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The top ETF news, analyses and in-depth articles on stock, bond, commodity, sector and other ETFs.
U.S. Economy Shows Strength as Dow at 4-Year High Nears 13,000: Schwab’s Aguilar
By Joyce HansonU.S. economic improvement, housing market stability and strong corporate profits have contributed to the stock markets solid performance in 2012 as the Dow hits a four-year high.
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.
February 14, 2012
Gold ETF Debuts in Hong KongThe first yuan-denominated gold ETF has made a lackluster debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange, but if analysts are correct it is just the beginning for the new vehicle.