As the 10-year Treasury yield percolates up toward 4% in the latest sign of looming inflation and rising interest rates, investors should start to consider hedging some of their fixed-income exposure.
Executives at BlackRock Inc. and Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC are calling on regulators to address suitability requirements for the sale of sophisticated ETFs such as commodities-based and leveraged funds
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether exchange-traded funds are being used to hide insider trading, a person with knowledge of the probe said.
Former secretary of state warns that 'revolutionary changes' in the Middle East may not benefit the West
Oppenheimer's Zervos expects plenty of noise, but little investment impact from uprising; country accounts for meager 0.3% of global GDP
Energy sector already boosted; rare buying opportunity for frontier funds
Wealthy U.S. investors may be able to buy municipal bonds at some of the highest yields in seven months as issuers rush to borrow before year-end
Morningstar Inc. is developing ratings for advisers' exchange-traded-fund model portfolios, a first for the burgeoning industry.
Confidence hits highest level in a decade, Merrill study reveals; 67% now overweighting equities
Exchange-traded funds may be all the rage, but closures of ETFs are up 500% since 2007. Here are some warning signs that a fund may be headed for that great pooled asset in the sky.
With fund firms launching a seemingly endless parade of exchange-traded funds, a dark side to this glut of offerings is emerging: Portfolio liquidations, once rare, are becoming more common
Research firm aims to barge into the ratings biz for exchange-traded funds; rival doing some revising as well
The combined market value of U.S. exchange-traded funds surpassed $1 trillion for the first time in 2010, while ETFs investing in emerging markets and bonds receiving the most new money, Birinyi Associates Inc. said.
Flight to safety lifts greenback against most counterparts as Egyptian president resigns
Flows into Van Eck could be due to some shorting, though other investors may sense potential buying opportunity; country 'too big to fail'
Inflows into firm's low-fee fund have surged; 'pricing war going on'
The Vanguard Group Inc. has edged out BlackRock Inc.'s iShares as advisers' most trusted exchange-traded fund provider, according to a survey released by Cogent Research.
Risk of defaults on tax-free bonds overblown, says bank's head of fixed-income group
