Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas examines the ups and downs of market cap-weighted ETFs. He speaks with Alix Steel on Bloomberg Television’s “Street Smart.” Eric also notes his three Read more…

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Michael Johnston: Odds are that 2011 is a year many investors will be eager to forget. Ongoing uncertainty over Europe, combined with a frustrating employment situation stateside and even weakness among emerging markets has put many core asset classes in the red for the year. Most equity ETFs Read more…

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Michael Johnston: With three quarters of 2011 officially in the books, it is now safe to say that the year has not played out as many investors had hoped it might. After coming flying out of the gates–most major benchmarks were solidly in positive territory after the first quarter–a perfect storm of negative developments Read more…

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Sumit Roy:  The bleeding in commodity-related exchange-traded products didn’t entirely stop last week, but it sure slowed down. Investors took out a relatively modest $280 million from said ETPs Read more…

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After a rough 2010, alternative energy equities have been swinging back and forth all year long without establishing a clear trend. With 2011 being quite a busy year thus far, the only real attention Read more…

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U.S. equities floundered between smalls gains and losses on Monday before succumbing to the red in the late part of the session. After a discussion with the U.S. Justice Department, the Nasdaq OMX Read more…

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Sumit Roy:  Although commodities got hit hard late last week and early this week, they have since recovered quite substantially, thanks to a plunging U.S. dollar and strong corporate earnings Read more…

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In midday trading Friday, the Market Vectors Solar Energy ETF (KWT) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 3.5% on the day. And underperforming other Read more…

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