 |
| Expense Ratios - Is your ETF changing on you? |
| SAN DIEGO (ETFguide.com) - While lower fees, minimal taxable distributions and trading flexibility are all important attributes of ETFs, let’s focus on one aspect of financial cost associated with ETF investing; a fund’s expense ratio. - 01-29-2008 |
| |
| New Commodity ETF Follows Reuters Index |
| SAN DIEGO (ETFguide.com) - As the interest in commodity investments grows, exchange-traded fund (ETF) providers are trying to meet that demand. The Greenhaven Continuous Commodity Index Fund (Ticker: GCC) is the latest... - 01-25-2008 |
| |
| Short ETFs Shine |
| As stocks continue their downward slide, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that short key stock market indexes are recording strong gains. Stocks as tracked by major averages are having their worst start in decades... - 01-21-2008 |
| |
| Recession Proof your Portfolio with these ETFs |
| An economic slowdown shouldn’t necessarily spell disaster for your portfolio. Plenty of money making opportunities exist. When a recession strikes, defensive investors have historically flocked to... - 01-14-2008 |
| |
| Experience the Olympics with a new Index |
| Even though we’re still stuck in winter, the summer can’t come soon enough. To that end, Dow Jones has just launched the Dow Jones 2008 Summer Games Index. - 01-11-2008 |
| |
| Van Eck offers Second Munibond ETF |
| Van Eck Global has launched the Market Vectors-Lehman Brothers AMT-Free Long Municipal Index ETF (Amex: MLN). The new fund tracks the Lehman Brothers AMT-Free Long Continuous Municipal Index and is designed to offer exposure to investment-grade municipal bonds with a nominal maturity of 17 years or more.
- 01-07-2008 |
| |
| ETF Assets Decline by $16.05 Billion |
| SAN DIEGO (ETFguide.com) - According to the Investment Company Institute (ICI), the combined assets of U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs) fell $16.05 billion to $572.12 billion in November. The latest asset figures represent a 2.7 percent decrease compared to October, but the year-over-year numbers still show surging ETF assets.
- 01-02-2008 |
| |
| Nasdaq-100 Outpaces the Dow and S&P 500 |
| SAN DIEGO (ETFguide.com) - What a difference one year can make. After lagging the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 in the previous two years, stocks in the technology heavy Nasdaq-100 have lifted the exchange-traded fund (ETF) following it to post double digit gains so far this year.
- 12-26-2007 |
| |
| Barclays Introduces Emerging Markets Bond ETF |
| SAN DIEGO (ETFguide.com) - No holiday vacation for the burgeoning exchange-traded fund (ETF) business. Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has launched the iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Index Fund (ticker: EMB).
The new fund is designed to track the JPMorgan EMBI Global Core Index, which represents...
- 12-19-2007 |
| |
| Currency ETNs Get Adverse Tax Ruling |
| SAN DIEGO (ETFguide.com) - The tax advantage of exchange-traded notes (ETNs) linked to currencies has evaporated and the status of notes linked to commodities and stocks remains in limbo.
Last week, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service issued a rule stating that any financial instrument linked to a single currency...
- 12-18-2007 |
| |
| |
|
