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Top Portfolio Products: Granite Launches Value Fund, Knight Capital Adds Two Astor ETFs
By Marlene Y. SatterNew products introduced over the last week include a new value fund from Granite Investment Advisors and two new ETF mutual funds from Knight Capital; the adoption of a FTSE benchmark by Vanguard for one of its funds; and the addition of more tools to its active trading platform by...
December 26, 2011
A Warren Buffett ETF?We know that financial product developers have thought about introducing a Warren Buffett ETF, not because the investing public really needs it, but because theres no shortage of dubious ideas. Interestingly, though, financial marketers might not have to invent a Buffett ETF because one already exists.
December 26, 2011
An All-Season ApproachDepending on the latest European crisis report or economic signals from China, the U.S. markets have been gyrating between risk-on and risk-off days. If…
December 26, 2011
The Market Really is More Volatile TodayWARNING: THE LIFEGUARDS NOT ON duty. Swim at your own risk.Thats the way investment advisor Richard Bregman views todays market. If you go into the water, there might be riptides, sharks, says the CEO of MJB Asset Management, a New York-based firm that manages a little over $100 million in...
December 26, 2011
Do Indexes Matter?One of the driving forces behind the exploding number of new exchange-traded products (ETPs) is the exploding number of new indexes. And since the bulk of the $1.1 trillion ETP marketplace is still linked to products with underlying indexes, advisors better know their indexes. Do you go with a traditional...
December 26, 2011
Who’s Really ‘Rich’?A national debate about rich versus poor has erupted. Were told the contest is between the top 1 percent of all income earners against the bottom 99 percent. We are also told the top 1 percent represents not just the dreadful essence of evil, but that they are rich. What...
December 22, 2011
Survey Shows Many Advisors Grew in 2011, Despite VolatilitySEI Quick Poll of advisors poll found that 40% boosted their firms' net new assets by more than 10% in 2011, and 12% expanded their practices by more than 20%.
December 22, 2011
U.S. Investors Continue to Express Doubt About European Debt CrisisA new survey polling investors in the U.S., Hong Kong and Japan suggests that clients do not believe the resignation of leaders in Italy and Greece along with proposed measures by Euro zone officials will halt the European debt crisis.