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The top ETF news, analyses and in-depth articles on stock, bond, commodity, sector and other ETFs.
Advisors Can Turn to Rydex for Help
By Staff WriterSo you have a client that wants to know what's better, ETFs or mutual funds. What do you tell them? You might be able to find...
July 01, 2006
Behind the Numbers, with Sam StovallAccording to sam Stovall, S&P's chief investment strategist, it's not time to be bearish on the market just yet. "Our feeling is that the correction...
July 01, 2006
No Summer Break for ETF IndustryJune was a record month for publicly offered ETFs. All in all, 42 new funds were added to the mix in one month's time --...
July 01, 2006
Dividends, Sub Sectors and Equal Weights AddedIn April, First Trust Advisors and the Nasdaq Stock Market announced the launch of two ETFs: an equal weight version of the Nasdaq-100 (QQEW) and...
July 01, 2006
More Firms Track ETFs; And Some Give Scores, StarsWhile the ETF explosion has caught the attention of investors and their financial advisors, these popular index funds have also led a number of research...
July 01, 2006
Random Walk Author Talks the Indexing TalkBurton Malkiel, Ph.D., wrote the first edition of the ever-popular book A Random Walk Down Wall Street in 1973. The Princeton University economics professor and...
June 30, 2006
Projection bias shapes risk toleranceFinancial counselors ask new clients about their risk tolerance. The client responds by saying he is risk-averse or a risk-taker or somewhere in between. However, the amount of risk a person will take is not set in stone; it fluctuates over time. In
June 30, 2006
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