IPO ETF Is Designed To Hold Up In Quiet Times
August 15, 2008 – It’s been pretty quiet on the initial public offering (IPO) front, which leads one to wonder what it could mean for the exchange traded fund (ETF) that contains them. The First Trust IPOX 100 Index (FPX)... Continue Reading »

ETF Investors Want Visa To Be Where They Are, But They’ll Have to Wait
March 26, 2008 – Visa is a multi-billion dollar global credit card business and despite the initial public offering, the largest in U.S. history, the company will not be jumping into any financial exchange traded funds (ETFs) just... Continue Reading »

Visa’s Close to Going Public, and It Could Land In IPO ETF
February 27, 2008 – Visa is readying to take the plunge and go public - does this mean it could be making an appearance in the IPO exchange traded fund (ETF)? This IPO is coming at an interesting time... Continue Reading »

What’s Behind Malaysia ETF’s Big Leap?
January 14, 2008 – Malaysia’s economy is hopping along, if the performance of its exchange traded fund (ETF) is any indication. The iShares MSCI Malaysia (EWM) was up 7.7% last week. What’s going on? The country’s currency, the ringgit, reached... Continue Reading »

Using ETFs to Track IPOs
December 4, 2007 – Getting in on an initial public offering (IPO) can be a hit-or-miss proposition — how do you know what’s going to take off and stay taken off vs. what’s going to peter out after... Continue Reading »

Global IPOs Enhance BRIC ETFs Offerings
October 23, 2007 – Exchange traded funds (ETFs) that track the markets of Brazil, Russia India and China  (known as the "BRIC" block) and other emerging-market countries received some good news recently.  For one, seven out of the... Continue Reading »

Visa Files to Go Public, Could Be Included in IPO ETF
September 17, 2007 – The First Trust IPOX-100 Index (FPX) exchange traded fund (ETF) that tracks the top 100 U.S. FPX could see a new holding in its future now that the Visa IPO is one step closer... Continue Reading »

IPO ETF on Vacation; Activity Should Resume in the Fall
August 29, 2007 – Although the initial public offering (IPO) market is taking its usual end-of-summer vacation, when it gets back to work in the fall, investors could see more activity in the exchange traded fund (ETF) that... Continue Reading »

ETFs Track MSCI Indexes - IPO Filed
August 1, 2007 – Many of the available global exchange traded funds (ETFs) track MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International) indexes. MSCI provides investment tools to equity, fixed-income and multi-asset class investment choices worldwide. Aaron Siegal for Investment News... Continue Reading »

IPO Players Emerge; Who Will Be the Next ETF Winner?
July 26, 2007 – As new Initial Public Offering (IPO) players emerge in the market, you can bet you will see lots of activity in the exchange traded fund (ETF) "fan" that tracks some of them. The First... Continue Reading »

From IPO to ETF: The Case for Facebook
July 17, 2007 – If the rumors are true, then social-network giant Facebook might be included in an exchange traded fund (ETF) soon. However, it’s a long road ahead before that happens. What perked our ears is the... Continue Reading »

IPO ETFs Here To Stay
December 23, 2006 – Along with exchange traded funds (ETFs), 2006 was an opportune year for initial public offerings (IPOs). The amount of money raised jumped 19%, to $38 billion and through December 8, they gained 24%. BusinessWeek.com ... Continue Reading »

New ETF Tracks IPOs (FPX)
April 13, 2006 – The First Trust IPOX-100 (FPX) will track the performance of the biggest US IPOs. As new ETFs are developed its nice to see one that tracks an index that’s ween around for a while. Google,... Continue Reading »