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ETF Base: Americans have a very different experience in the credit markets than international borrowers and investors. During the 2008 financial crisis –a US “export” to the rest of the world Read more…
Neena Mishra: With the “safer” US fixed income instruments such as Treasury bonds and high-grade corporate bonds yielding meager returns, many income oriented investors now prefer Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Equity markets have taken a wild ride this past year as everything from an unimaginable earthquake in Japan to a looming debt crisis in Europe has taken its toll on investors’ confidence. As 2011 draws to a close, many are left scratching their heads in confusion and uncertainty, given the Read more…
Michael Johnston: After a record-setting October gave investors hope that 2011 would finish on a strong note, the first couple weeks of November have effectively taken any wind out of those sails. The culprit–surprise, surprise–has been the cash-strapped PIIGS economies of Europe, with Italy now grabbing Read more…
NYSE:BAB, NYSE:BABZ, NYSE:EMB, NYSE:VNQ, NYSE:XRT, PCY, PMR, REZ
Todd Shriber: I’m willing to bet if you been following financial markets for the past year or two, you’re acutely aware that investing in U.S.-government bonds really isn’t worth the trouble. I’m not going to bore you with all the tired scare tactics that we’ve been seeing all too much lately. You know what I mean. Read more…
After an opening gap up, stocks closed near session high amidst choppy intraday trade. All five major indices posted solid gains as the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE:DIA) and small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) led the way with solid 2.3% gains. The S&P MidCap 400 rose 2.2% while the S&P 500 Read more…
Tim Seymour: Emerging debt markets have become one of the most crowded trades on the planet, for better or worse. This week on CNBC’s Trading the Globe, we drill into whether these bonds still make sense. Read more…
Michael Johnston: In recent years, ETFs have become increasing popular tools for accessing the fixed income corner of the market. The space initially grew much more slowly than equity ETFs, but investors have gradually become more comfortable with the combination of fixed income exposure Read more…
NYSE:AGG, NYSE:BAB, NYSE:BND, NYSE:BWZ, NYSE:HYD, NYSE:HYG, NYSE:JNK, NYSE:MUB, PCY, PZA
Sara Nunnally: Everyone knew it would happen… The debt deal was nowhere near good enough to get out from under a credit rating downgrade. So what happens now? Read more…
The fixed income corner of the ETF industry has experienced tremendous growth in recent years, as investors have become increasingly comfortable with achieving bond exposure through the exchange-traded structure. In 2010 more than $26 billion flowed into bond ETFs, following a year Read more…
NYSE:ALD, NYSE:BWX, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:EMB, NYSE:EMLC, NYSE:WIP, PCY
Tim Seymour: Last week saw the biggest redemptions in equity funds that cover the developed world since last August. Emerging markets funds have held up relatively well. Read more…David Fry: With yields low, investors seeking income are tempted to seek yield in other sectors where real rates of return after inflation can be found. Higher yields have traditionally been found Read more…
NYSE:ALD, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:EMB, NYSE:HYG, NYSE:HYLD, NYSE:JNK, PCY, PHB
Creativity on the product development front has become a defining characteristic of the ETF industry, as the surge in the number of ETF offerings in recent years has been driven not by 
State Street rolled out two new ETFs on Thursday, launching products offering exposure to emerging markets equities and fixed income securities. The SPDR Barclays Capital Emerging 
U.S. stock market has been persistently in a steady up trend: last week, U.S. total stock market index [Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSE:VTI), SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY)] finally 
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