S&P thinks it is appropriate to put a global equity ETF like IOO into the strategic or core part of a portfolio that provides broad representation in major markets.
Fidelity Investments today announced that it will offer its retail customers — and and its registered investment adviser clients via a separate program — commission-free online trades for a suite of 25 iShares exchange-traded funds from BlackRock Inc.
The Charles Schwab Corp. — in a bid to attract more trades from customers who use deep-discount brokerages — plans to lower its commissions on all online stock and non-Schwab ETF transactions to $8.95 per trade.
Investors praying for divine inspiration may have gotten their wish today when three faith-based exchange-traded funds made their debut.
Legg Mason Inc. yesterday filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission seeking permission to offer actively managed exchange-traded funds.
Pax, based in Portsmouth, N.H., plans to list three ETFs on NYSE Arca, a division of New York-based NYSE Euronext, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last week.
Firm teams with Western Asset Management to launch actively managed fixed-income fund
Commission-free ETFs are good, but they may not be best.
Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC today unveiled the first exchange-traded fund to invest in an index of closed-end funds.
U.S. equity mutual funds and exchange-traded funds posted a seventh straight week of inflows — their longest winning run since a nine-week stretch that ended in the forth quarter of 2004 — according to data released today by EPFR Global, an industry data provider.
The technology sector is white hot these days. If you're not buying it, just look at the Nasdaq, which has been leaving the other indexes swimming in its wake.
Thirtysomething new-product developers, look out.
Mutual funds saw inflows of $44.5 billion in January, according to report released today by Morningstar Inc.
Bruce Bond is stepping down as chief executive of Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, the exchange-traded-fund provider he founded in 2003.
Although actively managed exchange-traded funds are just in their infancy, many financial advisers and even some ETF providers have already written them off.
Eaton Vance Management and Invesco PowerShares on Tuesday announced new investment products offering exposure to the government's Build America Bonds stimulus program, which seeks to spur construction and repair projects by state and local governments.
