Volume

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.

The ETF provider, Lyxor, indicated that the volume of ETFs and other exchange-traded products rose significantly last week by approximately 75% as investors looked to protect their money in money market ETFs. Due to recent market volatility, many investors have shifted out of fixed-income instruments and into equities funds reported Lyxor in its weekly market [...]

Assets in U.S. listed ETFs have grown at record levels when looking at 2011 through the first half of the year. By the end of June, assets under management in American exchange-traded funds reached $1.098 trillion, which is a 39% increase from the $788 billion level just one year ago. According to the National Stock [...]

Direxion Funds, one of the leading issuers of leveraged ETFs, has expanded its lineup with the launch of five new funds. Four of the five new ETFs are designed to leverage 300% of the daily performance (or 300% of the inverse) of the Materials and Healthcare industries, which are both said to be currently trading [...]

The Global X SuperDividend ETF (NYSE Arca: SDIV) from Global X Funds, which began trading last week, came out of the gates with a roar. The first day of trading for the fund ranked near the top of all newly released ETFs this year. The press release explains that in the first day (of trading [...]

Investors now have access to higher-yielding companies in commodity-rich Australia, Brazil and Canada with the release of a new ETF from Guggenheim Funds Distributors, Inc. The new international fund, identified in the press release as Guggenheim ABC High Dividend (NYSE Arca: ABCS), will track the BNY Mellon ABC Index made up of 30 of the [...]

Assets in U.S. listed ETFs have grown tremendously when looking at 2011 through the first five months. By the end of May, assets under management in American exchange-traded funds reached $1.11 trillion, which is a 40% climb from the $798 billion level just one year ago. According to the National Stock Exchange press release, year-to-date [...]

In late 2009, FaithShares began issuing various Christian-based ETFs providing investment access to the Baptist, Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, and Christian faiths. After less than two years, FaithShares will be closing 4 of its 5 ETFs due to not being able to attract a significant amount of assets. The SEC filing reports that the following four [...]

National Stock Exchange, Inc. (NSX®) just released its expanded, year-end 2010 Exchange-Traded Funds and Exchange-Traded Notes (ETF/ETN) data reports showing a comprehensive overview of the growth of ETFs over the past 5 years in categories such as Net Cash-Flows, Assets Under Management (AUM), Notional Volume and Share Volume as well as providing a complete product [...]

Option trading volume on the Chicago Board of Exchange was down in August as a whole. ETF trading showed some areas of growth but slowed from the previous month. ETF market share was down slightly too. According to the press release, year-to-date ETF option volume through August grew by 6% over the previous year at [...]