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Michael Johnston: As the lineup of exchange-traded products has expanded dramatically in recent years, financial advisors have found themselves with more tools at their disposal than ever before. The extreme granularity of many of the equity products out there allows for cheap, low maintenance Read more…
Ron Rowland: The PowerShares Convertible Securities Portfolio (NYSE:CVRT) was listed for trading yesterday (5/26/11), becoming the second ETF targeting convertibles. Convertible Read more…
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…
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For wary and weary investors who find themselves a bit skittish to re-enter the markets, there’s a new exchange traded fund (ETF) that straddles the line between stocks and bonds.
A convertible bond is a hybrid tool for investors that offers exposure to both stocks and bonds and pays investors a coupon smaller than a comparable bond, but gives the investor the option to convert the unit into a stock at a later date if they wish, Tom Anderson, State Street Global Advisor’s head of research and strategy, told us.
State Street recently launched its first-to-market convertible bond ETF, SPDR Barclays Capital Convertible Bond ETF (CWB), just in time for this area of the market to experience a resurgence. These bonds, which have been around since the 1970s, are seeing renewed popularity for two reasons. One is their hybrid status. The other, Anderson says, is that “a lot of investors aren’t ready to get into stocks yet – this gives them a middle ground.”
Oliver Pursche, President Gary Goldberg Financial Services, and Fritz Meyer, independent economist and market analyst, discuss the impact of Japan on the investment environment in 
Three months ago CNBC’s Bob Pisani tapped the shoulders of three ETF experts, Matt Hougan, Tom Lydon, and Jim Lowell, to assemble several different Model ETF Portfolios. They came up with six 
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