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Michael Johnston: Global X announced an addition to its lineup of income-oriented ETFs this week, debuting a fund that targets a basket of the highest yielding preferred stock issues Read more…
Michael Johnston: Van Eck is wading into a new corner of the ETF industry this week, debuting a unique product offering that will deliver exposure to preferred stock issued by non-financial companies. The new Market Vectors Preferred Securities ex-Financials ETF Read more…
Eric Dutram: The recent economic slowdown in the developed and emerging nations has forced the domestic U.S. interest rates to plummet near all time lows. Read more…
Jared Cummans: With interest rates frozen at near-zero levels for the next two years, investors have been scrambling to find sources of income for their portfolios. As such, dividend investing has become increasingly popular in the past few years, as investors have been quick Read more…
Russ Koesterich: Given the universal hunt for yield, many investors are asking me what I think of preferred stocks. Read more…
Perhaps the most pressing request I hear from investors these days is for an investment with a decent yield and not much risk. Unfortunately, it doesn’t exist. High-yield stocks can tank. High-yield bonds carry default risk. Even conservative utility Read more…
Eric Dutram: The world thrives on innovation. With the growth and advent of technology, each day marks new developments and creates something useful for mankind. Talking about innovation and Read more…
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Michael Johnston: iShares continued its introduction of ETFs targeting high yielding asset classes with the debut of two more funds on the BATS Exchange this week. The Global HighYield Corporate Bond Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Bullish momentum has cooled off a bit on Wall Street this week although the good news keep coming in. Investors were happy to see the latest home builders index release on Monday, although a slightly worse-than-expected existing home sales report on Wednesday managed to tip indexes lower. Read more…
Ian Wyatt: On Tuesday the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) confirmed what many had suspected: interest rates will remain near zero through at least late 2014. It’s a stance the Fed took back in January, and again reiterated this week. Read more…
Jared Cummans: Everyone is familiar with the SPDR S&P 500 Fund (NYSEArca:SPY). SPY is by far the most popular ETF in the world, with nearly $100 billion in assets and an ADV around 150 million. Those numbers ensure that this is not only the largest ETF in the world, but one of the largest funds in the Read more…
David Fry: This posting completes a comprehensive review in the fixed-income ETF segment. While this review seems a grab-bag collection of issues, we like keeping the list of choices at 10. This seems more manageable for most investors. We’re not necessarily recommending one issue over another and where Read more…
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Ron Rowland: Imagine you’re standing in line, waiting to enter a big concert or Las Vegas show. You dutifully wind back and forth between the velvet ropes. You can’t wait to take your seat. Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: I’ve lectured on investment strategies the world over, but I recently got one of the most intriguing questions I’ve been asked in a long time at the Global Currency Expo in San Read more…
For investors looking to generate current returns from the equity portion of their portfolio, there is no shortage of exchange-traded products offering attractive dividend yields in the current 
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