February 2007 ETF Performance Report
February 28, 2007 – February ended the month on concerns a correction in the markets may be apon us.  Exchange traded funds (ETFs) in the mid-cap arena outperformed small- and large-caps, gaining about 2% for the month.  Asia... Continue Reading »

WisdomTree ETFs Under Scrutiny
February 28, 2007 – John Spence of Dow Jones Newswires reports WisdomTree Investments newest exchange traded funds (ETFs) look for companies with solid earnings, but the true test will be whether this attention-grabbing firm can itself deliver steady... Continue Reading »

Can Hedge Funds And ETFs Get Along?
February 28, 2007 – The Vanguard Group is encouraging hedge funds to invest in their exchange traded funds(ETFs). Five of the designated 30 salespeople who will market to institutional investors, which includes hedge funds. Analysts are already criticizing... Continue Reading »

Wednesday Market Opening Offers Relief For ETF Hangover
February 28, 2007 – ETF investors may be taking a sigh of relief this morning as world markets stabilize. Reuters reportes early this morning that "Wall Street is set to open up on Wednesday, recovering from the previous day’s frantic sell-off, after... Continue Reading »

Value Of An ETF
February 28, 2007 – Market values of exchange traded funds (ETFs) vary from the value of the stocks the fund owns because unlike a mutual fund, the price of an ETF isn’t set by measuring the value of... Continue Reading »

ETF Strategy For a Declining Market
February 27, 2007 – We saw the Dow fall over 500 points today only to make up some of the loss and closed down 416 points (or 3.3%); the biggest one day loss since September 2001.  The S&P 500 was... Continue Reading »

China Move Hits Asian ETFs
February 27, 2007 – Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) tracking Asia and Pacific regions traded lower today after Chinese markets dropped nearly 9% due to investors taking profit on speculation there may be a slowdown in the country’s booming... Continue Reading »

New ProShares/Russell ETFs
February 27, 2007 – ProShares launched 12 new exchange traded funds (ETFs) on the American Stock Exchange. The ETFs carry a 0.95% expense ratio and are geared toward short and magnified exposure to six benchmarked Russell indexes. Pete... Continue Reading »