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AXA To Acquire Winterthur
By Staff WriterAXA S.A., one of the world's largest financial services companies, has agreed to pay the equivalent of about $10.3 billion in cash for the Winterthur ...
June 01, 2006
PowerShares Scores $60 Milllion BuyoutAMVESCAP PLC (NYSE: AVZ) has announced its plan to purchase PowerShares Capital Management for $60 million plus added financial incentives. PowerShares, based in Wheaton, Ill., currently has...
June 01, 2006
Stock Exchange, Version 2.0The Nasdaq Stock Exchange has always been an innovator. From its start in the 1970s, when competing stock exchanges were still entrenched in the auction-based...
June 01, 2006
State Street Takes Over Three Top ETFsBoston firm now controls prime properties in ETF marketplace, rolls out fresh product lineup as well. State Street Corporation of Boston, which owns State Street Global...
June 01, 2006
The Latest Funds Focus on Growth, Value and DividendsThe ETF landscape just keeps getting bigger. In March, Rydex Investments launched six funds and First Trust Advisors added one. The Rydex ETFs will track S&P/Citigroup...
June 01, 2006
First-Quarter WinnersThe first quarter of 2006 is in the history books and except for bond indexes, the performance of exchange-traded funds in most categories was good. Strong...
June 01, 2006
Early-Bird iShares Catch the ShareholdersThe ETF business wasn't always this fun. And the people at Barclays Global Investors (BGI), sponsor of the iShares, can attest to it. In 1996,...
May 01, 2006
When Smaller Equals BetterOver the long term, small-cap stocks have outperformed other investments. According to Ibbotson Associates, the hypothetical value of $1 invested at year-end 1925 in small...