ETFs As A Core To Portfolio Building
November 4, 2008 – Studies show that the majority of active fund managers do not outperform the markets consistently, a fact that has more investors considering exchange traded funds (ETFs) and other index products instead. One of the best ways... Continue Reading »

Tax-Loss Harvesting with ETFs Can Lessen the Pain
November 3, 2008 – The market meltdown has created an opportunity at tax time for exchange traded fund (ETF) users. John Spence for MarketWatch explains that when investors sell an ETF or mutual fund, any losses in excess of capital... Continue Reading »

ETF Bulls, Bears Have Different Takes On Events
October 29, 2008 – Whether you’re an exchange traded fund (ETF) investor who’s bearish on the market or bullish on it, no doubt you’re finding your own way to interpret the recent market activity and what it all means. But... Continue Reading »

ETFs Are Changing the Investment Landscape
October 17, 2008 – Exchange traded funds (ETFs) first came to the public in 1993 in an effort to transform the typical, everyday monotony of the mutual fund. And the ETF came to us in a perfectly bundled basket of... Continue Reading »

Dow, S&P, ETFs Wrap Up a Stormy Week
October 10, 2008 – Most of the major indexes ended lower today, capping a volatile and losing week for stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs). It could have been worse, though. The Dow dropped nearly 700 points at the opening,... Continue Reading »

S&P, ETF On Pace to Be a Loser This Decade
October 7, 2008 – This decade has the potential to go down in history as one of the worst for our economy and exchange traded funds (ETFs). Today the Dow Jones and S&P 500 extended their declines, and now the... Continue Reading »

Dow Jones Loses Nearly 800 Points In Volatile Session
September 29, 2008 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its largest one-day loss ever, leaving few bright spots in the world of exchange traded funds (ETFs). The Dow today plunged 777 points, by far surpassing the previous record of... Continue Reading »

Bond ETFs Take A Detour Off Track In Wild Markets
September 29, 2008 – Bond exchange traded funds (ETFs) have had a difficult time of late, as at times they’ve not traded at prices that match their underlying values - one of the main purposes of these funds. For example,... Continue Reading »

ETFs Increasingly Popular With Mutual Fund Managers
September 28, 2008 – While the exchange traded funds (ETFs) work to make their mark with investors and get a bigger slice of the mutual fund pie in terms of assets, fund managers don’t appear to have to be... Continue Reading »

ETFs Are Becoming the ‘Go-To’ Security of Choice
September 12, 2008 – Exchange traded funds (ETFs) might finally have reached the big time. Matthew Hougan for Index Universe points out that not only was Monday a big day for ETFs, as they were the three top traded securities... Continue Reading »

Investors Go for Large-Caps, Global ETFs In August
September 11, 2008 – The National Stock Exchange (NSX) has released the August numbers for exchange traded funds (ETFs) and exchange traded notes (ETNs). Together, assets reached $596.5 billion, a 15% increase over $518.9 billion ayear ago. Net cash inflows for... Continue Reading »

Advisors Increasingly See the Benefits of ETFs
September 8, 2008 – More and more advisors are making exchange traded funds (ETFs) a factor in their businesses. If your investments are handled by an advisor, it could have implications for your returns, risk and tax bill. ETFs have... Continue Reading »

Of the Top Ten Funds In July, Seven Were ETFs
August 28, 2008 – July was a notoriously troubled month for the markets, but not all exchange traded funds (ETFs) were suffering. John Spence for MarketWatch notes that there were 708 U.S.-listed ETFs in July, with 24 managers at the... Continue Reading »

Contrarian Markets Can Be Tamed With ETFs
August 20, 2008 – As seen in the exchange traded fund (ETF) market, the U.S. stock market seems to be defying traditional elements of savvy investing. Gary Gordon for ETF Expert points out that risk or risky investments are often... Continue Reading »

ETFs Have Got You Covered
August 17, 2008 – The exchange traded fund (ETF) fan club keeps on growing. Brian Neill for the Bradenton Herald says that he’s staying away from most individual stocks. Instead, he’s spending more time on ETFs, and the more he... Continue Reading »

BRIC ETFs Crumble and U.S. Is Left Standing
August 15, 2008 – The so-called BRIC countries and exchange traded funds (ETFs) were stars in 2007, but now most of those regions are finding themselves feeling a little off. Over the past month, the S&P 500 SPDR (SPY) has... Continue Reading »

Comparing the Large-Cap ETFs
August 12, 2008 – When it comes to exchange traded fund (ETF) investing, are large market capitalization funds created equally? Large-caps are the most common and popular investing asset class, and they are easy to compare because their make-up is... Continue Reading »

Attention First Time Investors: Consider An ETF First
August 10, 2008 – If you are an investing newbie and considering buying some stocks for your first time, there is a better way to go: exchange traded funds (ETFs). First consider who you are: Are you 30 and starting... Continue Reading »

If Markets Stay Volatile, Tell ‘Em Large-Cap ETFs Sent Ya
July 23, 2008 – If the dollar remains weak and the markets stay depressed, large-cap exchange traded funds (ETFs) are poised to be sitting pretty. That’s according to Neil Michael, head of quantitative strategies for SPA ETFs. “I suspect that... Continue Reading »

ETF Trends - Will Large-Caps Lead When the Market Rebounds?
May 19, 2006 – For two years, Wall Street has called for buying to shift from small-cap stocks to large-cap stocks. Large-cap stocks have barely gained 2% average return for the past five years.  Possibly we’ll see momentum shift... Continue Reading »