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ETF liquidity a growing point of financial industry contention

Little to indicate the ETF industry is fully prepared for a major rush to the exits by investors.

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The ETF liquidity mirage

Are investors making a huge mistake in thinking ETFs are somehow more liquid than their underlying investments?

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  • April 29, 2016

Apple takes a $4 billion bite out of ETFs as smart-beta shines

In the past two weeks, the tech giant has seen its stock tank 16.3% thanks to disappointing earnings report.

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Taking a cue from insiders on strategic-beta ETFs

It's no secret that strategic-beta exchange-traded products have become a pervasive part of the marketplace, rewarding investors with innovative tools to diversify and fine-tune portfolios in ways traditional market-capitalization-weighted indexes don't allow.

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  • April 20, 2016

Investors flee actively managed funds for ETFs

Many advisers are putting investors into low-cost ETFs and simply dumping most of their clients' actively managed funds.

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  • February 24, 2016

ETFs expose high-yield divide

An odd thing happened on the way to last year's credit selloff: The market for risky debt broke into pieces, with some pieces becoming toxic and others remaining relatively in favor.

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ETFs are the next frontier for liquid alternatives

Mutual funds have been the go-to wrapper for alternative strategies, but that's changing.

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Lessons from a walk through the ETF graveyard

Although the exchange-traded product business is booming, that doesn't mean a lot of funds aren't being closed, which could be one sign of a healthy market.

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Bond ETFs’ resiliency surprises many investors

Despite curveballs from central banks catching the greater bond market off guard, bond ETFs enjoyed a positive Q1

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  • April 29, 2015

Equity ETFs coped with increased volatility in Q1 2015

Investors inject $19.5 billion into equity ETFs in the first quarter

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Institutional investors warming up to ETFs

Popularity of active strategies by pensions and endowments limiting use but more coming on board.

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  • December 21, 2014

Edelman plans ETF based on revolutionary technology

Well-known RIA partners with BlackRock's iShares division to invest in companies exposed to potentially paradigm-shifting technologies.

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  • December 3, 2014

Precidian Investments takes a second shot at regulatory approval for active ETFs

A proposal backed by major active mutual fund managers gets rebooted.

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  • November 30, 2014

This ETF acts like a bond and will give $800 million back to investors

'Swallowing hard' and sending checks to clients, Guggenheim sticks with strategy for advisers.

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  • February 7, 2014

Companies start lining up floating-rate Treasury ETFs

WisdomTree Investments and State Street Global Advisors wasted no time getting ready to launch exchange-traded funds that will track the U.S. Treasury's latest innovation: floating-rate Treasuries.

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  • January 9, 2014

Vanguard could have the edge in active ETF battle

Index champ has $652 billion in actively managed mutual funds.

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  • November 1, 2013

Already popular, ETFs getting even more love from investors: Poll

Schwab survey finds half of investors plan to boost their ETF holdings.

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  • June 25, 2012

Advisers keen for model ETF portfolios

The growing popularity of exchange-traded funds has led to a boom among money managers who specialize in using…

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Hedge funds are using ETFs despite stigma

Hedge fund managers are the third-biggest institutional users of exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded products, but they are reluctant to talk about it.