Jul
Many investors in the GCC believe that the main decisions when choosing an ETF are picking the index to track and then selecting an ETF to match. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
Wouldn’t it be a dream-come-true if your fund manager had a formula to beat markets consistently? Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company’s (AMC’s) first offering plans to achieve just that. Read the rest of this entry »
Jun
US investment firm State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has acquired an exclusive ETF licence to list and trade SPDR funds based on the S&P/ASX 200. Read the rest of this entry »
May
The stock exchanges of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China plan to jointly compile a Greater China index as a benchmark for exchange-traded funds, Taiwan Stock Exchange Corp. Chairman Schive Chi said Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
Mar
The new IndexIQ Hedge Fund ETF is one of the most interesting … and controversial … ETFs to launch in a while. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
The Market Vectors High-Yield Municipal Index ETF (HYD) began trading Thursday. This marks the second time this week that Van Eck Global provided access to an asset class previously unavailable to ETF investors. On Tuesday, they introduced Market Vectors Pre-Refunded Municipal Index Fund (PRB). Read the rest of this entry »
Jan
The comfort hasn’t just appeared in the ETF indexes themselves, which are often influenced by the largest market-cap stocks; specifically, more individual utility stocks advanced rather than declined. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan
Investors are abandoning riskier stock strategies in favor of the relative calm and lower costs of plain-vanilla exchange-traded funds. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan
According to the Investment Company Institute (ICI), the combined assets of U.S. exchange-traded funds (index ETFs and active ETFs) declined by $4.26 billion to $478.06 billion in November 2008. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan
Most exchange-traded funds track stock indexes, so investing in them last year was like jumping in a stormy ocean with a thousand-pound anchor chained around your waist. Read the rest of this entry »
