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What’s in your mutual fund? How about an ETF
Funds use ETFs for short-term cash, asset allocation and more.
Investors pile into gold funds, ETFs
The precious metal is already up nearly 17% from the start of the year, and some analysts are now suggesting the case for gold is getting even stronger.
Gold’s near-term future looks bright
Investors are piling in to gold funds, ETFs
Hillary Clinton’s Tweet-induced biotech sell off has created buying opportunity
Sector already feeling wrath of nervous investors, gets second look after presidential contender's comments spark big drop.
Vanguard, once thwarted, launches a muni-bond rival to BlackRock’s iShares
A first for the mutual fund industry, and the cheapest offering in ETFs, an analyst says.
SEC denies active ETF proposal as NextShares launches salvo against competitors
Eaton Vance looks to win the "VHS/Betamax war" for the future of actively managed investments.
ETF pioneer Ben Fulton launches torpedo at an idea he helped popularize
Former PowerShares executive says the exchange-traded fund world includes “some really ill-conceived ideas.”
State Street gets the cold shoulder from financial advisers
Breakfast with Benjamin: State Street gets poor marks from financial advisers, despite dedicated efforts to mend fences and build new relationships.
BlackRock shrinks money market lineup, affecting $200B in assets
Breakfast with Benjamin: The firm is closing or consolidating 20 money market funds with $200 billion in assets.
Exclusive: Morgan Stanley plans to sell adviser data to fund companies
ETF managers may look to broker-dealers to 'lower the veil' covering advisers.
State Street Global Advisors names former Fidelity exec O’Hanley CEO
Scott Powers, outgoing SSgA chief, plans to retire later this year.
Financial advisers rocket Vanguard to No. 2 in ETFs behind BlackRock
The firm's focus on cost-conscious, fee-based advisers has been a winning strategy.
Active managers get a seat at the ETF table
To the chagrin of some, a fast-growing industry comes to terms with active management.
State Street, facing historic redemptions, slashes ETF prices
The ETF pioneer, whose lineup suffered the largest redemptions in history last month, aggressively cut prices on nearly a third of its funds. (Don't miss the latest performance data and analysis on equity and fixed income ETFs.)
ETF managers, bringing in historic levels of cash, still preparing for a bear
As dollars in funds top $2 trillion, managers ready exotic products for a new market environment.
Precidian Investments takes a second shot at regulatory approval for active ETFs
A proposal backed by major active mutual fund managers gets rebooted.
Clintons jump through financial planning loopholes to dodge estate taxes they support
Breakfast with Benjamin: Brokers pouncing on 401(k) biz. Plus: The Clintons dodge the estate taxes they support. The Fed wants to add exit fees to bond funds, U.S. banks on the edge of new funding rules, Congress mulls investor confidence on your dime, El-Erian sides with the IMF, and merger mania is alive and well.
European stocks hit six-year high on fifth day of rally
Breakfast with Benjamin: Euro stocks rally but for how long?. Plus: The China risk, big money managers are flush once again, the future of airplane seating, and 21 inspirational yearbook quotes.
Vanguard beats BlackRock, taking in most ETF money in 1Q
90% of the assets put in ETFs in quarter went to low-cost provider.
New ETF targets stocks with 25-year dividend history
ProShares this month ann-ounced a new exchange-traded fund that invests solely in S&P 500 companies that have raised…
