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The top ETF news, analyses and in-depth articles on stock, bond, commodity, sector and other ETFs.
Owner’s Guilt: Manage It, Before It Manages You
By Angie HerbersMy 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 23, 2011
Merrill Boosting Edge FSA ForceBofA-Merrill added 27 Merrill Edge financial solutions advisors in Atlanta; Charlotte, N.C.; and Nashville and other nearby cities to its mass-affluent platform in late October. The bank says it is on track to nearly double the number of FSAs in branches and call centers to more than 1,000 by the...
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).
November 23, 2011
Vying for GrowthWhen Guggenheim Partners entered the ETF market, it wanted to make a permanent impression. Over the past year and a half, the firm acquired Claymore ETFs and Rydex SGI. The moves have vaulted Guggenheim to become one of the top 10 providers of ETFs worldwide, offering more than 100 ETFs...
November 23, 2011
Moving Beyond the Supercommittee: Schwab RespondsThe Schwab Center for Financial Research released a statement, 'Beyond the Supercommittee,' late Tuesday following the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reductions failure to reach an agreement on how to reduce the debt over the next 10 years.