Eric Dutram: FlexShares, the ETF division of Northern Trust, is beginning to become a formidable player in the exchange-traded fund world. The firm has several ETFs Read more…

NYSE:GSY, NYSE:MINT, NYSE:RAVI, NYSE:TLTD, NYSE:TLTE

Stoyan Bojinov: ETFs continue to gain popularity as these innovative financial instruments allow for easy access to virtually any asset class without having to sacrifice Read more…

NYSE:BIL, NYSE:GSY, NYSE:MINT, NYSE:PVI, NYSE:SHV

Stoyan Bojinov:  ETFs have become popular tools for constructing long-term portfolios, with more and more investors utilizing these vehicles as tools to accumulate wealth over the long run. While the bulk of ETFs out there have appeal as securities that can potentially appreciate by a significant amount over Read more…

NYSE:GSY, NYSE:MINT

Michael Johnston:  The debut of PIMCO’s highly-anticipated Total Return ETF (NYSEArca:TRXT) earlier this month has been hailed as a pivotal moment for the active ETF industry, potentially opening up the floodgates to significant future inflows. There seems to be an opinion that the active ETF movement Read more…

NYSE:ALD, NYSE:CEW, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:GSY, NYSE:HDGE, NYSE:MUNI, NYSE:WDTI

Michael Johnston: As the lineup of exchange-traded products has expanded dramatically in recent years, financial advisors have found themselves with more tools at their disposal than ever before. The extreme granularity of many of the equity products out there allows for cheap, low maintenance Read more…

NYSE:BAB, NYSE:CWB, NYSE:FLOT, NYSE:MLN, NYSE:PZA, NYSE:SUB

Michael Johnston: When the Federal Reserve announced recently that it plans to keep key interest rates at nearly zero until 2014, it hardly came as a surprise. With the economic recovery still in a very fragile state and inflationary pressures remaining tame, record low interest rates are expected to hang Read more…

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Michael Johnston: As a handful of brave souls find out every four years, running for President of the United States generally involves opening up your personal life to intense examination by opponents, the media, and general public. Generally, the scrutiny focuses on personal histories–arrests, affairs, Read more…

NYSE:CEW, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GSY, NYSE:SIL, NYSE:TOTS, NYSE:UDN

While many of the “first generation” of ETFs offered exposure to widely-followed equity indexes, the universe of exchange-traded products has expanded at a tremendous pace in recent years to Read more…

NYSE:AGG, NYSE:ALD, NYSE:BND, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:GIY, NYSE:HYG, NYSE:IEI, NYSE:JNK, NYSE:MINT, NYSE:MUNI

PIMCO will be launching another actively managed ETF this coming Tuesday under the symbol (MINT). PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Strategy Fund (MINT) will seek to achieve its investment objective Read more…

NYSE:MINT

Pacific Investment Management Co. plans to open its first actively run exchange-traded funds and filed for the following active ETFs this morning with the SEC. Pimco, just last month started its first ETF, tracking an index of short-term U.S. Treasuries and plans to open six other passive Read more…

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