In trading on Thursday, the PowerShares Dynamic MagniQuant (NYSE:PIQ) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 9.79% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…

NYSE:CVOL, NYSE:EPOL, PMA, VIXY, VXX

First Trust introduced a group of 13 new AlphaDEX ETFs.  For some reason, the First Trust Mega Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NYSE:FMK) was not part of that launch.  This was corrected last Thursday Read more…

NYSE:FMK, OEF, PMA

In trading Monday, the PowerShares S&P SmallCap Materials (NASDAQ:XLBS) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 4.47% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…

NYSE:EWP, NYSE:FAA, PALL, PMA, PMNA, XLBS

In trading Monday, the B2B Internet HOLDRs (AMEX:BHH) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 3.57% on the day. Also up on the day is the Read more…

AMEX:BHH, IFNA, NASDAQ:AXFN, NYSE:FDM, PMA, XLBS

In trading on Wednesday, the Active Mega Cap Fund ETF (PMA) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 6.29% on the day. Also up on the day is the Read more…

KRE, PMA, VXX, XHB

In trading on Friday, the United States Oil Fund (USO) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 3.69% on the day. Also up on the day is the Read more…

ITB, NYSE:GDXJ, PMA, USO

In trading on Monday, the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures ETN (VXX) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.3% on the day. Also up for the day is the United States Natural Gas (UNG) Up 1.6%. And underperforming Read more…

JJC, PALL, PMA, TAN, UNG, VXX

Ian Salisbury from the  online WSJ  reports that ”BlackRock Inc.’s (BLK) plan to buy exchange-traded fund powerhouse Barclays Global Investors has prompted speculation the combined entity could dominate the active ETF business. There’s one hitch: so far, active ETFs have been a flop.” 

“It’s too early to tell exactly how BlackRock plans to approach ETFs. But it has hardly been shy about highlighting the potential benefits of marrying its expertise as a stock- and bond-picker with Barclays’ more hands-off indexing approach,” Ian Salisbury Reports.  Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, PLK, PMA, PQZ

Actively managed exchange-traded funds haven’t attracted assets as quickly as some have expected, but that hasn’t slowed the race to expand ETFs beyond their index-tracking roots.

Most ETFs defined as actively managed are still quantitative and formulaic. Still, the first to qualify as actively managed in the traditional sense — using analysis and known stock pickers — have already come to market, and more are on the way.

ETFs are baskets of securities that trade like individual stocks. Their structures generally offer cost and tax advantages over conventional mutual funds as well as more transparency because they disclose their holdings daily.  Read more…

PLK, PMA, PQY, PQZ, PSR