ETF Prospects On a Market Rebound
November 19, 2008 – Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are set to be one of the best-kept market bets when the stock market decides to rebound. So far, the ETFs that are tied to worldwide market indexes have gone through a... Continue Reading »

New Dividend Indexes May Raise Interest in ETF
November 2, 2008 – Perhaps an exchange traded fund (ETF) will emerge soon to track the newest entries into Standard & Poor’s stable of dividend-seeking indexes. The indexes cover areas such as Asia, Australia, Europe, Japan and other emerging markets. Index... Continue Reading »

Keeping Dividends, ETFs From Going the Way of the Dodo
October 23, 2008 – Dividend yields are at decent levels right now, benefiting related exchange traded funds (ETFs), but some say we shouldn’t rest on our laurels. Last month the credit and housing markets turned over and sent dividends out... Continue Reading »

Dividends Are a Crisis Casualty; Will ETFs Be, Too?
October 8, 2008 – As the financial crisis continues to leave no economic stone unturned, dividend-slicing could affect exchange traded funds (ETFs) that hold the stocks of such companies. Investors love those quarterly dividends, and they account for more than... Continue Reading »

ETF-Tracking Dow Jones Dividend Index Changes Component
October 2, 2008 – The exchange traded fund (ETF)-tracking index, Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index, has undergone some component changes. Union BanCal Corp. (UB) is deleted from the index and will be replaced by General Electric Co. (GE). UB... Continue Reading »

U.S. Treasury Seeks ETF And Other Fund Managers For Help
September 23, 2008 – The United States Treasury is looking to hire fund managers, including exchange traded fund (ETF) managers, to help implement moves within the market rescue plan. Asset managers charged with buying distressed assets are first up,... Continue Reading »

Some Dividend ETFs Are Beating the Markets
September 11, 2008 – Dividend-focused exchange traded funds (ETFs) usually get torn up pretty bad after a bear attack, however, there are some funds that have beat the odds. Since financial companies usually dominate dividend-paying companies, it is only natural... Continue Reading »

Taking the Dividend Search International Could Pay Off With ETFs
August 25, 2008 – Dividend-seeking investors should really telescope in on markets abroad with exchange traded funds (ETFs). Foreign stocks have had much more attractive yields these days, as proven by a foreign large-cap stock measure in developed markets which... Continue Reading »

This ETF Buys Into Its Own Idea
August 16, 2008 – Exchange traded funds (ETFs) have given rise to a variety of unique funds, and one of them is one that buys into itself - literally. The PowerShares Buyback Achievers Portfolio Fund (PKW) holds a basket... Continue Reading »

SEC Approves CEFs’ Monthly Payouts
August 11, 2008 – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently granted exemptive relief to two closed-end funds (CEFs), allowing them to make monthly payouts of capital gains. This exemption lifts rules that were put into place by the Investment... Continue Reading »

ETF Goes Through Ch-Ch-Changes
August 5, 2008 – When it comes to exchange traded funds (ETFs), what’s in a name, index and investment strategy? We’ll soon find out. The Claymore/BBD High Income Index ETF (LVL) is officially changing its name as of Sept. 30,... Continue Reading »

Dividend ETFs Are Put Together In Different Ways
July 28, 2008 – Dividend investing with exchange traded funds (ETFs) has had enough time in the game to see which ones are the most successful. Dan Caplinger for The Motley Fool reports that after the tech bubble in the... Continue Reading »

SPDRs Weave An International Web With Sector ETFs
July 24, 2008 – The options for international sector exchange traded funds (ETFs) doubled overnight as State Street Global Advisors announced the addition of ten such funds to their SPDR lineup. This brings the Spider line to include 80 ETFs,... Continue Reading »

Not All ETFs and Mutual Funds Are Created Alike; Know the Differences
June 18, 2008 – Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are gunning for the mutual fund throne. But as investors try to figure out what’s right for them, it’s important that they know what the differences between the various types of... Continue Reading »

Japan’s ETF Shaky As Economy And Country Are Rattled
June 17, 2008 – The near future of Japan’s economy and its related exchange traded fund (ETF) are flashing mixed signals. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development states that Japan’s economy is looking better as slow domestic... Continue Reading »

Fundamental Indexing vs. Fundamental Indexing: Which ETFs Win?
June 1, 2008 – New exchange traded fund (ETF) launches are increasingly featuring underlying indexes that have been fundamentally weighted. Two industry heavyweights in particular are big fans of the method, but they part ways on which way... Continue Reading »

