Jessica Toonkel

Jessica was a reporter for InvestmentNews from 2009 to 2011 before moving on to Thomson Reuters. As of 2022 she had become Deputy Media Editor at The Wall Street Journal. She tweets at: @jtoonkel

Jessica Toonkel
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INVESTING ETFS NOV 15, 2010
Schwab's Peter Crawford: ETF managers need a management fee

Last year, The Charles Schwab Corp. launched its first exchange-traded funds, offering them commission-free

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 15, 2010
QE2 won't buoy economy, markets much: J.P. Morgan's Madich

Spending cuts, tax hikes needed to spur growth, says CIO; quantitative easing not a game changer

INVESTING ETFS NOV 10, 2010
Retail investors now piling into ETFs, says Schwab

Over the last six months, The Charles Schwab Corp. has seen flows from individual investors in exchange-traded funds surpass flows from registered investment advisers, marking the first time ever this has happened.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 10, 2010
Will 12(b)-1 plan fizzle without champion?

Buddy Donahue -- the 'driving force' behind the SEC proposal on fund fees -- is leaving the agency. The upshot? The final rule may look a whole lot different than the current model.

INVESTING ETFS NOV 08, 2010
Not all advisers enamored of ETFs

Adam Bold, chief investment officer of The Mutual Fund Store, thinks that all the talk about exchange-traded funds is just hype

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 08, 2010
Advisers spooked by fund's sudden nosedive

A glitch yesterday at NYSE Euronext's Arca stock market that caused State Street Global Advisors Inc.'s SPDR S&P 500 ETF Ticker:(SPY) to drop 9.6% has some advisers spooked.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 07, 2010
Why investors fear their advisers

The series of scandals following the financial meltdown clearly has left an impression on the investing public

12(b)-1 proposal makes SEC 'rate maker': ICI
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 05, 2010
12(b)-1 proposal makes SEC 'rate maker': ICI

In a comment letter sent today to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Investment Company Institute said the agency's proposal to cap 12(b)-1 fees puts the SEC in 'the inappropriate role of a rate maker.'

INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS NOV 05, 2010
Mars Hill pulls back on emerging-markets bets

CIO Jason Huntley most concerned about rise in dollar, falloff in China

INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS NOV 02, 2010
Time to short emerging-markets debt?

While much has been said about a possible bond bubble in the U.S., there may also be one brewing in certain sectors of the emerging-markets space, according to Michael Cirami, vice president and a global fixed-income portfolio manager at Eaton Vance Management.