A year after the notorious “Flash Crash,” CNBC’s Herb Greenburg addresses the alarmingly high level of ETF failures to settle. A settlement failure occurs when somebody’s not Read more…

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Vanguard CEO Bill McNabb discusses the company’s new ETF and index fund offerings with MoneyWatch’s Eric Schurenberg. Eric touches on what investment vehicle, traditional funds Read more…

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Vanguard is expanding its index fund family, introducing new funds with ETF Shares to provide investors with additional low-cost stock and bond choices. The new ETFs will be available commission-free to Vanguard Brokerage clients. See the preliminary breakdown of each ETF below Read more…

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“Fund providers and registered investment advisers say that if used judiciously, extreme ETFs can help investors curb losses. In the first week of May, the Greek debt crisis triggered the most-volatile swings in U.S. stocks in more than a year. The S&P 500 dived more than 7 percent in five trading days. Read more…

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Whether you love it or hate it, the PowerShares QQQ(QQQQ) is one of the most highly monitored and frequently traded ETFs in the market today. This benchmark ETF tracks the capitalization-based Nasdaq 100 Index and is composed of the largest domestic and international non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq.

While QQQQ has a high correlation with other large-cap growth ETFs, like the iShares S&P 500 Growth Index(IVW) and Vanguard Growth ETF(VUG), key differences have helped QQQQ emerge as one of the most popular ETFs in the market today. To call the QQQQ “tech heavy” is an understatement. According to issuer PowerShares, the QQQQ has a 62.99% tech allocation. The second and third largest sectors in the QQQQ are health care and consumer discretionary, comprising 16.56% and 12.59% of the fund, respectively. Read more…

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