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U.S. Places Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Into Conservatorship
By James J. GreenOn Sunday, Sep. 7, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced that the Treasury Department, in collaboration with the Federal Reserve and the new independent regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), had moved to place into conservatorship Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the troubled government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) that have been under...
September 01, 2008
HealthShares' Major SurgeryXShares Advisors says the board of directors of its flagship ETF family, HealthShares, has approved a reorganization of 19 HealthShares ETFs, which includes liquidating 15...
September 01, 2008
Gold Loses Its LusterAfter breaking the $1,000-an-ounce barrier during the spring, gold's seemingly invincible run has hit a brick wall. The price of this storied yellow metal has...
September 01, 2008
BGI Launches Theme FundsOne of the developing trends over the past few years has been theme-based investments. The idea is to focus on emerging ideas that may reshape...
September 01, 2008
Pimco Moves into ETFsPacific Investment Management Co.'s (Pimco) reputation as a shrewd bond fund manager has served the company well. Soon, everyone will learn if that reputation can...
September 01, 2008
Vanguard Goes BroadLooking for broad global diversification? Check out the newly launched Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF (VT). The fund measures the market performance of large- and...
September 01, 2008
What's in the Stars?Indexing/Commentary What's in the Stars? The PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio (PWV) and the Dynamic Mid Cap Growth Portfolio (PWJ) are the first ETFs of their...
August 31, 2008
What is this thing called marketing?In the middle of a very fine publication called Senior Market Advisor is the word "market." Just what does that keyword imply? It is possible there might be more to be discovered in the word "market?" Have we lost our vision