U.S. News & World Report today unveiled its first ever ranking of the Best Fit ETFs. The list can be found at http://money.usnews.com/funds/etfs. Read more…

NYSE:GXC, NYSE:IAU, NYSE:IWL, NYSE:SLV, NYSE:VB, RWR, SCHE

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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Diversification is the theme that has emerged since. August 2008. Today investors are diversifying in multiple dimensions: nationally, regionally, industrially and from a sector perspective. Read more…

NYSE:DEM, NYSE:EEM, NYSE:VWO, PIE, PXH, SCHE

Some emerging markets are struggling so far in 2011. But make no mistake; there are still plenty of global opportunities to capture vibrant emerging market growth. Our first step is to identify current trends, and the second is to choose the best strategy to tap into the growth. While inflation in the Read more…

NASDAQ:EMFN, NYSE:EEM, NYSE:EFN, NYSE:EMGX, NYSE:EMVX, NYSE:VWO, SCHE

For the second consecutive day Stocks closed modestly higher. After an early morning dip, the broad market recovered and finished the session near the day’s high. The Nasdaq and the S&P Read more…

NYSE:IWC, PSP, SCHE

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…

SCHA, SCHB, SCHC, SCHE, SCHF, SCHG, SCHO, SCHP, SCHR, SCHV, SCHX

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…

NYSE:SCIN, SCHA, SCHB, SCHC, SCHE, SCHF, SCHG, SCHO, SCHP, SCHV, SCHX

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…

NYSE:SCIN, SCHA, SCHB, SCHC, SCHE, SCHF, SCHG, SCHP, SCHV, SCHX

With all the media attention focused brokers offering “commission free” trading in specific ETFs, we decided to take a look at what commission free means to institutional and individual investors Read more…

NYSE:SPY, ONEQ, SCHA, SCHB, SCHC, SCHE, SCHF, SCHG, SCHV, SCHX

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Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (CSIM) announced today that assets under management in its eight Schwab exchange-traded funds (ETF) exceeded $1 billion on Read more…

SCHA, SCHB, SCHC, SCHE, SCHF, SCHG, SCHV, SCHX

Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (CSIM) has launched its seventh and eighth exchange-traded funds with low operating expense ratios and commission-free online trading in Schwab accounts Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, SCHC, SCHE

Schwab will begin trading the Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF (SCHE) this Thursday. As with all Schwab ETFs there will be no trading fees for trades within Schwab accounts. The fund’s goal is to Read more…

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