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 [...]

Merk Gold Trust intends to launch a new gold ETF, using the ticker OUNZ, with one key difference which sets it apart from the others. Shares may be delivered to the trust in exchange for physical gold. Read more here.

With the economy still showing concern in the U.S. and job rates still high, many investors are looking at equity investments outside the US. One of the easiest ways of investing internationally is with Exchange-Traded Funds or ETFs. Of the roughly 1,500 ETFs available to trade, there are 7 large ones that focus on international markets.

In an article published at Forbes.com today, noteworthy inflows into specific ETFs are mentioned, in particular VTI, the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index which saw over $100 million in inflows in the past week. The source cited ETFChannel, also mentions noteworthy inflows in PFF, CFT, and others.

It seems that gold mining ETFs are being hit hard to day as can be witnessed by our Top 10 Gainers and Losers chart at ETF.com.

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.

Van Eck announced that it has reduced the expense ratio  on its Market Vectors Indonesia ETF (IDX) by 5%. The expense ratio has been reduced from 0.60% to 0.57%, undercutting its competitor by 2 basis points. For original article, click here.

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.

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 [...]