Michael Johnston: ETFs initially became popular with advisors and individual investors as tools for harnessing beta, allowing low cost ownership of broad equity markets through a vehicle that provided transparency, intraday liquidity, and potential tax efficiency to boot. The “first generation” of Read more…

NYSE:CSD, NYSE:FVL, NYSE:KNOW, PEY, PKW, PWO, RYJ

An ETF I wasn’t familiar with showed up on the ETF Trend Performance Report at Alert HQ this weekend. At the top of the list, with an improvement of 2.5 points out of a total of  6 possible points Read more…

PWO

In trading on Tuesday, the PowerShares DB Base Metals Fund (DBB) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 4.32% on the day. Also up on the day are the Market Vectors Read more…

IDX, NYSE:DBB, NYSE:EIRL, NYSE:EWA, PQZ, PWO, UNG

In midday trading Monday, the First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund ETF (AMEX:FRI) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 3.6% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include

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NYSE:FRI, PWO, video