Playing Defense With the Domestic Portion of Your ETF Portfolio
May 15, 2008 – Have you been playing defense with your exchange traded fund (ETF) portfolio lately? If so, good. The time to dribble to the other side of the court has not occurred, as the domestic market... Continue Reading »

State Street Goes Down The International ETF Road
May 15, 2008 – State Street Global Advisors is going down the real estate and mid-cap road on an international scale, with new exchange traded funds (ETFs) that invest overseas. The new funds, according to Reuters, are: SPDR DJ... Continue Reading »

A View of ETFs In An Obama White House
May 4, 2008 – If Barack Obama were to win the election for presidency this November, what would happen to the investment world, particularly exchange traded fund (ETF) investors? Awhile back, we talked about funds that could benefit in... Continue Reading »

Qualities to Look for in Your High-Yield ETFs
May 2, 2008 – When considering a high-yield exchange traded fund (ETF), what are the most important characteristics to keep in mind? Phillip Yockey, President of Tactival Analytics, says "quality, yield and safety" should be the biggest considerations.... Continue Reading »

Dividend ETFs Have a Range of Applications
April 4, 2008 – The choices and types of dividend stocks available are numerous, and there’s an exchange traded fund (ETF) for many of them. A dividend is a payment that a company makes to you as a shareholder.... Continue Reading »

Baby Boomers Might Consider Dividend ETFs
March 25, 2008 – The first crop of baby boomers are reaching the age of retirement and will most likely shift their investment focus to fixed-income products, including bond exchange traded funds (ETFs). While fixed-income products provide... Continue Reading »

Sorting Out Oil ETFs; What To Buy With Oil North of $100 a Barrel
March 7, 2008 – The worst-performing oil exchange traded fund (ETF) might be tops when distributions are factored in. Hard Assets Investor for Seeking Alpha took a look at oil-focused ETFs and ETNs and noticed that the PowerShares DB Oil... Continue Reading »

Claymore Declares Final Proceeds on Closed ETFs
February 29, 2008 – Claymore Securities has officially closed 11 of their weakest-performing exchange traded funds (ETFs) and they ceased trading on Feb. 20. All shareholders of those closed funds should have received the value of their shares as... Continue Reading »

Vanguard’s Leadership Shift Mean Interesting Times Are Ahead for Their ETF Division
February 27, 2008 – Jack Brennan is leaving Vanguard Group just as their exchange traded fund (ETF) segment is ready to take off and the company is humming along. Brennan is leaving on a high note, says Matthew... Continue Reading »

Some Dividend ETFs Going Down With Financial Sector
February 13, 2008 – Dividend-focused exchange traded funds (ETFs) are experiencing a meltdown of their own. These types of funds have large plays in high-yielding financial stocks and this is the sector that has been hit hard by the... Continue Reading »

No ETF for Israel Yet, but You Can Still Get Exposure
February 8, 2008 – There’s no direct exposure to Israel via exchange traded funds (ETFs) - at least not yet. What’s an investor to do? Zack Miller for Israel Opportunity Investor says that the SPDR Emerging Middle East (GAF)... Continue Reading »

Indexing and ETFs Get a Fresh Perspective in Outsider’s Report
February 8, 2008 – The indexing and exchange traded fund (ETF) industry recently was privy to the observations of an outside observer. Adam Sussman, a senior analyst for the TABB Group, wrote an exhaustive report titled "Performance Anxiety: A... Continue Reading »

Pay Attention To Earnings-Weighted ETFs
January 28, 2008 – WisdomTree rolled out a family branch of exchange traded funds (ETFs) fundamentally weighted on the basis of trailing earnings. So the more a company earns, the more it’s weighted in the index. Roger Nusbaum... Continue Reading »

PowerShares Hands Out Zero Capital Gains for ETF Portfolios in 2007
January 22, 2008 – Exchange traded fund (ETF) provider PowerShares announced that no capital gains distributions were made for any of its equity and fixed-income based ETF portfolios for 2007. According to Market Wire, since inception the company has... Continue Reading »

ETFs Dishing Out Some Capital Gains
January 18, 2008 – Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are touted for their tax efficiency. In fact, it’s one of the major selling points for the funds. Ian Salisbury for The Wall Street Journal explains that the rapid growth... Continue Reading »

ETFs Can Help Deal With Uncle Sam
January 7, 2008 – The holidays are over and the next event to consider is how tax-savvy an investor you were with exchange traded funds (ETFs) in 2007 Ian Salisbury for The Wall Street Journal reports that the year-end... Continue Reading »

