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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.

Direxion has recently filed with the SEC for eight new 3x leveraged funds: Direxion Daily Silver Miners Bull 3x Shares Direxion Daily Silver Miners Bear 3x Shares Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 3x Shares Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bear 3x Shares Direxion Daily Junior Industrial  Bull 3x Shares Direxion Daily Junior [...]

In a week of continued optimism about progress on European debt crisis solutions, the S & P 500 had its longest weekly rally since February. The S&P 500 closed at 1,238, up nearly 2% for the day, the highest close since August 3rd.  The DOW rose 267 points to close at 11,808 up 2.31% for [...]

The iShares Silver Trust ETF (SLV) posted its first decline this week, closing at 36.51 minus 1.11% on Thursday, May 26th. Thus far in May, SLV has pulled back 22%, while the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) has declined less than 3%. For original article, click here.

Vanguard, though a newer entrant to the market for exchange-traded funds, actually led the U.S. in ETF sales in 2010 and is going to expand its ETF horizons by offering exchange-traded funds in Europe this year. Europe has not embraced investing with ETFs as rapidly as the U.S has; however, BlackRock is projecting an annual [...]

Two ETFs by ETF Securities, Dow Jones Brookfield- Global Infrastructure Fund and Emerging Markets Infrastructure Fund have been listed on the London Stock Exchange. The funds are a part of the equity ETF platform offered by the issuer and track infrastructure indexes. The two funds help investors invest in real estate, power and infrastructure projects [...]

The biotech industry is of interest to many ETF investors, yet it has been relatively flat in returns for the last 10 years and has underperformed when compared to other US equities. There are 5 plays in the ETF Biotech space: iShares Nasdaq Biotech ETF (IBB) is the biggest ETF in the market in terms [...]

According to Charles Schwab and Co., ETF assets custodied at Schwab have grown to $100 billion, up 30% over the past year and 14% in the past quarter. Retail Investor ETF assets have grown 57% and now account for 37% of the total ETF assets at Schwab. While only 9% of total ETF assets, the [...]

Add another name to the growing list of exchange traded fund (ETF) hopefuls: Neuberger Berman is planning to launch actively managed funds. Neuberger Berman is an employee-controlled money management firm based in New York. The company is only the latest one to express an interest in offering actively managed ETFs by filing with the Securities [...]

Peter Crawford, senior VP of Schwab’s ETF division, and Tom Lydon of ETF Trends discussed the merits of ETFs versus mutual funds today on CNBC. Highlights of the major benefits of ETFs mentioned included greater liquidity, lower expense ratios, and greater tax efficiency. Watch the CNBC Video