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The top ETF news, analyses and in-depth articles on stock, bond, commodity, sector and other ETFs.
Will the Trading Range Break to the Up- or Downside?
By Simon MaierhoferOver the past few months, the stock market's performance has been making investors sick as expectations from both bulls and bears go unfulfilled.
October 01, 2010
ETF Expert: Software ETFs Programmed for Industry’s RevivalAverage revenue growth in the software field was 15% last year, and most industry players expect even stronger growth this year. Here's a look at two exchange-traded funds and one exchange-traded trust that let investors target the U.S. software industry.
October 01, 2010
PowerShares Embraces FundamentalsIn what could signal a new trend in the indexing world, Invesco PowerShares revamped one of its bond ETFs to follow a fundamentally weighted bond...
October 01, 2010
Grail Liquidates Sector ETFsGrail Advisors pulled the plug on the RP Technology ETF (RPQ) and RP Financials ETF (RFF) because of a lack of investor interest. Both funds...
October 01, 2010
Will Treasuries Plunge?With the Federal Reserve reiterating its stance on a low interest rate environment, falling bond yields have been a major investment theme so far this...
October 01, 2010
2010 ETF Advisor Hall of FameWe're happy indeed to welcome you to Research magazine's fourth annual ETF Hall of Fame. It's no wonder that exchange-traded funds are the industry's fastest growing...
October 01, 2010
Just Technicalities?The late Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Samuelson, key figure in his profession and author of its biggest-selling textbook, wrote scornfully about "gypsy tea-leaf readers, Wall...
September 30, 2010
Do crediting systems perform the same?Based on 15 years of research, I have found that annual reset index annuity crediting methods were priced to perform the same over time.