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The top ETF news, analyses and in-depth articles on stock, bond, commodity, sector and other ETFs.
New Treasury Funds
By Staff WriterFive U.S. Treasury ETFs from Ameristock have launched on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX). The funds will track Ryan Treasury Indexes, which track government bonds...
September 01, 2007
No Go in TokyoWhen Fidelity announced last May that it is moving its Japanese equities trading desk, which manages U.S.$47 billion of Japanese assets, from Tokyo to Hong...
September 01, 2007
ETF Fact or Fiction?In just the last year, the number of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the market has shot from 267 to well over 500, with a backlog...
September 01, 2007
Lesson 8: Defined Benefit Pensions: Winners & LosersMost professionals in the financial services industry are now aware of the continuing decline of traditional private-sector defined benefit (DB) pensions. Each new company press...
August 20, 2007
Reinsurer To Scoop Up Stop-Loss FirmMunich Reinsurance America Inc. has agreed to acquire full ownership of Cairnstone Inc.Munich Re, Princeton, N.J., is a unit of M?nchener R?ckversicherungs-Gesellschaft A.G., Munich.Cairnstone, Miami, ...
August 17, 2007
Fed Cuts Discount Rate and U.S. Markets RespondThe Federal Reserve Board cut the discount rate from 6.25% to 5.75% before the opening stock market bell on August 17. The Fed announced that...
August 17, 2007
A Lesson, and Test, in How to Weather Market GyrationsThe subprime loan debacle continues to cause volatility in the markets, leading to the Federal Reserve Board's decision August 17 to improve market liquidity by...
August 15, 2007
Seeking the Undervalued, But With Potential"We are bargain seekers, looking for the most value wherever we can find it," said Bill Lippman, president of Franklin Advisory Services, LLC in Fort Lee, New Jersey in a statement announcing the introduction of Franklin All Cap Value Fund, which he manages along with Steve Raineri.