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IPOs in ETFs: Yesterday's News; The exchange-traded fund industry's effort to jump into fresh IPOs is a little stale, analysts say.
SmartMoney.comWith their knack for combining exotic assets into a single stock-like bundle, exchange-traded funds give investors the ability to easily trade hard-to-get things: stocks of tiny countries, corn and other commodities -- even abstract ideas ...
With ETFs, Timing Is Everything; Want to trade in the afternoon? Think again, analysts say.
SmartMoney.comDuring the afternoon happy hour, bars cut the price of drinks and bakeries drop the price of bread. But increasingly, the opposite is true in the investing world: It can cost a lot more to trade an exchange-traded fund after lunchtime.
ETF Taste Test; Rather than licensing a big-name index, ETF firms are creating their own -- with mixed results.
SmartMoney.comAt the grocery store, consumers face the choice all the time: buy brand-name peanut butter or the cheaper store brand that may -- or may not -- be as good. These days investors are starting to face a similar dilemma. Some of the major ...
Preferential Treatment in an ETF; ETFs can tap into the high yields of preferred stock shares, but there's a catch: They rely on the troubled financial sector.
SmartMoney.comFor many investors, shopping for preferred stock shares feels like being a teenager in a used- car lot. The deals look like they're too good to be true -- and they often are. But some savvy investment pros are plying a new strategy to ...
Wilting ETF Returns; Many investors who have loaded up on single-country ETFs are encountering an overseas surprise.
SmartMoney.comWith plenty of cheerleading from Wall Street, Americans have grown accustomed to pouring money into foreign markets from Brazil to New Zealand. But some customers are finding drawbacks in a popular foreign investment -- exchange-traded ...
ETFs That Are New, but Not Improved; ETFs continue to proliferate, but the recent track record of some of the niche products isn't great.
SmartMoney.comOver the past few years, the exchange-traded-fund industry developed a reputation for creating a seemingly over-the-top number of products. But it turns out that the industry was just warming up.
How to Sift Through All Those ETFs; Several online tools can help investors work their way through the growing ETF market.
SmartMoney.comThe pace of exchange-traded product launches has been dizzying. Ishares, a unit of BlackRock, is looking to launch a new set of bond funds, including products investing in financial or utility company debt. Charles Schwab recently joined ...
ETFs' Incoming Fog; If some big ETF firms have their way, the $1 trillion industry could become less transparent, potentially hurting investors.
SmartMoney.comIn an investing world that often operates in the shadows, exchange-traded funds have been a notable exception: Indeed, part of what makes these products refreshing, proponents say, is that on any given day, an investor can find out ...
Fat Yields From Overseas ETFs; Investors can get paid hefty dividends from stocks in some unexpected locales. How to play it right.
SmartMoney.comDividend-paying stocks have been catching the attention of investors these days -- with nearly $13 billion in new money flowing into dividend-focused mutual funds this year. But while most have focused on the high yields of some American ...
Should More ETFs Shut Down? Only a handful of ETFs have shut down this year. Investors might benefit if more of them did.
SmartMoney.comNobody likes to see someone or something die before its time. But in the case of ETFs, a surprising number of weak funds may be holding on and refusing to shut down this year -- to the detriment of investors.
An ETF Way to Play Operation Twist; Exchange-traded funds that invest in residential real estate could benefit from the Fed's latest move to fix the housing market.
SmartMoney.comOne way to bet on the Federal Reserve's latest move to lift the sinking housing market is to buy a rental property. Another cheaper and easier option: invest in an ETF that owns residential and apartment real estate investment trusts.
Stock ETFs For Income-Seekers; Dividend-paying ETFs are all the rage with rattled stock investors, but there are risks.
SmartMoney.comIn this still-shaky stock market, investors looking for yield and stability are turning to exchange-traded funds that track dividend-paying stocks. But not all dividend ETFs provide the bedrock investors may be expecting.
3 Signs That ETF Isn't For You; UBS is using ALL CAPS to warn average Joe investors. But there are other warning signs
SmartMoney.comIt's not often a fund company declines to take investors' money. But in a surprisingly bold move last week, asset manager UBS did everything but, using all capital letters on the front page of a prospectus to steer mom and pop ...
Latest Money-Fund Alternative: ETFs; A few exchange-traded funds may be better bets than money-market funds.
SmartMoney.comMoney-market funds have some serious problems. Originally conceived as high-return parking places for investors, they've been stuck at historic lows for years -- forcing many yield-hungry investors to seek better returns elsewhere.
New Life for Old ETFs; HOLDRs came to represent the problem with niche ETFs. Now they are being sold or closed.
SmartMoney.comInvestors who bought some of the earliest exchange-traded funds -- a series called HOLDRs, offered a decade ago by Merrill Lynch -- were on the early end of what would turn out to be a boom for the fund industry. Those who held onto them ...
Bond ETFs That Soar When Stocks Sink; Long-term bond ETFs are up big this year. Are they worth a look?
SmartMoney.comAn ultimate bearish bet has greatly rewarded investors over the past week. Not gold, not inverse or leveraged funds, but in exchange-traded funds that invest as far out in the bond market as possible, collectively known as long-term bond ...
Twice the Charm, Twice the Pain? Despite their reputation, some leveraged ETFs are doubling returns. Coming soon: riskier plays.
SmartMoney.comIt's pretty easy to see how so-called leveraged exchange-traded funds created so many horror stories during the financial crisis. Proponents pitched them as a way to supposedly double investors' money by using a cocktail of ...
How Mutual Funds Turn Themselves Into ETFs; A big mutual fund plans to make an ETF version of itself, but it's not an exact copy. The impact on investors.
SmartMoney.comThey say it's a game changer, the fund industry equivalent of the iPad. Pimco's exchange-traded version of its megasize mutual fund has yet to launch, and analysts are already predicting how it will alter the $1 trillion ETF ...
ETFs on the Brink; More than 400 ETFs are too small to thrive, and recent closures highlight the risks.
SmartMoney.comAs exchange-traded funds have continued to grow, one little-known fact often gets overlooked: Almost half of the funds now on the market don't have enough money to cover their costs. For investors interested in the latest and greatest, ...
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