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The top ETF news, analyses and in-depth articles on stock, bond, commodity, sector and other ETFs.
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By Kate McBrideAfter the mid-term elections in which the balance of power in both the House of Representatives and the Senate shifted to Democrats, IA had to...
December 01, 2006
PowerShares Debuts Sector, Niche ETFsPowerShares has been one of the most active issuers of new ETFs this year and no sign of any pause seems to be in sight. In...
November 08, 2006
Eastbridge: Voluntary Sellers Are Loosening UpInsurers that sell employee-paid products at the worksite may be relaxing underwriting rules.About 63% of players in the voluntary insurance market say voluntary market standards ...
November 07, 2006
Equal Weight ETFs Seek to Reduce Single-Stock RiskThe big risk for investors looking for exposure to the full spectrum of economic sectors the traditional risk has been overexposure to any individual stock. With that in mind, Rydex has announced the launch of a family of nine ETFs based on the S&P Equal Weight Sector Indexes, traded on...
November 05, 2006
A Cultural Shift: Multilingual Producers Go IndependentMore than a decade ago, the life insurance industry experienced a seismic shift as many career agents made the transition to become independent producers. Today, ...
November 05, 2006
A Cultural Shift: Multilingual Producers Go IndependentMore than a decade ago, the life insurance industry experienced a seismic shift as many career agents made the transition to become independent producers. Today, ...
November 03, 2006
Emerging Market Doesn't Equal Small Cap, AnymoreWhen you see 'emerging markets' and 'small cap' in the same sentence do you automatically think it's redundant? While it may have been so once, it's time to revise your thinking. With the largest IPO in history--Industrial & Commercial Bank of China--brought to market in Hong Kong and Shanghai in...
November 01, 2006
Still a Bustling MarketInvestors have gotten used to a steady supply of new ETFs, and the third quarter didn't fail to match their expectations. Fund categories that saw...