ETF Creations and Redemptions for December
January 7, 2008 – Many investors are now using exchange traded fund (ETF) flows to get a feel for where the most money is focused on Wall Street. Matthew Hougan for Index Universe says that there is a... Continue Reading »

Look At The Bright Side With ETFs
January 3, 2008 – A recession is still looming over the U.S. economy, but it isn’t doom and gloom for investors, as exchange traded funds (ETFs) still present opportunities. Gary Gordon for ETF Expert reports that with the... Continue Reading »

Mutual Fund Taxes Are Going to Hurt, But ETFs Could Give Pain Relief
December 31, 2007 – Exchange traded fund (ETF) investors will appreciate this: the tax tab on mutual funds this year will be a doozy. Every year at this time, mutual funds pass on dividends and capital gains to their investors.... Continue Reading »

Digging Deeper Into International Small Cap ETFs
December 21, 2007 – International small-cap exchange traded funds (ETFs) are the latest frontier that providers have captured. There are now five choices in this space and ETFs that have the same asset class are not always the... Continue Reading »

A Closer Look At A Foreign Dividend ETF
December 11, 2007 – First Trust is the latest to join the foreign-dividend focused exchange traded funds (ETFs), with its launch of First Trust Global Select Dividend Fund (FGD).  Other ETFs in this arena include iShares EPAC Select... Continue Reading »

Market and ETF Facts to Consider
November 30, 2007 – There’s a lot going on in the markets and exchange traded funds (ETFs).  Matt Hougan for Index Universe looks at 10 interesting market facts and we’ve added some ETF related information. The U.S. stock market... Continue Reading »

Dividend Index Gets an ETF of Its Own
November 28, 2007 – Everybody, get out the welcome mat for the newest exchange traded fund (ETF) in town: It tracks the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend 100 Index. The index tracks the performance of the top 100... Continue Reading »

Dealing With Correlation Via ETFs
November 15, 2007 – Where can an exchange traded fund (ETF) investor find shelter? Once upon a time, foreign markets and energy moved independently of stocks, but these days, they tend to move in the same direction, writes... Continue Reading »

Dividend Rotation ETF Paying Out
November 6, 2007 – Dividend-paying stocks no longer have to be a buy-and-hold investment, and are accessible in an exchange traded fund (ETF) basket. The one-month old  Claymore/Zacks Dividend Rotation ETF (IRO) holds 100 stocks divided into two... Continue Reading »

A Dividend ETF Match
October 30, 2007 – The Claymore/Zacks Dividend Rotation (IRO) exchange traded fund (ETF) began trading this week, and it brings a new level of complexity to dividend ETFs. IRO tracks the Zacks Dividend Rotation Index, which is a... Continue Reading »

WisdomTree to Launch Emerging-market Small-cap ETF
October 29, 2007 – WisdomTree announced today that it will launch a new small-cap dividend-weighted exchange traded fund (ETF) tomorrow under the ticker symbol (DGS). DGS will trade on the NYSE Arca and will have an expense ratio... Continue Reading »

Dividend ETFs Are The Flavor of the Month
October 29, 2007 – In September it was municipal-bond exchange traded funds. This month it’s dividend-based ETFs. There’s a ton of them and some could be destined for an untimely demise, says Gary Gordon for ETF Expert. For example,... Continue Reading »

ETFs Can Buffer a Temperamental Market
October 19, 2007 – Let’s face it: The market is temperamental, but exchange traded funds (ETFs) can be at your rescue. Since the Federal Reserve slashed short-term interest rates in an attempt to rescue the economy, the market... Continue Reading »

An ETF Passport
October 8, 2007 –                       Broad-based exchange traded funds (ETFs) could lead you to believe that you own a small piece of the world, but indexes such as the EAFE might... Continue Reading »

WisdomTree Moves Its ETFs to Arca
September 28, 2007 – WisdomTree is one of many exchange traded fund (ETF) providers that is moving its ETFs to the New York stock exchange (NYSE) Arca online listing and trading platform. WisdomTree announced yesterday that starting Oct.... Continue Reading »

Get Some Extra Cash with Dividend ETFs
September 26, 2007 – As we’ve mentioned before, dividend exchange traded funds (ETFs) can be attractive to investors because they generally pay out extra money to shareholders. Many different dividend ETFs are available, so for interested investors, shop... Continue Reading »

5 New ETFs That Deserve Attention
September 5, 2007 – It’s an exciting time to be investing in exchange traded funds (ETFs) as new products launch practically every day. With so many newbies on the market, Matt Hougan for Index Universe offers his opinion... Continue Reading »

