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Stoyan Bojinov: Innovation has been a dominant theme in the ETF industry and this year, 2011, has shaped out to be perhaps the most exciting one yet. Growth is the other key ingredient for success and the exchange-traded universe has seen an abundance of new product launches; veteran issuers and Read more…
Ron Rowland: Happy Holidays! I hope everyone has a great time with family and friends. Before the weekend starts, there’s one last business item you may want to settle. So pay close attention if you’re an investor in any of Merrill Lynch’s HOLDRS products. Read more…
Jared Cummans: One of the founding principles of the ETF industry was cost competitiveness; after being charged upwards of 150 basis points for their favorite mutual funds, investors had grown tired of surrendering a substantial portion of their gains to the managers of big name funds. Now, there are Read more…
Noel Archard: 2011 was an exciting year for ETFs – the industry entered the year having passed $1 trillion in global assets and at iShares, we launched 14 new products in the United States. Read more…
Ron Rowland: ETF Deathwatch membership jumped by thirty-one for December, producing the largest monthly increase since July 2010. The total count now stands at 242: 184 ETFs and 58 ETNs. Read more…
Jared Cummans: 2011 has been arguably one the busiest ever for the ETF industry, as we are on pace to break through 300 new launches for the year. As we rapidly approach 1,400 total funds in the space Read more…
Ron Rowland: A week ago we celebrated Thanksgiving in the U.S. I hope you had a great time with your loved ones. Now families from coast to coast are dealing with the inevitable leftovers. Read more…
Sue Thompson: I clearly remember the first time I heard the acronym “RTFM.” I was relatively new to computers and was on the help line with a customer service rep for a major computer provider Read more…
Michael Johnston: ETFs have made great progress in simplifying the investing processing; with more than 1,300 exchange-traded products covering just about every asset class, major world economy, Read more…
Michael Johnston: The vast majority of the 1,300+ exchange-traded products now available to U.S. investors are alike in that they offer static exposure to a specific asset class, whether it be stocks, bonds Read more…
Todd Shriber: Read my columns enough and you’ll realize two things. First, I am not ashamed to say the mutual fund industry has more than just a pesky little rivalry on its hands with ETFs. Second, I’ve said several times this rivalry is going to eventually shift in favor of ETFs. Hey, it’s already going that Read more…
Shibo Liang: The third quarter got off to a sizzling start in the ETF industry; a surge in asset prices boosted asset levels significantly after two months of freefalls, and the product development activity Read more…
Stocks closed mixed of Friday on light volume. High beta stocks showed relative weakness on the day as the small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM), S&P MidCap 400 and Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) finished lower by 0.6%, 0.3% and 0.1% respectively. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE:DIA) Read more…
Stocks closed near session highs yesterday but on light trade. Smaller cap stocks led the move with the small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) and the S&P MidCap 400 adding 3.3% and 2.9% respectively. The Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) tacked on 2.4% while the S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) climbed 1.3%. Read more…
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