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Financial Advisor February 2, 2009 Raymond Fazzi |
ETFs As Defensive Plays Advisors say ETFs can be a useful tool when implementing downside protection strategies.  |
Financial Planning February 1, 2005 Donald Jay Korn |
New Directions Exchange-traded funds offer strategic advantages to financial planners who believe in active management, as well as those who favor indexing.  |
Financial Advisor August 2005 Sydney LeBlanc |
ETFs and SMAs: Side By Side Now, separately managed accounts can mean anything, from an entire basket of different separate account managers to an account also holding mutual funds, cash, and exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. Of these companion investment vehicles, ETFs are proving to be one of the most popular.  |
Financial Planning November 1, 2009 Stacy Schultz |
ETFs' Glory Days At a time when the market was swinging by hundreds of points a day, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offered a more secure alternative.  |
Financial Advisor May 2004 C. Michael Cart |
Risk Control: The Next Act For ETFs New Exchange-traded funds are being created as strategies and technology are developed.  |
Registered Rep. February 19, 2010 Stan Luxenberg |
How To Size Up An ETF Advisors remain divided about ETFs. At one end of the spectrum a growing number of advisors are putting all their assets in ETFs. At the other extreme are those who steer completely away from the funds. A third group shops selectively.  |
On Wall Street June 1, 2011 Carl Resnick |
ETFs: The Ideal Asset Allocation Tool? True diversification has become the primary focus of smart advisors. To the benefit of these advisors and their clients, a wide range of well-built exchange-traded funds has emerged to represent just about every asset class available.  |
On Wall Street April 1, 2010 Elizabeth Wine |
ETFs and Closed-End Funds: New Strategies for a New Day The range of ETFs continues to grow and advisors are graduating to the next level of sophistication, from the traditional use of gaining quick access to a sector or country, to now delivering alpha to clients.  |
Registered Rep. September 30, 2014 |
Advisor Views on ETFs As exchange traded funds continue to take more market share, the number of advisors using the structure increased to 84 percent in 2014, up from 82 percent in 2013.  |
Financial Planning November 1, 2008 Donald Jay Korn |
ETFs After the Fall The impact of the equities market shocks in September and October on ETF asset accumulation isn't yet known; and what the impact of the change in the general investment climate this fall will be on ETFs is anybody's guess.  |
Financial Advisor December 2008 Marla Brill |
ETF Growth Expected What was bad news for the stock market in 2008 may prove to be good news for ETFs in 2009.  |
The Motley Fool August 12, 2010 Mac Greer |
2 ETFs for Deflation, 2 for Gold An interview with ETF Database analyst Michael Johnston.  |
Investment Advisor November 18, 2010 Melanie Waddell |
Will ETF Flaws Diminish Their Appeal? The honeymoon period for ETFs is fading  |
Financial Advisor September 2005 Jim Wiandt |
ETFs Open New Doors Opportunities abound as exchange traded funds (ETFs) expand to cover the the world.  |
Financial Planning January 1, 2006 Donald Jay Korn |
Letter Perfect As exchange-traded funds (ETFs) proliferate, financial planners find that they're useful for alpha as well as beta.  |
Financial Advisor April 2007 Matt Hougan |
Layer Upon Layer With the surging interest in exchange-traded funds, it was only a matter of time until someone decided to package them together into a fund-of-funds structure. But are they the best option for your financial advisory clients?  |
Financial Planning March 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn |
ETF Mania! As the number of exchange-traded funds explodes, planners are deploying them to bring sophisticated institutional strategies to affluent clients.  |
Investment Advisor October 2010 Vaughan Scully |
What Trading Volume Says About ETFs Trading volume doesn't necessarily equal liquidity.  |
Financial Planning November 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn |
Thick or Thin? A few ETFs account for most of the trading volume in this popular asset class. The rest merit close scrutiny -- for costs, liquidity and diversification.  |
Investment Advisor March 2007 Robert F. Keane |
Catching up with... Tim Meyer To get a handle on what's happening in the world of ETFs -- where assets grew 40% in 2006 to $422 billion -- here is an interview with the ETF business manager for Rydex Investments.  |
Financial Advisor June 2009 Marla Brill |
ETF Portfolios To Go ETF portfolio management services pitch to financial advisors.  |
On Wall Street October 1, 2011 Elizabeth Wine |
The ETF Mousetrap: If You Build It, They Will Come Regardless of how the actively managed ETF experiment turns out, observers say the industry will keep cranking out more and more complicated products.  |
Investment Advisor February 2009 |
A New Benchmark for Advisors With many advisors using an asset allocation strategy, the S&P 500 is no longer a great benchmark against which to set your pace. Take a look at these new benchmarks.  |
Financial Advisor December 2011 Marla Brill |
Still Ahead ETF assets have more than quadrupled since 2004, but mutual funds are still favored by advisors.  |
