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ETFs For The Capital Preservationist (PVI, GSY, BIL, PRB, MINT)
Michael Johnston: When the Federal Reserve announced recently that it plans to keep key interest rates at nearly zero until 2014, it hardly came as a surprise. With the economic recovery still in a very fragile state and inflationary pressures remaining tame, record low interest rates are expected to hang Read more…
Van Eck Introduces Market Vectors Mortgage REIT Income ETF (MORT)
“Yields from mortgage REITs have been higher in recent years than those provided by equity REITs and a number of other income-oriented products,” said Jan van Eck, Principal at Van Eck Global. “We’re pleased to bring out MORT, an ETF which we think could be a valuable portfolio building tool for yield-focused investors in this Read more…
Market Vectors Fixed Income ETFs Announce July 2011 Distributions
The Market Vectors ETF Trust announced regular monthly distributions today for its five municipal bond ETFs, Market Vectors Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF, Market Vectors Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF and Market Vectors LatAm Aggregate Bond ETF. Read more…
ITM, MLN, NYSE:BONO, NYSE:EMLC, NYSE:FLTR, NYSE:HYD, PRB, SMB
VAN ECK INTRODUCES MARKET VECTORS CEF MUNICIPAL INCOME ETF (XMPT)
New York-based asset manager Van Eck Global announced today that it has launched Market Vectors CEF Municipal Income ETF (NYSE:XMPT), the first exchange-traded fund (ETF) to specifically focus on closed-end municipal bond funds, which make up the largest component of the Read more…
ITM, MLN, NYSE:BONO, NYSE:EMLC, NYSE:FLTR, NYSE:HYLD, NYSE:XMPT, PRB, SMB
Two Muni ETFs To Avoid and One That’s Surprisingly Safe! (PZA, HYD, PRB)
Last week I received an e-mail solicitation that was both hilarious and sad. It came from a broker trying to sell municipal bonds from Illinois. He touted them as “investment grade” and was Read more…
Market Vectors Fixed Income ETFs Announce November Distributions (ITM, MLN, SMB, HYD, PRB, EMLC)
Bond ETFs: 12 Stops Along The Risk/Return Spectrum (MINT, MBB, PRB, VCSH, PICB, BABZ, CWB, ELD, EDV, PHB, HYD, AGG, BND, TIP, LQD, SHY)
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…
LQD, MBB, MINT, NYSE:AGG, NYSE:BABZ, NYSE:BND, NYSE:CWB, NYSE:EDV, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:HYD, PCEF, PHB, PICB, PRB, SHY, TIP, VCSH
Market Vectors® Fixed Income ETFs Announce October Distributions
Wide World Of Muni Bond ETFs (MUB, HYD, SHM, SMB, SMMU, GMMB, ITM, MUNI, MLN, MUAA, MUAF, BAB, BABS, BABZ, PRB, PZA)
As investors have become more comfortable with the idea of achieving fixed income exposure through the exchange-traded structure, bond ETF assets have skyrocketed and the number of Read more…
ITM, MLN, MUAA, MUAF, MUB, MUNI, NYSE:BAB, NYSE:BABS, NYSE:BABZ, NYSE:GMMB, NYSE:HYD, PRB, PZA, SHM, SMB, SMMU


The Market Vectors ETF Trust announced regular monthly distributions today for its five municipal bond ETFs and the Market Vectors Emerging Markets 

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