ETF

Using the top 100 gainers and losers scan links on the home page at ETF.com, a quick scan reveals which ETFs were on the top and bottom for the previous week. Highlights from last week: Among the top ETF gainers for the previous week: RUSS +23.6% ROSA +22.1% SFSA +21.2% RTSA+19.6% DWTI +18.2% Among the [...]

With the economy still showing concern in the U.S. and job rates still high, many investors are looking at equity investments outside the US. One of the easiest ways of investing internationally is with Exchange-Traded Funds or ETFs. Of the roughly 1,500 ETFs available to trade, there are 7 large ones that focus on international markets.

In an article published at Forbes.com today, noteworthy inflows into specific ETFs are mentioned, in particular VTI, the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index which saw over $100 million in inflows in the past week. The source cited ETFChannel, also mentions noteworthy inflows in PFF, CFT, and others.

Van Eck announced that it has reduced the expense ratio  on its Market Vectors Indonesia ETF (IDX) by 5%. The expense ratio has been reduced from 0.60% to 0.57%, undercutting its competitor by 2 basis points. For original article, click here.

According to a recent article at Market Watch, there are currently over 1,500 exchange-traded fund (ETF) products of which 97% are of the passive and unmanaged type. ETFs are becoming increasingly popular among mutual funds holders due to their ease of liquidity, high transparency, better tax efficiency, and lower cost.

Four banks ( Citigroup Inc., C -2.32% Morgan Stanley, MS -2.52% UBS AG UBS +1.42% and Wells Fargo WFC -1.59% & Co.have been fined more than $7.3 million dollars and have had to pay $1.8 million in restitution to customers by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for the alleged sale of leveraged and inverse Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in 2008 and 2009.

Euphoria over European debt crisis proposals continued this week, as well as additional positive news about strengthening of the U.S. economy, fueling the biggest monthly market rally since 1974.  The DOW gained 339 points to close above 12,000 at 12,208. Top ETF gainers for the past 4 weeks include: ERX Direxion Daily Energy Bull 3x Shares +58.9% [...]

The Nasdaq 100 index has been rebalanced, and Apple no longer represents 20.5% of the index. The index has reduced its weighting in Apple to 12.3% Powershares ETF, ticker QQQ, which tracks the Nasdaq 100 index has seen its weightings shift accordingly. In Monday’s trading, QQQ closed down slightly -.19 percent. For original article, click [...]

State Street Global Advisors has filed with the SEC for six new actively managed ETFs. While the promise of actively managed ETFs has been anticipated for years now in the exchange-traded funds market, few issuers have begun offering them as of yet. It appears however that is about to change. Three of the new State Street [...]

National Stock Exchange, Inc. (NSX®) just released its March 2011 ETF/ETN data reports.  The full reports can be accessed by clicking here. Highlights from the March 2011 reports include: Assets in U.S. listed Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) and Exchange-Traded Notes (ETN) continue to reach record levels, totaling approximately $1.08 trillion at March 2011 month-end, an increase of approximately 31% [...]