Ron Rowland: We did just see some big news across the border. Enrique Peña Nieto won a three-way race to become the nation’s next president. Read more…

NYSE:EEML, NYSE:EWW, NYSE:ILF, NYSE:SMK, NYSE:UMX

Ron Rowland: Twenty-four new members joined ETF Deathwatch for July. Seventeen are ETFs and seven are ETNs. Only six products came off the list, yielding a net increase of eighteen. It’s been fifteen months since the list produced a net Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Ron Rowland: The ETF count for June stands at 1,476, consisting of 1,259 ETFs and 217 ETNs. Eleven new product introductions during the month brought the launch count to 124 for the first half of 2012. Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Ron Rowland: In a few short hours we should have some big news: A Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of health care reform. Investors have a lot at stake. Whatever the court decides will be good for some Health Care stocks Read more…

NYSE:IHF, NYSE:IHI, NYSE:XBI, NYSE:XHE, NYSE:XHS, NYSE:XPH

Ron Rowland: One of the many reasons ETFs beat mutual funds is their transparency. In any ETF, you can see the full list of stocks it currently holds. That’s not the case with mutual funds. Read more…

NYSE:IWN

Ron Rowland: They did it again. Alerian MLP ETF (NYSEARCA:AMLP), the first ETF structured as a C-corporation, raised its expense ratio for the second time this year. It issued another prospectus supplement dated May 9, 2012 (pdf), increasing expenses Read more…

NYSE:AMJ, NYSE:AMLP

Ron Rowland: JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) announced that one day soon it intends to halt new note creation for the JPMorgan Alerian MLP ETN (NYSEARCA:AMJ). Read more…

NYSE:AMJ, NYSE:GAZ, NYSE:TVIX

Ron Rowland: Europe’s financial crisis just keeps getting worse. Politicians, bankers, and diplomats can talk themselves blue, but it won’t help. None of the options are good. Read more…

BATS:EWGS, NYSE:EWG

Ron Rowland: The number of names on ETF Deathwatch climbs by a dozen for June with nineteen new additions and seven deletions. The new count stands at 336, consisting of 237 ETFs and 99 ETNs. Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Ron Rowland: A grand total of 1,465 ETPs were listed for trading as of May 31. The count consists of 1,249 ETFs and 216 ETNs. Just eight new products came to market in May and none closed. So far in 2012, Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:SPY

Ron Rowland: As you may have heard, debt-ridden nations face sharply higher borrowing costs. Spain’s ten-year government bonds are closing in on the 7 percent level. Read more…

NYSE:TBF, NYSE:TBT, NYSE:TYBS, NYSE:ZROZ, SBND

Ron Rowland: For all the stock market’s current woes, the initial public offering for Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) created plenty of excitement this month. Unfortunately, some of it was the wrong kind of excitement. Now the company must deal Read more…

NASDAQ:SOCL, NYSE:EIPL, NYSE:EIPO, QQQ

Ron Rowland: I don’t know about you, but here in Texas I can barely drive a mile without passing a JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) branch. They’re even inside the grocery stores. Read more…

NYSE:AMJ, NYSE:DSTJ, NYSE:DSXJ

Ron Rowland: I’ve been investing in sectors for more than 25 years — first with mutual funds and now ETFs. Following the trends from one industry to the next is one of the best investment strategies I know. Read more…

NYSE:EVX, NYSE:ITA, NYSE:VIS, NYSE:XLI

Ron Rowland: The quantity of products on ETF Deathwatch climbs again with twenty names being added to the list for May and only four coming off.  The net increase of 16 pushes the total count to 324, consisting of 229 ETFs and 95 ETNs. Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS