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- Stewart vs. Cramer: Long-Term Asset Allocation Incorrectly Maligned
- IndexUniverse submits: By Murray Coleman Jon Stewart torched Jim Cramer live on TV, but did he do more harm than good by slamming long-term investing as well? by Index Universe
- External links 2009-03-19
- Vanguard Buying iShares: I Don't Think So
- IndexUniverse submits: By Matthew Hougan Vanguard buying iShares, Jim Wiandt? You have got to be kidding. Your blog post on the topic smacks of desperation. The deal would "give Vanguard scale with intermediaries"? Please. Vanguard's already building a nice intermediary business with its portfolio...
- External links 2009-06-03
- Report: BlackRock Wins BGI Bidding War
- IndexUniverse submits: Money management giant BlackRock is close to announcing that it has won the bidding war for Barclays Global Investors, according to a report on the Web site of Pensions & Investments magazine. The story, by veteran journalist Douglas Appell, said that BlackRock is expected to...
- External links 2009-06-05
- BlackRock's Bid for BGI Could Top $13 Billion
- IndexUniverse submits: During the weekend, several new articles appeared in British papers reporting that BlackRock Inc. BLK is closing in on a deal to acquire Barclays Global Investors, the parent company of iShares, in a transaction worth up to US$13 billion. But not all the reports were...
- External links 2009-06-08
- In Market Turnaround, Does Size Trump Style?
- IndexUniverse submits: By Murray Coleman (Editor's note: The following is the final report of a two-part series analyzing performance characteristics of U.S. stock markets by style and size during the current three-month rally. The first installment, “A Different Sort Of Rally,” can be found here.) by Index Universe
- External links 2009-06-09
- Van Eck Files for Junior Miners ETF
- IndexUniverse submits: Van Eck Global has filed papers with the Securities & Exchange Commission for a new exchange-traded fund that will target small- and mid-cap gold and silver mining companies. The filing contains few details, but the new Market Vector Metals ETF will follow a passive indexing...
- External links 2009-06-10
- BlackRock Cuts $13.5 Billion Deal to Swallow Barclays Global Investors
- IndexUniverse submits: In perhaps one of the worst-kept secrets in exchange-traded funds industry history, giant asset manager BlackRock Inc. BLK said late Thursday it had finalized a $13.5 billion deal to buy Barclays Global Investors (BGI). The combined company, to be called BlackRock Global Investors, will represent...
- External links 2009-06-12
- Shock and Awe: More on the BlackRock-BGI Deal
- IndexUniverse submits: By Jim Wiandt BlackRock’s BLK $13.5 billion deal raises the valuation bar. ETF and index people the world 'round are smiling today. $13.5 billion is a big number. And this BlackRock deal is big not just for the index/ETF industry, but the financial...
- External links 2009-06-12
- What's Wrong with ETFs?
- IndexUniverse submits: By Matthew Hougan The crescendo of concern surrounding ETFs continues to grow, and something must be done. by Index Universe
- External links 2009-06-15
- Will Obama's Regulatory Overhaul Include ETFs?
- IndexUniverse submits: By Murray Coleman The unveiling of new regulations for the financial services industry on Wednesday is likely to find some very anxious observers among exchange-traded fund investors and sponsors. by Index Universe
- External links 2009-06-18
- iShares Launches Emerging Markets Infrastructure ETF
- IndexUniverse submits: iShares launched a new emerging markets infrastructure exchange-traded fund on Friday, June 19, with the debut of the iShares S&P Emerging Markets Infrastructure Index Fund (NASDAQ: EMIF). EMIF holds a portfolio of 30 large-cap emerging market infrastructure companies focused in markets like China, Brazil and...
- External links 2009-06-21
- Filing Proposes 12-Month Natural Gas ETF
- IndexUniverse submits: There’s another commodity fund in the works from the same firm that has brought to market such controversial funds as the U.S. Oil Fund (NYSE: USO), the U.S. Gasoline Fund (NYSE: UGA), the United States Natural Gas Fund (NYSE: UNG) and the U.S. 12-Month Oil Fund (NYSE:...
- External links 2009-06-23
- Peru ETF: iShares Sneaks to the Finish Line
- IndexUniverse submits: With a global start-up preparing to launch the first exchange-traded fund focused on Peru in coming weeks, industry giant Barclays Global Investors has sneaked to the finish line. On Monday, the soon-to-be BlackRock Global Investors opened the iShares MSCI All Peru Capped Index (NYSE: EPU)....
- External links 2009-06-23
- ETF News Digest: June 24
- IndexUniverse submits: Dubai Exchange Benefits From Oil's Improved Fortunes The Dubai Mercantile Exchange announced today that it has hit record levels of trading. by Index Universe
- External links 2009-06-24
- ProShares Jumps into 3x Leverage ETFs
- IndexUniverse submits: ProShares has officially joined the exchange-traded funds 3x party. The leader in leveraged ETFs launched Thursday a pair of portfolios that will put it into a different sort of niche market. Each of the new ETFs will aim at providing 300% exposure both inverse...
- External links 2009-06-25
- Is UNG Propping Up Natural Gas Prices?
- IndexUniverse submits: By Murray Coleman Is the booming popularity of an exchange-traded fund altering pricing for the entire natural gas market? by Index Universe
- External links 2009-06-26
- First Trust Community Banks ETF Set to Launch July 1
- IndexUniverse submits: First Trust Advisors on Friday announced plans to launch its new exchange-traded fund focused on community banks on July 1. The firm had previously filed for Securities and Exchange Commission approval to offer the fund. (See related story here.) by Index Universe
- External links 2009-06-28
- PIMCO Short-Term Bond ETF: Nine Basis Points!
- IndexUniverse submits: By Jim Wiandt Pimco's launch should be a big wake-up call to ETF investors. Has anyone noticed that Pimco, as of yesterday, is offering (now higher-yielding, lower-priced) short-term U.S. Treasuries at an expense ratio of 9 bps (0.09%)? Matt Hougan notes that the new fund TUZ traded...
- External links 2009-06-03
- Indexing Fundamentalists: Another Casualty from Claymore?
- IndexUniverse submits: In another reduction of alternative indexes that use different valuations and business fundamentals to weight companies, Claymore Advisors is seeking to switch an existing exchange-traded fund to a more traditional market-cap size weighted benchmark. But that isn't all. by Index Universe
- External links 2009-05-27
- IndexIQ CIO Bruno: A Different Way to Track Hedge Funds
- IndexUniverse submits: Salvatore Bruno is chief investment officer at IndexIQ Advisors LLC. Prior to joining the asset manager and index provider, he was a portfolio manager at Deutsche Asset Management. Before that role, Bruno was the head of advanced quantitative research at DeAM. On Thursday, IndexUniverse's...
- External links 2009-03-27
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