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Assets continued to flow into U.S. exchange-traded funds during the month of June thanks to bond and gold ETFs. June is the fifth straight month that assets have flowed into ETFs to keep the trend rising. Taxable-bond ETFs attracted the most assets with $4.7 billion for June, according to the press release. Two of the [...]

Gold has been the attractive choice for many investors during this time of economic uncertainty. The safe-haven nature of the precious metal has lured billions into its most common ETF, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD: Profile, Quote, Advanced Chart, News). Net asset inflows into GLD have been more than $5 billion in just the first five [...]

Vanguard, one of the largest ETF issuers, will soon have 19 more funds in their lineup. The new ETFs will track a variety of indexes; however, the most notable will be the S&P 500. Vanguard ETFs are made up of share classes of the company’s index funds. Among the 19 new ETFs are funds to [...]

Only two of the top ten mutual funds by assets under management have produced returns beating their benchmarks this year, falling behind exchange-traded funds in ROI due to their heavier annual expenses. The two funds to top their benchmarks were products of Fidelity Investments, a company yet to move into the exchange-traded fund space. However, [...]

Through structured products, exchange-traded funds are earning another use by the banking industry. Normally centered on popular indexes, structured products can better track returns with exchange-traded funds. Two banks, Bank of America and Credit Suisse, both issued notes this week using exchange-traded funds as their underlying indexes. Bank of America launched a two-year leveraged note [...]

Thanks to the growing competition in the retail space, most long term investors can now balance their portfolios with exchange-traded funds for free. Fidelity, Vanguard, and Charles Schwab are all competing for investors’ dollars, and investors are the benefactor. One of the best deals for investors is Fidelity’s offer for free trades on several iShares [...]

Following a near 10% plunge in the US stock markets just two weeks ago, the SEC has released new circuit breakers to prohibit future declines. The rules will come into effect on December 10, 2010 on a trial basis. At present, the guidelines allow for circuit breakers on stocks, but the SEC is expected to [...]

US One Trust launched on Tuesday a new fund-of-funds, which seeks to provide returns similar to the S&P500 with a global investment perspective. The new fund will invest directly in other exchange-traded funds and be actively-managed. The One Fund (ONEF: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News) will be made up of small, medium, and large firms [...]

IndexIQ took home the coveted “Most Innovative ETF” award for 2009 from Capital Link. For the first time ever, one company, IndexIQ, earned the honor in two categories: ETFs and indexes. The IndexIQ’s IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF (QAI: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News) took home the Most Innovative ETF 2009 award, while its underlying [...]

Jefferies has filed with the SEC to create a new fund capitalizing on Wall Street fear. The fund will track the volatility index, giving investors an opportunity to profit on changes in investor sentiment. The Jefferies S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (VIXX), as it will be named, will undercut already existing competition with a [...]