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Big Rollout of Leveraged, Short ETFs
By Staff WriterThe last quarter of 2008 was very busy for the ETF marketplace. Between Direxion Shares and ProShares, 22 new leveraged and short ETFs were launched....
January 01, 2009
Barclays Renames Lehman Bond IndexesThe empire of what's left of Lehman Brothers continues to be dismantled, including its fixed-income indexes. Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has changed the name of underlying...
January 01, 2009
XShares Launches AirSharesDespite the recent drop in oil prices and pullback in alternative-energy investing, XShares Advisors has introduced the AirShares EU Carbon Allowance Fund (ASO), which competes...
January 01, 2009
Debut of Retirement ETFsOne of the biggest hits with investors over the past 10 years has been target-dated retirement portfolios. While mutual funds were the first to lead...
January 01, 2009
Theorizing Risk with Harry MarkowitzHarry Markowitz is best known for his pioneering work in Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT). He evaluated the impact of things like asset risk, diversification, and...
January 01, 2009
10 Tips to Winning in Tough TimesClients have never been more jaded, or advisors more fatigued. And no wonder. As advisor coach Matt Oechsli, who heads the Oechsli Institute in Greensboro,...
December 31, 2008
Not learning from a near missThe representative pleaded with the consumer to pull back from the stock market, sell today and pocket those gains, and place at least some money in a no-market-risk place. Reluctantly, the consumer took the representative's advice, got out of
December 31, 2008
Confirmation calls: A key to a full houseI've seen response rates on a national basis really increase for direct mail campaigns. This increase is always very predictable when we have the type of market volatility we've seen lately. People are scared and in search of answers