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The top ETF news, analyses and in-depth articles on stock, bond, commodity, sector and other ETFs.
Top Portfolio Products: iShares Launches 7 ETFs
By Marlene Y. SatterNew products introduced over the last week include seven new ETFs from iShares and one new fund from Seafarer Capital Partners. In addition, Invesco introduced two new high-beta ETFs.
February 22, 2012
A Sterling ReputationThe boys at Sterling Global Strategies started their independent firm in late 2008; yes, 2008.
February 16, 2012
The Landscape for the Facebook IPOWhen Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced earlier this month that the company was finally ready to have its much-awaited Initial Public Offering, the move was immediately hailed as the largest IPO in American history. But will it live up to the hype?
February 16, 2012
5 Regulatory Red Flags for Advisors Who Use Commodity ETFsA legal alert from the law firm Sutherland Asbill & Brennan lists the top issues that Gary Gensler's CFTC and the entire commodity ETF industry will need to address this year.
February 16, 2012
Top Portfolio Products: iShares Launches New ETFs; Market Vectors Introduces ETFIn addition, CLS Investments was named advisor to a fund from the AdvisorOne family of funds.
February 16, 2012
Risk on the Rise: Yield Chasers Rush Into AlternativesCorrelation, coupled with the U.S. bond markets zero-yield environment, has driven advisors into riskier alternative investing.
February 14, 2012
Are Central Banks Saving Economy or Destroying It? News AnalysisThe question is whether the central banks combined $15 trillion bet will restore confidence in time for the economy to grow again, or whether the global economic system collapses, sending waves of pain on a scale greatly exceeding the fallout of the still unrecovered U.S. real estate market.
February 14, 2012
Moody's Cuts Six Euro CountriesItaly was cut from A2 to A3, Spain went from A1 to A3 and Portugal dropped from Ba2 to Ba3. All received negative outlooks. Malta, Slovakia and Slovenia also saw their ratings fall.