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…

IEI, JNK, MINT, MUNI, NYSE:AGG, NYSE:ALD, NYSE:BND, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:GIY, NYSE:HYG

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…

MINT, MUNI, NYSE:ALD, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:GIY, NYSE:GSY

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…

MINT, MUNI, NYSE:BABZ, 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…

MINT, MUNI, NYSE:BABZ, SMMU

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…

MINT, MUNI, NYSE:ALD, NYSE:BABZ, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:HYLD, 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…

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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…

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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…

MINT, MUNI, NYSE:AADR, NYSE:ALT, NYSE:CCX, NYSE:CEW, NYSE:DENT, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:GRV, NYSE:GTAA, NYSE:HYLD, ONEF

PIMCO’s Intermediate Municipal Bond Strategy Fund (NYSE:MUNI) turns one today, having been launched on November 30^th, 2009 a year ago. MUNI has been one of two actively-managed ETFs Read more…

MUB, MUNI, NYSE:GMMB

The chart below is not a pretty sight. The US municipal bond market started a massive leg down on November 8^th which has now turned into what looks like an all-out collapse. In the space of a week Read more…

MUB, MUNI, NYSE:GMMB

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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PIMCO, a leading global investment management firm, has launched the PIMCO Short Term Municipal Bond Strategy Fund (NYSE: SMMU), enhancing the firm’s line up of actively managed exchange-traded funds Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, MUNI, SMMU

NEWPORT BEACH, CA –PIMCO, a leading global investment management firm, has launched the PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Strategy Fund Read more…

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PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Strategy Fund will begin trading tomorrow under the symbol (MUNI). The Intermediate Municipal Bond Strategy Fund is an actively managed Read more…

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