Eric Dutram: Thanks to the recent bankruptcy of Stockton, California—the 13^thmost populous city in the Golden State—many investors are worried that a wave of municipal bond bankruptcies could be around the corner. After all, many cities around Read more…

NYSE:SMMU, PRB, PZA

PIMCO dropped some big news on the market on Wednesday with a filing for a PIMCO Total Return ETF. This is potentially game-changing news for the ETF industry and ETF investors. Morningstar’s Jason Stipp brought in Eric Jacobson, director of fixed-income research, and Paul Read more…

NYSE:BABZ, NYSE:MINT, NYSE:MUNI, NYSE:SMMU

PIMCO, the world’s largest bond manager, has ETF investors salivating over the prospect of an ETF version of the ultra-popular Total Return Fund. In a recent SEC filing, PIMCO laid the groundwork Read more…

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The deep freeze that has kept more than a dozen of would-be issuers of active ETFs from entering into the space seems to be thawing a bit; shortly after iShares received the green light from the Read more…

NYSE:ALD, NYSE:BABZ, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:HYLD, NYSE:MINT, NYSE:MUNI, NYSE:SMMU

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…

NYSE:BAB, NYSE:BABS, NYSE:BABZ, NYSE:GMMB, NYSE:HYD, NYSE:ITM, NYSE:MLN, NYSE:MUAA, NYSE:MUAF, NYSE:MUB, NYSE:MUNI, NYSE:SHM, NYSE:SMB, NYSE:SMMU, PRB, PZA

With actively-managed ETFs still being a relatively new product, providers are trying hard to garner investor interest through many different means. One of those is by lowering the expense Read more…

NYSE:DENT, NYSE:GMMB, NYSE:GMTB, NYSE:GVT, NYSE:MINT, NYSE:SMMU, RPX, RWG

PIMCO’s Short Term Municipal Bond Fund (NYSE:SMMU) was launched in late January, 2010 and has since managed to accumulate approximately $18 million in assets, as of the end of July Read more…

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“While February’s ETF data showed investors re-entered the market for U.S. equity funds, it didn’t slow the flow of assets to an expanding lineup of fixed-income ETFs. Have investors rubbed the wrong Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:MUAA, NYSE:SMMU, NYSE:TIP

PIMCO, a leading global investment management firm, has launched the PIMCO Short Term Municipal Bond Strategy Fund (NYSE: SMMU), enhancing the firm’s line up of actively managed exchange-traded funds Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:MUNI, NYSE:SMMU

PIMCO has released its new PIMCO Short Term Municipal Bond Strategy Fund ETF (SMMU). The Short Term Municipal Bond Strategy Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF). Designed to be Read more…

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