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The Best ETFs of 2008
By Staff WriterIf you want to know what kind of year 2008 was, all you have to do is look at the lopsided performance of exchange-traded funds...
January 01, 2009
Big Rollout of Leveraged, Short ETFsThe 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
Northern Goes GlobalNorthern Trust has added to its lineup of internationally focused ETFs by introducing the NETS FTSE CNBC Global 300 Index Fund ETF (MYG). The new fund...
January 01, 2009
Retirement ETFs DebutOne 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
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...