of funds that offer exposure to bond markets. The company completed Read more…
NYSE:ALD, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:GIY, NYSE:GSY, NYSE:MINT, NYSE:MUNI
PIMCO dropped some big news on the market on Wednesday with a filing for a PIMCO Total Return ETF. This is potentially game-changing news for the ETF industry and ETF investors. Morningstar’s Jason Stipp brought in Eric Jacobson, director of fixed-income research, and Paul Read more…
NYSE:BABZ, NYSE:MINT, NYSE:MUNI, NYSE:SMMU
PIMCO, the world’s largest bond manager, has ETF investors salivating over the prospect of an ETF version of the ultra-popular Total Return Fund. In a recent SEC filing, PIMCO laid the groundwork Read more…
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The deep freeze that has kept more than a dozen of would-be issuers of active ETFs from entering into the space seems to be thawing a bit; shortly after iShares received the green light from the Read more…
NYSE:ALD, NYSE:BABZ, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:HYLD, NYSE:MINT, NYSE:MUNI, NYSE:SMMU
Actively-managed ETFs closed off 2010 by crossing the $3 billion mark in assets within the US markets. Active ETFs had come close in November 2010, when they finished that month at slightly Read more…
NYSE:ELD, NYSE:GTAA, NYSE:HYLD, NYSE:MINT, NYSE:MUNI
Bob Pisani discusses the projected ETF trends in the coming year. Bob sees the expansion of industrial metal ETFs, and price wars to Read more…
NYSE:BABZ, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:IAU, NYSE:MINT, NYSE:MUNI
At the end of 2010, there are currently 33 actively-managed ETFs with a combined asset base of close to $3 billion. These products are from seven different issuers, some of whom have been Read more…
NYSE:AADR, NYSE:ALT, NYSE:CCX, NYSE:CEW, NYSE:DENT, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:GRV, NYSE:GTAA, NYSE:HYLD, NYSE:MINT, NYSE:MUNI, ONEF
PIMCO’s Intermediate Municipal Bond Strategy Fund (NYSE:MUNI) turns one today, having been launched on November 30th, 2009 a year ago. MUNI has been one of two actively-managed ETFs Read more…
NYSE:GMMB, NYSE:MUB, NYSE:MUNI
The chart below is not a pretty sight. The US municipal bond market started a massive leg down on November 8th which has now turned into what looks like an all-out collapse. In the space of a week Read more…
NYSE:GMMB, NYSE:MUB, NYSE:MUNI
As investors have become more comfortable with the idea of achieving fixed income exposure through the exchange-traded structure, bond ETF assets have skyrocketed and the number of Read more…
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PIMCO’s Short Term Municipal Bond Fund (NYSE:SMMU) was launched in late January, 2010 and has since managed to accumulate approximately $18 million in assets, as of the end of July Read more…
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