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The top ETF news, analyses and in-depth articles on stock, bond, commodity, sector and other ETFs.
Are You Committing Business Suicide?
By Daniel WilliamsThe International Council on Active Aging (ICAA) researched marketing dollars being spent and found that in the UK, 95 percent is being spent on consumers 35 and younger.
November 28, 2011
Owner’s Guilt: Manage It, Before It Manages YouMy October column, Stumbling on Happiness, generated a lot of chatter on Twitter and in emails, leading me to believe that the problem of owners guilt is a lot more prevalent than I thought.
November 28, 2011
Don’t Forget the Middle MarketThe affluent market is where most advisors focus their attention. Yet by doing so, they may be missing a great opportunity to grab the middle market.
November 28, 2011
Don’t Forget the Middle MarketThe affluent market is where most advisors focus their attention. Yet by doing so, they may be missing a great opportunity to grab the middle market.
November 23, 2011
Research Roundtable: Gundlach, Rodriguez, OthersOur expert panel John Buckingham, Kenneth L. Fisher, Jeffrey Gundlach, Robert Rodriguez sees turbulence and opportunity in the year ahead, as history makes clear that presidential election years are usually favorable for the securities markets.
November 23, 2011
The ETF Witch HuntWhat are the reasons and causes behind the Flash Crash on May 6, 2010? Does anybody know? What about the stock markets latest tendency to convulse? People still want answers because nothing theyve heard up until now is satisfying. As a result, some of them have resorted to good old-fashioned...
November 23, 2011
Senators Scrutinize ETFsThe expanding world of ETFs made its way to Capitol Hill on October 19, with a Senate Hearing titled Market Microstructure: Examination of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs). The purpose of the meeting was to analyze the impact of ETFs on the financial markets.
November 23, 2011
Van Eck Converting HOLDRSVan Eck Global has made a bid to convert the assets for six Merrill Lynch-sponsored HOLDRS into its Market Vectors ETF lineup. The HOLDRS, now part of the Van Eck lineup are the Oil Services (OIH), Semiconductor (SMH), Pharmaceutical (PPH), Biotech (BBH), Retail (RTH), and Regional Bank (RKH).