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INVESTING ETFS FEB 07, 2014
Largest muni ETF's premium grows as fund exodus abates

The biggest exchange-traded fund tracking the $3.7 trillion municipal bond market is selling at the highest premium to the value of its assets since May, an early sign that local debt may avoid a second year of losses.

INVESTING ETFS FEB 07, 2014
Companies start lining up floating-rate Treasury ETFs

WisdomTree Investments and State Street Global Advisors wasted no time getting ready to launch exchange-traded funds that will track the U.S. Treasury's latest innovation: floating-rate Treasuries.

INVESTING ETFS FEB 06, 2014
How to cut out the wolf of Wall St.

A portfolio of exchange-traded funds is one way to avoid the high fees that come with some of Wall Street's products, and can help avoid the wolves of Wall St.

INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS FEB 05, 2014
New iShares ETFs let investors bet on developed markets while skirting currency risk

Offerings are attractive because the U.S. dollar is expected to rise against other currencies as the Fed tapers bond-buying program, eventually pushing up interest rates.

INVESTING ETFS JAN 31, 2014
Active ETF ball squarely in regulators' court

Two companies filed this week, seeking funds that don't report daily.

INVESTING ETFS JAN 31, 2014
After pioneering mutual funds, MFS sets sights on new horizons

In partnership with SSgA, mutual fund giant dips toe into active-ETF arena.

INVESTING ETFS JAN 29, 2014
Pimco launches first actively managed covered-bond ETF

Pacific Investment Management Co. has joined with London-based exchange-traded products provider Source UK Services to offer the first actively managed ETF focused on covered bonds.

INVESTING ETFS JAN 29, 2014
State Street teams with MFS to open its first active stock ETFs

State Street Corp., the second-biggest provider of exchange-traded funds, plans to introduce actively managed Systematic Core Equity, Growth Equity and Value Equity ETFs.

INVESTING ETFS JAN 24, 2014
Deutsche Bank lowers fees on China A-shares ETF

Move comes a week after Market Vectors launched identical product

INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 22, 2014
Fidelity playing catch up with ETFs as chief Johnson remains quiet

Mutual fund giant seeing fees, assets decline but 401(k) business strong

INVESTING ETFS JAN 21, 2014
Best- and worst-performing ETFs

INVESTING ETFS JAN 16, 2014
BlackRock profit surges as investors deposit $40B

CEO Laurence D. Fink said BlackRock has the potential to increase its asset base by about 5% annually by developing new ETFs and expanding its reach among individual investors.

INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 12, 2014
Goldman calls stock market lofty by most measures

Today's Breakfast with Benjamin includes: Goldman's stock market call, a closer look at Fed policy, lawyers pick apart Volcker rule, retailers and cyber security, combining IRAs, and how not to ignore your client's wife.

INVESTING ETFS JAN 09, 2014
Vanguard could have the edge in active ETF battle

Index champ has $652 billion in actively managed mutual funds.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 07, 2014
Who will be alts' best in show?

The demand for liquid alternatives has never been higher, and it is drawing in a pack of money managers who are all vying to be leaders of the pack.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 03, 2014
Gold funds face unprecedented slump

Investors are dumping gold-backed exchange-traded products at the fastest pace since the securities were created a decade ago, mirroring the steepest price drop in 32 years.

INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 30, 2013
New love for mortgage REITs

2014 could be a good year for mortgage REITs and here's why. Plus: Which housing markets are vulnerable to rising rates, gold-mining stocks for the truest gold bugs, an ETF end zone dance, social media apps took over in 2013, and more proof of Obamacare bumbling.

INVESTING ETFS DEC 20, 2013
One year on, iShares' Core series clawing back market share for BlackRock

One year on, iShares' Core series is clawing back market share for BlackRock as price cuts, rebranding helps firm recover from case of “Vanguarditis.”

'Incredible breadth of funds' propels ETPs to incredible year
INVESTING ETFS DEC 20, 2013
'Incredible breadth of funds' propels ETPs to incredible year

Exchange-traded bandwagon not dragging as new record set; inflows even in shunned sectors

INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 18, 2013
Dividend ETFs losing luster as rates rise

Breakfast (with Benjamin) is served: Dividend ETFs losing luster as rates rise; Bernanke's last stand; nontransparent active ETFs; Obamacare's drag on health care; useless jobless claims data; and global New Year's traditions.