5 ETF Areas to Follow Closely
August 31, 2007 – The exchange traded fund (ETF) industry has seen a lot of major developments since July 12. ETFs are on the move, and if investors aren’t paying attention, they could miss some opportunities. Jim Wiandt... Continue Reading »

First Trust to Launch New International ETFs
August 28, 2007 – First Trust is coming out with two new exchange traded funds (ETFs) that are scheduled to launch Aug. 30th: the First Trust DJ STOXX Select Dividend 30 Index Fund (FDD) and the First Trust... Continue Reading »

Dividend ETF with Fundamental Indexing
August 16, 2007 – Dividend exchange traded funds (ETFs) offer the perk of extra income to shareholders. What would happen if a dividend ETF used a fundamental indexing approach to investing? ETF provider WisdomTree took this approach when... Continue Reading »

Dividend-Based ETFs Give Back Bucks
August 10, 2007 – When market morale is low, dividend-based exchange traded funds (ETFs) tend to offer some relief because they generally give investors dividends regularly. They also tend to be more financially sturdy than nondividend payers because... Continue Reading »

Dividend ETFs Pay Out
May 11, 2007 – Dividend focused exchange traded funds (ETFs) specialize in stocks that payout extra income to shareholders. Rob Wherry for SmartMoney.com points out one of the latest trends is investing in dividend-paying stocks, mostly due to... Continue Reading »

Preferred ETF Hits Market
April 2, 2007 – Barclays Global Investors new exchange traded fund (ETF), the iShares S&P U.S. Preferred Stock (PFF) began trading last Friday.  This new ETF provides exposure to a diversified basket of preferred stocks.  Preferred stock generally... Continue Reading »

A Closer Look At Dividend ETFs
February 6, 2007 – There are a variety of dividend exchange traded funds (ETFs) available however, risk and return objectives vary. Dividend ETFs perform differently since they track indexes from different providers and some may be concentrated in... Continue Reading »

Dividends Pay Out In ETFs
January 14, 2007 – There is an exchange traded fund (ETF) that primarily seeks dividend income by investing only in dividend paying stocks. The iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index (DVY) does just that and, The Motley Fool... Continue Reading »

Morningstar Touts ETFs
January 12, 2007 – Dan Culloton of Morningstar writes that exchange traded funds (ETFs) can be a good choice when there are slim pickings of mutual funds.  Morningstar reviews mutual funds and make their pick based on the... Continue Reading »

ETF Up Down Under
January 1, 2007 – Australia’s economy is moving nicely, with it’s stocks and, of course, exchange traded funds (ETFs) following. Now that Australia has attracted private equity in addition to freeing up regulations placed on the media sector,... Continue Reading »

Dividends with International SmallCap ETFs
December 20, 2006 – WisdomTree exchange traded funds (ETFs) base their weighting, not on market cap, but on dividends.  Recently the ETF provider launched small-cap dividend funds, including WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend (DFE), WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend (DLS)... Continue Reading »

Australian ETF - More Than a Commodity
December 13, 2006 – The iShares MSCI Australia (EWA) exchange traded fund (ETF) began the year slow, but has performed nicely, as it is up 27% for the year. Proving the critics wrong, Australia’s diverse economy is anything... Continue Reading »

Dividend ETFs
November 28, 2006 – There is a lot of competition in the world of exchange traded funds (ETFs) lately. Nowadays, you don’t need big bucks to invest in dividend weighted ETFs. WisdomTree has created an interesting blend of... Continue Reading »

Playing The Bond Rally
October 25, 2006 – As expected, the Federal Reserve left rates unchanged today for the third straight time.  The rate remains at 5.25%. Recently we have seen strength in the equity and bond markets, which is quite unusual. There... Continue Reading »

Dividend ETFs in Question
October 18, 2006 – Vanguard is criticizing Barclays’ iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index (DVY) exchange traded fund, saying not all of the dividends qualify as a tax break.  The ETF is one of several that the industry... Continue Reading »

Time For A Dog ETF?
August 16, 2006 – No, I am not referring to the recently launched exchange traded fund that has the ticker symbol DOG and allows you to short the Dow Jones Industrial Average. I am talking about an ETF... Continue Reading »

Dividend-Based ETFs an Interesting Option in Rising Interest Rate Environment
September 16, 2005 – PowerShares will now offer four dividend-based ETFs. Advisors and investors seeking access to greater dividend yields might consider these options, especially in a rising interest rate environment. Up until now, long-term bond funds have maintained... Continue Reading »