First Trust Portfolio Manager Recommends Fundamental Analysis
With the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise interest rates last week, it’s important to look at how an active versus a passive…
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First Trust Launches Trio of Currency Hedged International ETFs
First Trust launched three new currency hedged international exchange-traded funds on Thursday. The trio – First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Europe ETF (Nasdaq: RFEU),…
First Trust Moves 10 AlphaDEX ETFs to Nasdaq
First Trust, the sixth-largest U.S. issuer of exchange traded funds, said today it is moving 10 of its AlphaDEX single-country ETFs to…
Some Issuers Get Selective About New ETF Launches
In 2014, just over 200 new exchange traded products launched in the U.S., more than double the nearly 90 that closed, but…
First Trust Gets Approval to Sell Two ETFs to Mexican Pensioners
First Trust, the sixth-largest U.S. issuer of exchange traded funds, last week won approval from La Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro…
Issakainen, Subramanian Discuss the Growth of First Trust ETFs
First Trust Senior Vice President and ETF Strategist Ryan Issakainen and Senior Vice President for National Accounts Andrew Subramanian joined ETF Trends…
ETF Race Has More Than Two Horses
One of the bigger, if not the biggest, news items in the world of exchange traded funds today is that BlackRock (NYSE:…
First Trust Eyes Europe Expansion
First Trust, the eighth-largest U.S. ETF issuer, is looking to expand its European presence, using its successful AlphaDEX methodology as a cornerstone…
First Trust to Introduce Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF
First Trust, the ninth-largest U.S. ETF issuer by assets, is expected to introduce the First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF on…
First Trust to Roll Out Income ETFs in January
First Trust, the ninth-largest U.S. ETF issuer, will introduce three new dividend exchange traded funds in early 2014. Illinois-based First Trust said…
First Trust Could list NASDAQ Dividend ETF
First Trust, the ninth-largest U.S. ETF issuer, has filed plans with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to possibly introduce a new…
Take the Nasdaq Leave the Tech
There are plenty of “ex” ETFs on the market today. Some exclude countries like the U.S. or Japan. Others exclude certain sectors,…
Google’s Ascent is Powering This ETF Higher
Is it possible for a stock to have a market value north of $301 billion, a year-to-date gain of 25.6% and still…