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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
Like Bananas, Big News Comes in BunchesOne of the most prominent features of the U.S. economy in the last two decades has been a consistent decline in volatility. Recent volatility, however, points to a potential increase of the metric to more historical levels.
October 01, 2007
Vanguard Price Cut for Big InvestorsFor investors with more than $100,000 at Vanguard, the news is good: reduced costs, broader services, and for the highest bracket, access to some mutual...
October 01, 2007
How the Credit Crunch Might Slow the EconomyCould the current credit and markets crisis affect the economy? All eyes were on the Fed as we went to press and what it would...
October 01, 2007
Behind the NumbersNext time you're thinking about investing in a hedge fund or managed futures account, you may want to check with your grandmother. Explain what you're...
September 25, 2007
Northern WreckThe ongoing fallout from the subprime mortgage calamity in the United States may strike the United Kingdom quite hard, some observers believe. The Bank of England's recent surprise agreement to provide emergency bailout funding for troubled U.K. mortgage lender Northern Rock may only be a harbinger of things to come.
September 17, 2007
Harvard's El-Erian Will Return to PIMCOMohammed El-Erian, who left Pacific Investment Management Co. (PIMCO) to join Harvard University's endowment fund--Harvard Management Company--in October 2005, rebuilt the endowment's investing team in...
September 07, 2007
A Brave Nanotech WorldThis broadly defined emerging technology essentially relates to the control of matter on a molecular level where the rules of quantum physics reign. Increasingly, scientists and researchers are creating and using devices and materials that are too small to even be seen by high-powered microscopes--consider that one nanometer represents one...