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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. |
Financial Advisor March 2011 Marla Brill |
New Indexes Nudge Out Old Favorites Advisors who have moved into alternative indexes are finding unique ways to use them. |
Financial Advisor April 2006 Raymond Fazzi |
A Look At New Horizons At a time when the margin for error is growing thinner and thinner in investment management circles, some are asking whether advisors and their clients are adequately served by cap-weighted benchmarks. |
Financial Advisor August 2009 Marla Brill |
Small-Cap Bounty Small-cap ETFs have grown in number and offer some interesting choices. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2006 Donald Jay Korn |
Weight Watchers New equity indexes, weighed by fundamental factors, are challenging the conventions of passive investing. |
Financial Advisor December 2009 Marla Brill |
Chasing Returns Emerging market ETFs are big winners this year, but concerns about unsustainable values are mounting. |
The Motley Fool November 27, 2006 Zoe Van Schyndel |
57 Flavors of Funds New versions of ETFs mean more choices for investors. |
Registered Rep. June 7, 2011 Stan Luxenberg |
Concentrated ETFs PowerShares QQQ has been racing ahead. During the past five years ending March, the ETF has returned 7 percent annually, outdoing the average large growth mutual fund by 4 percentage points |
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. |
On Wall Street February 1, 2013 Lorie Konish |
Emerging Markets Innovation Two former UBS executives are determined to change how investors access emerging markets by targeting specific sectors and themes. |
Financial Advisor June 2007 Marla Brill |
Indexing Debate Heats Up Proponents of fundamental indexing say it beats traditional market-cap-weighted measures. |
Financial Advisor September 2011 Tom Lydon |
It's All In The Weighting ETF indexing has evolved, but the traditional, somewhat boring approach may still yield the best results. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2006 Donald Jay Korn |
Beyond Benchmarks Tracking alternative indexes can add a flavor of active management to the ETF menu. |
The Motley Fool September 27, 2010 Michael Johnston |
6 Reasons to Consider Dumping SPY A list of six ETFs to consider instead. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2013 Craig L. Israelsen |
Mutual Funds vs. ETFs: Which Performance Better? When a portfolio of mutual funds vies against a portfolio of ETFs, which one comes out on top? |
Financial Advisor March 2012 Marla Brill |
Opening Doors Emerging markets ETFs have given investors the chance to focus on hot markets. But are these ETFs too specific? |
The Motley Fool December 7, 2010 Michael Johnston |
ETFs for the Forgotten Asset Classes Is this all-ETF portfolio well-rounded enough? |
The Motley Fool January 20, 2006 Doug Short |
Competing With the S&P 500 If you want to increase your chance of beating the S&P 500 year after year, one good way is to broaden your investment choices to include a generous mix of smaller caps and international equities. Mutual funds and ETFs offer an easy means to get that degree of breadth. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2010 Donald Jay Korn |
Digging for Dividends According to Morningstar, there are 56 mutual funds with the word "dividend" in their name, plus another 33 dividend ETFs. |
The Motley Fool January 11, 2011 Eric Dutram |
11 Predictions for the ETF Industry in 2011 What will the new year bring for ETFs? |
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 June 2010 Marla Brill |
ETF Tune-Up The middle of the year is a good time to re-evaluate ETF portfolios and do fine-tuning. |
Investment Advisor November 2006 Kathleen M. McBride |
Fundamental Indexing Goes Main Street Index investing has traditionally been linked to capital-weighted indexes, whereby a company's market cap determines how much of a company actually got into an index. And that's the fatal flaw in conventional index-linked investing. |
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. |
Financial Advisor December 2007 Marla Brill |
The New Indexing Maze The mushrooming ETF market has spawned a new breed of indexes that represent a radical departure from traditional benchmarks in both their construction and purpose. |
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 October 5, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
7 ETFs for the Perfect Portfolio You don't need a lot of flash or bling to invest smart. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2010 Margie Carpenter |
Where the Growth Is Advisors who follows a typical, traditional asset allocation model are likely to be surprisingly underweight in the highest-growth economies of the world. |
The Motley Fool January 13, 2007 Doug Short |
Beating the S&P 500 If your portfolio gained less than 15.8% last year, perhaps it's time to think outside the box. |
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. |
Financial Advisor March 2008 Sydney LeBlanc |
Investment Utopia With index investing used as a foundation, numerous strategies are being employed to help generate returns that may beat the market while keeping costs low and allowing investors to sleep at night. |
On Wall Street June 1, 2012 Dave Lindorff |
Is It True Bonds Have More Fun? A multi-year shift by investors out of equity mutual funds and into equity exchange-traded funds is now broadening to include fixed income, too, as investors seek lower fees as well as the relative ease of shifting asset allocations afforded by ETFs. |
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. |
Registered Rep. May 17, 2013 Stan Luxenberg |
The New Buyers of ETFs Many actively managed mutual funds are now in the market for ETFs for their low costs of ownership and ease of trading. But should shareholders be annoyed? |
The Motley Fool September 1, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
How to Win at the ETF Game Make cost one of your primary objectives when shopping for exchange-traded funds or other investments. |
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. |
Registered Rep. February 15, 2011 Stan Luxenberg |
Fundamental Indexes Have Had a Good Run. Converted Yet? Proponents claimed that fundamental ETFs and mutual funds would outdo the S&P 500 and other traditional benchmarks. Critics scoffed. But now many of the funds have significant track records, and the results are promising. |
The Motley Fool December 9, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Why Mega-Cap Stocks Are Not Enough Before you jump into the biggest, most popular index funds that are based on the S&P 500 index, think twice. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2012 Craig L. Israelsen |
Swapping Out If designed well, a diversified, multi-asset portfolio can provide growth during pre-retirement accumulation years and stable income flows during post-retirement distribution years. |
Financial Advisor May 2012 Tom Lydon |
The Re-Emerging Markets Investors wanting to take part in the growth story of developing countries may want to consider some of the BRIC ETFs. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2006 Carpenter & Veres |
Rethinking the World Global economic changes are demanding a more sophisticated evaluation of your financial advisory clients' portfolio allocations. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2011 Donald Jay Korn |
The Latin Quarter Fortunately, unleveraged exposure to the region has been more than ample over the past decade. Planners with clients who can live with volatility might want to look south of the border. |
The Motley Fool November 25, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
These 3 Tips Will Make You a Winning Investor Don't waste money on unnecessary investing costs. |
Financial Advisor December 2006 Raymond Fazzi |
Flying Blind Money managers find themselves vexed about the U.S. economy's direction. |
The Motley Fool August 29, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
The Best Small-Cap ETFs These exchange-traded funds win the best-in-class award. Let's take a closer look at the iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF, the Vanguard Small-Cap ETF, the iShares Morningstar Small Core ETF, the iShares S&P 600 Value ETF, and the Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn |
Outlook 2007: A Year for the Big Guys? An economic slowdown is likely to spur a flight to quality, as investors shift their focus to the most powerful domestic large caps. |
Financial Planning October 2, 2007 Craig L. Israelsen |
Smoothing the Path When comparing active and passive management, financial planners should look at the performance of the whole portfolio. What you find may surprise you. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2008 April Recksiek |
Index Battle Investors who want to build an index-based portfolio have two viable mechanisms: index-based mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). |
BusinessWeek March 12, 2007 Lauren Young |
The Trouble With ETFs As more esoteric funds proliferate, they're failing to live up to their promises. |
The Motley Fool November 9, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
This Market Double Is No Bubble Emerging markets are red-hot, and ETFs are not to blame. |