Matt Tucker: In a recent post I talked about fixed income ETF distributions and what drives them. Now I am going to delve a little deeper and explore an area of the market that can cause investor confusion Read more…

NYSE:GTIP, NYSE:ITIP, NYSE:STIP, NYSE:TIP

Ron Rowland:  Ben Bernanke keeps saying the Federal Reserve will do “everything it can” to encourage economic growth. But his first two “quantitative easing” programs were no help for average Americans. They were very beneficial for Wall Street, though, so the big banks want more. Read more…

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WisdomTree has filed paperwork with the SEC for a “WisdomTree Emerging Markets Inflation Protection Bond Fund ETF.” The WisdomTree Emerging Markets Inflation Protection Bond Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide total returns (income and capital appreciation) that are representative of inflation-linked debt securities of emerging market issuers. They did not specify a trading symbol or expense ratio Read more…

NEW FILING, NYSE:GTIP, NYSE:IPE, NYSE:ITIP, NYSE:LTPZ, NYSE:SCHP, NYSE:STIP, NYSE:STPZ, NYSE:TIP, NYSE:TIPZ, NYSE:WIP

After January saw the introduction of nearly two dozen ETFs, February was a bit of a slowdown from a product development standpoint. Still, the month saw plenty of activity, as 14 new Read more…

NASDAQ:FONE, NYSE:AND, NYSE:ASEA, NYSE:EBND, NYSE:EDIV, NYSE:FSE, NYSE:NAGS, NYSE:ONEF, NYSE:STIP, NYSE:TPS

Inflation is creeping up everywhere. Prices for gold, silver, oil, gasoline, food, even soft drinks are all creeping higher. You see it every day. Read more…

NYSE:CPI, NYSE:IPE, NYSE:LTPZ, NYSE:SCHP, NYSE:STIP, NYSE:STPZ, NYSE:TIP, NYSE:TIPZ, NYSE:WIP

iShares hasn’t launched any new ETFs since rolling out its short-term TIPS fund (NYSE:STIP) in early December, but the issuer responsible for close to 45% of all U.S. ETF assets continues to Read more…

NYSE:IBND, NYSE:PFF, NYSE:PGF, NYSE:PGX, NYSE:PICB, NYSE:STIP

As the ETF industry has exploded on to the scene in recent years, the size of the product lineup has consistently grown. Many of the new funds to begin trading have been first-to-market products Read more…

NYSE:HYLD, NYSE:STIP, NYSE:WITE, NYSE:XVIX

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) today announced that its iShares® Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business, the world’s largest manager of ETFs, is launching the iShares Barclays 0-5 Year TIPS Bond Read more…

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iShares is set to begin trading their new “iShares Barclays 0-5 Year TIPS Bond Fund” (NYSE:STIP) this Friday. The iShares Barclays 0-5 Year TIPS Bond Fund (the “Fund”) seeks investment results Read more…

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