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Top Portfolio Products: ProShares ETF Focuses on Germany; BlackRock Offers New Fund
By Marlene Y. SatterNew products over the last week include a new ETF focusing on German debt from ProShares and a reintroduced multi-asset income fund from BlackRock.
January 27, 2012
Market Vectors ETFs Approved for Share SplitsMarket Vectors announced Friday that the Market Vectors ETF Trust Board of Trustees has approved share splits for five Market Vectors exchange-traded funds launched after the firm completed its exchange offer for Merrill Lynch HOLDRS.
January 26, 2012
Apple’s Monster Quarter (All Things D)On Wednesday, Apple released record-breaking first-quarter earnings, posting a profit of $13.06 billion on revenue of $46 billion.
January 26, 2012
Small, Mid-Size Plans Hit DC ‘Sweet Spot’More than one-third of the defined-contribution plan market is made up of small- to mid-size plans, Cerulli Associates announced Thursday.
January 24, 2012
No More Rose-Colored LensesA veteran long-term care insurance distributor says markets are still there for good risks.
January 23, 2012
Vanguard CIO Defends ETFs, Calls for More EducationVanguard CIO Gus Sauter said Monday that the ETF industry needs to do more to educate investors about its products. Sauter, who spoke at an ETF conference, also defended the products, which have been criticized in the past year or so.
January 23, 2012
Sterne Agee: $40 Billion Flowed into ETFs in the Fourth QuarterETFs in December, a seasonally strong month, generated $16.4 billion of inflows or an organic growth rate of 18.7%. For the quarter, ETF inflows totaled about $40 billion (15% organic growth rate).
January 23, 2012
Sterne Agee: $40 Billion Flowed into ETFs in the Fourth QuarterETFs in December, a seasonally strong month, generated $16.4 billion of inflows or an organic growth rate of 18.7%. For the quarter, ETF inflows totaled about $40 billion (15% organic growth rate).