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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 [...]

Exchange-traded funds have not only grown in assets over the years but in popularity as well. The trend for mutual funds has been the opposite. While the mutual fund industry is still much larger by comparison, large brokerage firms are already feeling the need to adjust their strategy. Brokerages such as Wells Fargo and UBS [...]

Direxion, the ETF issuer popular for its line of leveraged funds, has announced an upcoming reverse share split on four of its triple leveraged ETFs. The ETFs scheduled for the reverse split on July 8, 2010 are: 1. Direxion Daily Energy Bear 3x Shares (ERY: Profile, Quote, Advanced Chart, News) 2. Direxion Daily Real Estate [...]

Assets continued to flow into U.S. exchange-traded funds last month despite volatile market conditions. Popular commodity funds were a major reason for the sustained growth.  During the month of May, it was the commodity class that attracted the most assets. According to the press release, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD: Profile, Quote, Advanced Chart, News) lead [...]

To the naked eye, Sprott Physical Gold (PHYS) may seem like just another gold fund. However, with its residual premium over the spot price, investors are showing they prefer this precious metals fund far more than any other. The Sprott Physical Gold ETF is a closed-end fund that offers investors the chance to track the [...]

More than a month after the “Flash Crash” (the May 6th event in which stocks across the board plunged to new lows in intraday trading), the case is nearly settled. Analysts suggest that the crash had much to do with a mass exodus by market makers, who typically help keep ETF prices in line with [...]

Assets in U.S. listed ETFs continue to explode. At the end of May, assets under management in American exchange-traded funds reached $798 billion, continuing their climb towards the $1 trillion mark. Despite turbulent markets, investors were confident enough to add $6.3 billion to US ETFs, or roughly $315 million each and every trading day, according [...]

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, [...]

To meet demand, ETFSecurities added new shares to its popular platinum and palladium funds on Monday. The new combined value of the funds now rests at $871 million. ETFSecurities raised the number of shares in the ETFS Physical Platinum Fund (PPLT: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News) to 11.22 million shares, up from 4.78 million, Reuters [...]

iShares today launched the iShares MSCI Poland Investable Market Index Fund (EPOL) on the NYSE Arca Exchange. The first exchange-traded fund to track Polish stocks, the iShares fund was met with plenty of anticipation prior to launch. The fund follows several other iShares’ developments meant to track stocks of individual nations. The iShares MSCI Poland [...]