Shibo Liang: The last few weeks have been a rocky stretch for the financial sector in the U.S., with another massive bankruptcy filing coming as negative sentiment towards big financial institutions is reaching new heights. After a stellar month in October, a wave of risk aversion in November has dealt a Read more…
NASDAQ:EMFN, NYSE:BRAF, NYSE:CHIX, NYSE:FGEM, NYSE:IPF, NYSE:KBWX
Michael Johnston: The saying “never judge a book by its cover” is certainly applicable to a wide range of situations. That includes the business of investing; for advisors and individuals who use ETFs, the old adage can be very relevant, valuable advice. There are now more than 1,300 exchange-traded Read more…
NYSE:AGG, NYSE:BND, NYSE:EEM, NYSE:VWO
John Daly: The prosperity of China’s “authoritarian capitalism” is increasingly rewriting the ground-rules worldwide on the capitalist principles that have dominated the West’s economy for nearly two centuries. Read more…
REMX
WisdomTree completed a number of previously announced changes to its ETF lineup this week, making minor changes to seven of the company’s equity funds. Four ETFs received new tickers as a Read more…
NYSE:AUSE, NYSE:AXJL, NYSE:CCXE, NYSE:DBU, NYSE:DNL, NYSE:DRW, NYSE:GNAT
Matt Tucker: Headlines of late have been filled with news about inflation, from rising commodity, precious metals and gas prices to higher prints of the consumer price index. Traditionally Read more…
NYSE:GTIP, NYSE:ITIP
Sean Brodrick: I’ve told you before that gold is showing relative strength to other commodities, and I expect it will lead the next rally. Are we seeing gold bottom right now? And if so, how should Read more…
NYSE:DZZ, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:IAU, NYSE:SGOL
Most investors constructing an equity portfolio using ETFs would segment the asset class into three distinct sections: U.S. equities, emerging markets, and ex-U.S. developed markets. Read more…
NYSE:EFA, NYSE:GWX, NYSE:VEA, PXF, SCHF
The second week of May was a pretty poor one for American equity markets as high levels of volatility combined with fears over global growth and inflation to send markets to a loss for the Read more…
NYSE:RTH, NYSE:TLT, NYSE:XOIL
IndexIQ rolled out the latest ETF offering exposure to oil companies today, debuting the IQ Global Oil Small Cap ETF (NYSE:IOIL). The new ETF will be the first exchange-traded product to offer Read more…
NYSE:IEO, NYSE:IOIL, NYSE:IXC, NYSE:XLE, NYSE:XOP
A retirement portfolio that includes both foreign and domestic investments can provide for more diversification, with more opportunities for growth. This article will focus on country specific ETFs Read more…
NYSE:EWY, RSX
So far, 2011 has been a pretty good time to be a commodity producer, as most natural resource firms have risen substantially to start the year. While some sectors of the market, such as rare earth Read more…
NASDAQ:WOOD, NYSE:CUT
Brad Zigler: Last week, we looked at the trailing performance of gold mining shares, as a class, vs. bullion, using the indexes underlying the Market Vectors gold miners ETFs as our benchmarks. Read more…
NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ
The Claymore-advised exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) listed below have announced that the reconvened Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders, scheduled for March 30, 2010, has been Read more…
NYSE:SEA, NYSE:TAN, ROB
Jovian Capital Corporation (“Jovian”) (JOV:TSX) and its subsidiary BetaPro Management Inc. (“BetaPro”), the manager of the Horizons BetaPro exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), are pleased Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS
Pro-Financial Asset Management’s lineup of FTSE RAFI(R) Fundamental Index mutual funds outperformed their ETF competitors in 2009 by between 4.16% to 11.38% Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS
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