ETFs

April, often a month of healthy inflows, saw nearly $15 billion flow out of US equity mutual funds, while ETFs saw inflows of over $400 million. An article at ETFtrends speculates that it could be a demographic shift that is likely to continue into the trillions: “ETFs are set for “literally trillions and trillions and [...]

Van Eck will be launching a new bond ETF on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. The Market Vectors Emerging Markets High Yield Bond ETF will track B of A Merrill Lynch’s High Yield US Emerging Markets Liquid Corporate Plus Index. The expense ratio for the new ETF is expected to be 0.4%. For the original article, [...]

According to a Marketwatch news release, the Bank of Japan began actively buying exchange-traded funds to support the Tokyo equity market on Monday, setting a new single day record, totaling approximately $500 million dollars (nearly 40 billion yen). Since December, 2010 the Bank of Japan has invested nearly $1 trillion yen in ETFs, with plans to invest [...]

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 [...]

It seems that there are legitimate studies that show that a countries loss in a major sports competition like the World Cup can adversely affect that countries stock markets the next day says an article in MarketWatch.

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.

Guggenheim has declared monthly ETF Distributions for 16 of its ETF funds. The distributions range form a high of $0.113 for BSJE Guggenheim BulletShares 2014 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 5/1/12 5/3/12 5/7/12 $0.113 To a low of $0.015 for BSCC Guggenheim BulletShares 2012 Corporate Bond ETF 5/1/12 5/3/12 5/7/12 $0.015 To read the complete [...]

Vanguard has reduced fees on thirteen ETFs, including the Total Stock Market Index, the Vanguard S&P 500 Index. Vanguard cites the increasing AUM in the ETFs making the lower fees possible. Vanguard is currently the 3rd largest ETF provider in the U.S. For the original article click here.

Recently reported by Barrons, according to Lipper data, for the week ending Dec. 21st, equity funds (excluding ETFs) saw an outflow of $5.46 billion. In contrast however, ETFs recorded an inflow of $6.23 billion. For original article, click here.

In an effort to gain marketshare in the rapidly expanding ETF industry, Etrade is the latest broker to offer a list of commission-free ETFs. A total of 93 ETFs are included from ETF issuers Wisdom Tree, Global X, and Deutsche Bank. Other brokers who have also offered lists of ETFs available for commission-free trades include, [...]