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Barclays Launches Single-State Muni ETFs
By Staff WriterBarclays Global Investors has announced the rollout of California and New York state-specific municipal bond ETFs, which are listed on the American Stock Exchange and began trading on October 5. New York and California are two states with high state income taxes and many high-income residents, which my make these...
October 01, 2007
Greed and FearHistory, including market history, does sometimes seem to repeat itself. Exactly one hundred years ago, the Panic of 1907, whose details are brilliantly recounted by...
October 01, 2007
Muni Bond ETFs Set for LaunchIf no one else beats them to the punch, PowerShares intends to offer the first family of municipal bond exchange-traded funds. The Lisle, Ill.-based ETF...
October 01, 2007
Success or Excess?In mid-August, international financial markets began seriously to wobble. Initially, the subprime mortgage crisis, affecting only a small, risky portion of the enormous U.S. residential...
October 01, 2007
Bottleneck"A bank may be said to be solvent when its assets are so constituted that a liquidation would necessarily result at least in complete satisfaction...
October 01, 2007
The First Annual ETF Hall of FameWelcome to Research Magazine's first annual ETF Hall of Fame. The three advisors who have won our competition not only use ETFs but are long-time...
October 01, 2007
Vanguard Wins More FollowersSometime before 2001, when the Vanguard Group was still mulling the idea of offering exchange-traded funds (ETFs), there were a lot more questions than answers....
September 30, 2007
Ready to start on SMAX 2008Annual events tend to get better with age, as processes are continually refined to accentuate their best attributes while mitigating any negative ones. Such is the case with Senior Market Advisor Expo, which recently wrapped up its sixth