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Eric Dutram: After posting double digit returns for the first quarter in fiscal 2012, the U.S stock markets could not extend their gains further in the second quarter. The weak global economic condition added to the woes of the investors, triggering massive Read more…
Eric Dutram: There are several factors that influence the decision of selecting an ETF for investment. Such factors include the past performance, holdings, sector exposure and concentration. Beyond these examples, expenses can also play an important role in the decision making process as well. Read more…
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Chris Ciovacco: With QE2 winding down, China raising interest rates, and debt problems in Europe, investors have not responded to strong earnings growth. According to Bloomberg: Read more…
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Charles Schwab will soon offer 401(k) retirement plans stuffed solely with exchange-traded mutual funds—and let investors trade them without charge. The WSJ reports that, “Jim McCool, Charles Schwab Corp.’s executive vice president of institutional business, made waves at an asset-management conference in March when he announced that the brokerage Read more…
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The concerns continue to mount after Japan’s devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami, which may further heighten recent anxiety in the financial markets. An explosion near the No. 1 Read more…
The surge in ETF assets over the past several years has been driven by a number of factors, as investors have embraced the enhanced liquidity and tax efficiency these vehicles offer relative to Read more…
As the ETF industry has expanded at a breakneck pace in recent years, keeping track of all the products out there has become no easy task. There are now well more than 1,000 exchange-traded Read more…
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Charles Schwab is set to begin trading their “Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF” (NYSE:SCHR) this Thursday August 5th. As with other ETFs this new fund will offer $0 online trading through a Schwab account. The fund’s goal is to track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the Read more…
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Charles Schwab is set to begin trading their “Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF” (NYSE:SCHO) this Thursday August 5th. As with other ETFs this new fund will offer $0 online trading through a Schwab account. The fund’s goal is to track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price Read more…
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Charles Schwab is set to begin trading their “Schwab U.S. TIPs ETF” (NYSE:SCHP) this Thursday August 5th. As with other ETFs this new fund will offer $0 online trading through a Schwab account. The fund’s goal is to track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield Read more…
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We head into the new week with some good news from the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. The bias on the Street remains positive, but from a strategy perspective we have potential 
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (CSIM) announced today that assets under management in its eight Schwab exchange-traded funds (ETF) exceeded $1 billion on 
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