ETFs

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Health care creates a bright spot for beleaguered stock-pickers
EQUITIES JUL 25, 2015
Health care creates a bright spot for beleaguered stock-pickers

Sector funds give specialist managers an opportunity to shine during a long bull market.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Making sure the ETF you buy is the one you need
ETFS JUL 21, 2015
Making sure the ETF you buy is the one you need

The myriad of options now available in the market makes choosing the right ETFs a challenge, particularly for complex portfolios.

By Scott Kubie
Liquidity in bond ETFs: The real story
ETFS JUL 20, 2015
Liquidity in bond ETFs: The real story

Past patterns show that Carl Icahn's worries about havoc in the market are not grounded in fact.

By Todd Rosenbluth
Carl Icahn vs. Larry Fink: Should advisers fear junk bonds?
ETFS JUL 20, 2015
Carl Icahn vs. Larry Fink: Should advisers fear junk bonds?

Legendary activist investor sounds the alarm while BlackRock CEO pushes back.

By Jeff Benjamin
With high-yield ETFs, costs can be hidden
ETFS JUL 16, 2015
With high-yield ETFs, costs can be hidden

Investors who see ETFs as an easy and inexpensive way to tap into the high-yield market should look again.

By Gershon Distenfeld
You know investors are getting nervous when oil becomes a safe-haven play
ALTERNATIVES JUL 15, 2015
You know investors are getting nervous when oil becomes a safe-haven play

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Oil stocks are starting to attract investors seeking safety, and that should be cause for concern.

By Jeff Benjamin
Why are more advisers seeking managed ETF portfolios?
ETFS JUL 14, 2015
Why are more advisers seeking managed ETF portfolios?

Advisers using managed ETF portfolios to take advantage of inherent ETF efficiencies, manage risk in a way that has never been done before.

By Jeff Montgomery
BlackRock warns of stock-bond correlation, suggests illiquid real estate
EQUITIES JUL 14, 2015
BlackRock warns of stock-bond correlation, suggests illiquid real estate

Chief investment strategist says liquid investments are being challenged to offer competitive returns.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
China's stock market meltdown is looking like a buying opportunity
EQUITIES JUL 14, 2015
China's stock market meltdown is looking like a buying opportunity

Strategists recommend a slow and steady move into the world's second-largest equity market.

By Jeff Benjamin
ETFS JUL 14, 2015
Merrill Lynch adds social impact portfolios to platform

Client demand leads wirehouse to create multi-asset vehicles that reflect investors' values

By Liz Skinner
ETFS JUL 13, 2015
Vanguard Group hires a smart beta expert from pioneer Research Affiliates

Index investing giant has challenged the marketing of smart beta funds. Now it's turning to someone whose research has helped those funds grow.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Active or passive? It depends where you work
ETFS JUL 13, 2015
Active or passive? It depends where you work

Over the past two years, confidence in passive investing has grown mainly among RIAs while other advisers primarily remain active.

By Ellie Zhu
China does everything wrong in efforts to reverse stock market slide
EMERGING MARKETS JUL 08, 2015
China does everything wrong in efforts to reverse stock market slide

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: China gets low marks for how it's trying to save its equity markets by preventing the sale of stocks.

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 08, 2015
Wells Fargo faces major test of broker liability for selling F-Squared

A 68-year-old widower claims wirehouse did insufficient due diligence on the troubled money manager.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
China stock plunge reignites debate over when and whether U.S. investors should get in
EQUITIES JUL 07, 2015
China stock plunge reignites debate over when and whether U.S. investors should get in

Not having access to the market has been protecting mutual-fund investors from fast declines.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Vanguard's new ambassador to advisers: We've earned your trust
ETFS JUL 07, 2015
Vanguard's new ambassador to advisers: We've earned your trust

Thomas M. Rampulla's return to the U.S. comes after the firm recast itself as a patron of an industry that once saw it as a threat.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Treasury ETF attracts big bucks as investors seek safety amid Greek crisis
EMERGING MARKETS JUL 06, 2015
Treasury ETF attracts big bucks as investors seek safety amid Greek crisis

ETF holds up better than other funds that own riskier, lower-rated debt, which had their worst monthly outflows ever.

By Bloomberg
EQUITIES JUN 29, 2015
Stock buybacks come under fire from politicians

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> There's a rising backlash for record-level stock-buyback programs, as Sen. Elizabeth Warren issues charges of 'stock manipulation.'

By Jeff Benjamin
In latest test, active managers outperform bond indexes
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 29, 2015
In latest test, active managers outperform bond indexes

After a disappointing 2014, intermediate-term bond managers have found their footing.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 18, 2015
Legg Mason latest mutual fund manager to step into ETFs

Fund company's new products attempt to capitalize on the growth of smart beta.

By Trevor Hunnicutt