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ETFS DEC 21, 2012
The Takeaway: The return of volatility and some investing lessons from 2012

All the news and views an advisor needs from around the web.

By Bloomberg
iShares fee cuts pay off — with a little help from friends
ETFS DEC 21, 2012
iShares fee cuts pay off — with a little help from friends

Vanguard's index change giving advisers one more thing to think about.

By JKEPHART
ETFS DEC 21, 2012
Stock ETFs steal the show in September

Best month of sales in more than three years, thanks to a rush into U.S. large-caps

By JKEPHART
Vanguard takes next leap in fee war with big index shift
ETFS DEC 21, 2012
Vanguard takes next leap in fee war with big index shift

Locked in a price war with rivals, Vanguard has deployed a new -- and dramatic -- tactic. The fund giant plans to switch the benchmarks for 22 funds. Why? To reduce the licensing fees the company pays, and thus its expense ratios.

By JKEPHART
ETFS DEC 16, 2012
How to build a growth portfolio using ETFs

By MFXFeeder
ETFS DEC 16, 2012
With ETFs, commission-free doesn't mean cost-free

By MFXFeeder
Second bank-loan ETF on the runway amid hunt for yield
ETFS DEC 03, 2012
Second bank-loan ETF on the runway amid hunt for yield

Pyxis hopes to gain from high-yield debt demand, prices fund lower than PowerShares' fund.

By JKEPHART
ETFS NOV 27, 2012
Investors still flocking to junk in search of return

Junk bond fund deposits soar to highest this year as ETFs lead

By Gregory Crawford
Changing of the Vanguard? BlackRock's ETF dominance slipping
ETFS NOV 26, 2012
Changing of the Vanguard? BlackRock's ETF dominance slipping

Losing market share to index-fund specialist; 'we are not happy ...'

By John Goff
Bill Gross wins October
ETFS NOV 21, 2012
Bill Gross wins October

Pimco led all firms in inflows for the month, and the flagship Total Return Fund led all funds.

By JKEPHART
ETF assets said to triple — yes, triple — by 2016
ETFS NOV 20, 2012
ETF assets said to triple — yes, triple — by 2016

New research shows advisers helping fuel dramatic rise in use of exchange-traded funds

By Darla Mercado
Amid fee war, advisers say price isn't paramount with bond ETFs
ETFS NOV 16, 2012
Amid fee war, advisers say price isn't paramount with bond ETFs

A new survey by Guggenheim Investments finds liquidity, not cost, is the real drawing card

By JKEPHART
It looks like a bond and smells like a bond, but it's an ETF
ETFS NOV 08, 2012
It looks like a bond and smells like a bond, but it's an ETF

iShares planning series of target-date exchange-traded funds that hold baskets of investment-grade bonds

By JKEPHART
ETF fee war heats up some more as Schwab fires back
ETFS NOV 06, 2012
ETF fee war heats up some more as Schwab fires back

Brokerage lowers its charges in challenge to Vanguard; BlackRock on the same trail

By JKEPHART
ALTERNATIVES NOV 05, 2012
The unspoken cost of liquid alternatives

Retail products introduce a liquidity premium

By Jeff Benjamin
ETFS NOV 04, 2012
Second bank loan ETF on the runway amid hunt for yield

By JKEPHART
Behind BlackRock's latest salvo in ETF price ... contretemps
ETFS NOV 02, 2012
Behind BlackRock's latest salvo in ETF price ... contretemps

Fee cuts are part innovation, part marketing brilliance; don't call it a war, though

By Jeff Benjamin
ETFS OCT 29, 2012
ETFs may become preferred way to speculate on junk bonds

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES OCT 29, 2012
Who needs CDS? ETFs can do the job now

ETFs poised to overtake credit derivatives by year-end as a way to speculate on junk bonds

By Gregory Crawford
ETFS OCT 28, 2012
Low fees not main draw to bond ETFs

By JKEPHART