The Motley Fool August 16, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
This Tip Will Make You a Smarter ETF Investor Here are some tips to use and traps to avoid.  |
Financial Planning October 1, 2009 Donna Mitchell |
ETFs Activated A new white paper examines the performance of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) from 1998 to 2008, and provides insight into what is ahead for ETFs.  |
Financial Advisor April 2010 Marla Brill |
A Good Complement More advisors think both bond mutual funds and ETFs belong in client portfolios.  |
Financial Planning June 1, 2008 David A. Twibell |
Hedge Your Bets During these troubling times, how can advisors help clients protect their investment portfolios? There are a number of viable strategies.  |
Investment Advisor April 1, 2011 Tom Lydon |
ETFs and Liquidity: A Primer If you're an advisor concerned about liquidity in low-volume ETFs, you're not helpless. Among your options is using the services of alternate liquidity providers.  |
Financial Advisor October 2012 Marla Brill |
Don't Rule Out Smaller ETFs Many have unique investment methodologies that offer alternatives to traditional indexes.  |
The Motley Fool February 23, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
Are Advisors Making Smart ETF Choices? It looks like many of them are jumping on the bandwagon.  |
Financial Advisor July 2009 David J. Drucker |
Taming The Bear With ETFs Clients upset? Maybe you should have used ETFs and Tom Lydon's simple investment strategy.  |
Investment Advisor March 1, 2011 Savita Iyer-Ahrestani |
Growing Choice, Shrinking Globe Thanks to burgeoning of the index-based global ETF industry, many of today's country and sector specific ETFs are so narrow and so focused that they allow both advisors and investors to have an increasingly targeted and tactical approach to international investing.  |
Investment Advisor February 2010 James J. Green |
Schwab Keeps Up the Price Pressure Cuts equity commissions to $8.95 per trade; rolls out more commission-free ETFs.  |
The Motley Fool August 16, 2007 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Berries for the Bears The increased shorting of ETFs by hedge funds is a sign that the smart money crowd knows a good thing when they see it.  |
The Motley Fool February 27, 2007 Zoe Van Schyndel |
The Changing Face of ETFs Knowing ETF managers' strengths can help you pick the right funds.  |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2008 Stan Luxenberg |
To Short An ETF The increasing variety of ETFs has made it possible to short in ways that could not be done when the Internet bubble burst.  |
The Motley Fool May 4, 2007 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Trade Like a Hedge Fund Although this strategy is often used by hedge funds and applied to equities, you can also build your own 130/30 portfolio using ETFs.  |
Registered Rep. March 4, 2011 Diana Britton |
New ETF Tools Could Boost ETF Assets, Smaller ETF Players New ETF analysis tools introduced last month from Morningstar and IndexUniverse may attract more assets to ETFs and expand the pool of ETFs that financial advisors use in client portfolios, said three ETF consultants  |
The Motley Fool September 15, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
6 ETFs That Won't Rip You Off Don't pay more than you have to for ETFs.  |
The Motley Fool March 16, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
4 ETF Trends You Must Know About Ignore these hot ETF investments at your peril.  |
Financial Advisor August 2006 Matthew Hougan |
Too Much Of A Good Thing? Do the new leveraged ETFs have a place in the financial advisor's toolbox?  |
Financial Advisor December 2006 Matt Hougan |
Do These ETFs Make Sense? Here are five ground rules to help you evaluate whether some newfangled ETFs make sense for your client's portfolios. Rule Number 1: Check Your Commissions... Rule Number 2: Check The Index... etc.  |
The Motley Fool October 4, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Watch Out for These Costly Investments High costs can make ETFs look bad.  |
Financial Planning May 1, 2012 Joseph Lisanti |
Fight Night: ETFs vs. Open-End Funds Traditional mutual funds and ETFs may seem like competitors in a fight to the death. But the truth is, the two products coexist in most portfolios.  |
Financial Advisor July 2011 Michelle Knight |
Rethinking Bond ETFs Most investors buy bond ETFs at a premium and sell at a discount, a dynamic that is an undeniable black mark on fixed-income ETFs.  |
The Motley Fool January 19, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
The Hottest Trillion-Dollar Investment Read these tips before jumping into the popular world of exchange-traded funds.  |
Financial Planning December 1, 2008 Suzanne McGee |
The Perfect Alternative Is there an asset class for your clients portfolios whose price moves in the opposite direction to that of mainstream investments like stocks and bonds?  |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Kevin Burke |
Actively Adding Value to Passive Investments Separately managed accounts that invest exclusively in exchange-traded funds are vying for a place at the advisory table, as an increasing number of money managers look to cash in on the popularity of these very cheap, very liquid investments.  |
Financial Advisor February 2, 2009 Marla Brill |
Handle With Care Inverse and leveraged inverse ETFs can help battle a bear market, but you need to watch them carefully.  |