Jared Cummans:  To call the last few weeks volatile would be an understatement. Markets have some of their most violent trading days in recent memory, as the beginning of August brought multiple days with swings higher than 5% in major equities indices. Amid a botched debt negotiation and Read more…

NYSE:DENT, NYSE:EATX, NYSE:HILO, NYSE:SPLV, XLP

Since PowerShares debuted its first active ETFs in the spring of 2008, this corner of the exchange-traded product market has grown tremendously. Though many active ETFs have been somewhat Read more…

MINT, NYSE:DENT, NYSE:HDGE, NYSE:HYLD

AdvisorShares, the Bethesda, Maryland-based firm behind many of the most successful active ETFs on the market, announced this week a partnership with TrimTabs Asset Management to develop an Read more…

NYSE:DENT, NYSE:GRV, NYSE:GTAA, NYSE:HYLD

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

Investment Strategy:  (NYSE:GTAA) is an actively-managed ETF that tries to achieve capital growth regardless of market direction, through investments in equities, fixed-income, Read more…

NYSE:ALT, NYSE:DENT, NYSE:GTAA, VWO

On Nov 11^th, AdvisorShares announced in a press release that the assets managed within its 4 actively-managed ETFs now exceed $100 million. AdvisorShares pioneered the launch of many Read more…

NYSE:AADR, NYSE:DENT, NYSE:GRV, NYSE:GTAA, NYSE:HDGE, NYSE:HYLD

The daily transparency required of actively-managed ETFs in the US has been one of the main selling points of these new products, while at the same time being probably the biggest hurdle Read more…

NYSE:DENT, NYSE:GRV, ONEF, PQY, PQZ

AdvisorShares launched the Cambria Global Tactial ETF (NYSE:GTAA) just early last week and has already seen it gain strong traction amongst investors with the fund accumulating more than $17 Read more…

NYSE:DENT, NYSE:GRV, NYSE:GTAA, NYSE:HYLD, RWX, SCZ, VWO

The S&P500 was up 3.69% in the month of October, continuing the strong returns from the stellar month in September when the S&P was up nearly 9%. The NASDAQ surpassed the S&P numbers to Read more…

MINT, NYSE:AADR, NYSE:ALT, NYSE:BZF, NYSE:CCX, NYSE:CEW, NYSE:DENT, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:GRV, NYSE:GTAA

AdvisorShares launches the Cambria Global Tactical ETF (NYSE:GTAA) today, trading under the ticker name GTAA on the NYSE. This is AdvisorShares’ fourth actively-managed ETF product Read more…

NYSE:ALT, NYSE:DENT, NYSE:GRV, NYSE:GTAA

With actively-managed ETFs still being a relatively new product, providers are trying hard to garner investor interest through many different means. One of those is by lowering the expense Read more…

MINT, NYSE:DENT, NYSE:GMMB, NYSE:GMTB, NYSE:GVT, RPX, RWG, SMMU

A big difference between exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and mutual funds is the ability to trade in the ETF intraday on the exchange. Investors can see an indicative price for the fund at any Read more…

NYSE:BZF, NYSE:DENT

One of the most important factors to consider when analyzing and comparing ETF investment options is the expenses of the fund. The ETF arena now has so many investment options, that many Read more…

NYSE:DENT, NYSE:GMMB, ONEF

In the month of July, actively-managed ETFs in the US saw their total asset base shrink by nearly $300 million from $2.1 billion to about $1.8 billion. While there several big movers in the past Read more…

MINT, NYSE:BIL, NYSE:DENT, NYSE:GRV

AdvisorShares Investments, LLC, an investment adviser to actively managed exchange traded funds (ETFs), announced that it will begin trading in the industry’s first actively managed Read more…

NYSE:AADR, NYSE:DENT, NYSE:GRV