March 2009

Mutual Funds, ETFs News and Views

Mutual fund spin: Less bad = good? | Philly | 03/30/2009
Could mutual funds, as a group, break even this quarter?

What makes a good mutual fund - Content Caboodle
Mutual funds are popular. If you are not invested in one right now you are more than likely to be invested in one in the near future either directly or indirectly. Choosing a good mutual fund is important for maximizing your investment ...

Mutual funds slow slide in first quarter | Bryan/College Station ...
Mutual funds slow slide in first quarter. By TIM PARADIS Associated Press. NEW YORK -- It might be safe now for investors to open both eyes when they look at their quarterly mutual fund statements. The news won't be good, ...

Our Most Popular ETF Stories This Week | ETF Trends
Our Favorite ETF Stories in the Media This Week March 22, 2009 – While we’re writing stories, we’re also taking notice of well-written and informative articles about exchange traded funds (ETFs) and the broader economy that we see ...

Better quarter for mutual funds - MiningJournal.net | News, Sports ...
NEW YORK (AP) - It might be safe now for investors to open both eyes when they look at their quarterly mutual fund statements. The news won't be good, as it was two years ago when the stock market was still churning higher. ... As of Wednesday, ...

The Best Index Funds | Blog 4 Articles
The best index funds are the ones with the lowest expense ratios. An S&P 500 market weighted index fund will always be same no matter where you choose. ... Fidelity - Fidelity is another company that provides their investors with low cost index ...

What are the best mutual funds on the market today? | 401k Maze
The best mutual funds now are the same best mutual funds that were around twenty years ago. Longevity is the second key criteria by which to judge the best mutual fund. There isn’t just one but rather many ‘best’ mutual funds. ...

5 Attributes of a Top Mutual Fund | Stock Trading To Go
No load mutual funds- Simply put there is absolutely no reason to invest in the current environment when there are mutual fund loads. In the past loaded mutual funds may have been able to justify the load by their outperformance, ...

Top US Financial Equity Mutual Funds | Daily Markets
Today we are featuring financial equity mutual funds, which invest at least 50% of their assets in financial services and related companies. FBR Small Cap.

New ETF Tries to Replicate Hedge Funds | ETF Trends
March 23, 2009 – Two new exchange traded fund (ETF) filings from SPDRs and WisdomTree will come with a twist. The SPDRs new ETF is another equal-weight fund based around the S&P 500. Index... Continue Reading » · Why Bonds and ETFs Are a Natural ...

ETFs, Mutual Funds Update

ETF Landscape May Change
Barclays, the troubled British bank, has been a pioneer in the ETFbusiness, with Barclays Global Investors and its iShares by far the dominant provider of exchange-traded funds. ... be a surge of actively managed funds, many built around current ...

Impressive Relative Strength for Commodity Index ETF
The PowerShares DB Commodity Index ETF (AMEX: DBC) is exhibiting impressive relative strength this morning after two powerful up-days. Let's notice so far this morning that the price range fits inside of yesterday's high at 21.03, ...

Our Favorite ETF Stories in the Media This Week | ETF Trends
While we’re writing stories, we’re also taking notice of well-written and informative articles about exchange traded funds (ETFs) and the broader economy that we see elsewhere. Here are our five favorite stories for the week of March 16: ... March ...

Investors Betting On Gaming ETF - News In Focus
And that's translating into a surge in assets for the Market Vectors Gaming ETF (NYSE: BJK). The exchange-traded fund's assets have jumped from just $2 million on March 6 to $15 million today. But trading volume has been even more ...

Vanguard to launch exchange traded funds in Australia
Vanguard Investments Australia has announced it will launch exchange traded funds for Australian investors. Vanguard entered the US ETF market in 2001 and at the end of 2008, investments in Vanguard's range of 38 ETFs was more than ...

Vangaurd SC Int'l Opens Amid Changing Landscape - News In Focus
And its exchange-traded fund sister shareclass will launch after a two-week subscription period, according to the company. That means the Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund (VFSVX) will wait until around the first week ...

How to Insulate Your ETF Portfolio In Hard Times | ETF Trends
Right now, many investors simply want to protect what they have in their exchange traded fund (ETF) portfolios. If they get any return, all the better. But are you armed with the knowledge you need to keep yourself safe? Protecting yourself boils ...

ETFs, Mutual Funds, News and Views

4 ETF Strategies For A Down Market | Forex Analysis
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are rapidly becoming a popular investment tool for many investors. As with any investment, it is important to understand the.

Would Exchange-traded Funds Improve Your Portfolio?
Would Exchange-traded Funds Improve Your Portfolio? Mark Biller. Sound Mind Investing. Index funds have long been touted as a great way for investors to get broad diversification at a low cost. Our Just-the-Basics strategy uses index ... Each ...

What’s Behind The Commodity ETF Rally Today? | Daily Markets
Commodity exchange traded funds (ETFs) charged ahead today. What's going on behind the scenes? Much of the move was led by precious metals and energy, and.

How Mutual Funds Are All About Mediocrity | 1manfactory.com ...
I did this because the mutual fund industry is very effective at promoting its products. I was reassured with the security of knowing that everyone else is also buying mutual funds. ... Stop accepting the pale imitation of stock market returns ...

How to Insulate Your ETF Portfolio In Hard Times | ETF Trends
Right now, many investors simply want to protect what they have in their exchange traded fund (ETF) portfolios. If they get any return, all the better. But are you armed with the knowledge you need to keep yourself safe? Protecting yourself boils ...

More Layoffs for Mutual Fund Firm | EmploymentSpectator ...
Los Angeles mutual fund firm American Funds will lay off an undisclosed number of workers, and senior managers will not get merit pay raises. Hard times for.

Back-to-back mutual fund net inflows no sign of turnaround - FP ...
Canadian mutual funds recorded a second straight month of net inflows in February, but the rise in investment should not be viewed as a turn in sentiment, a strategist said. Canadians invested almost $1.7-billion in mutual funds in ...

Why Actively Managed ETFs Could Succeed | ETF Trends
Actively managed exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been the subject of many recent debates, but if they play their cards right, could they make a real dent in the mutual fund business? The actively managed ETF, launched a year ago, were touted as ...

Mutual Funds, Index Funds, ETFs News and Views

ETF Investing » Blog Archive » Dialing up dividend ETFs
Morningstar says it is buying a dividend ETF in its “hands-on” ETFportfolio, which is designed for active investors who trade more, and who are willing to spend more time tending to it. Lately, the hands-on portfolio has ... About John Spence. ...

Why index funds are rarely at the top...and why I like them anyway ...
In any given year, it's very rare that an index fund would be the best performer. But year after year of above-average performance can really add up.

4 Reasons ETFs Are Preferred Over Mutual Funds | ETF Trends
ETF mutual fund In this bear market, are you contemplating the idea that your mutual fund is becoming more of a burden than an asset? Well, exchange traded funds (ETFs) may be an alternative solution to unnecessary headaches, since they provide ...

Using Exchange-Traded Funds: How to Put Your Index Mutual Fund on ...
There’s another cousin to the mutual fund and index fund families that many investors have heard of but haven’t taken advantage of. If you own mutual funds, indexed or otherwise, you need to know if using exchange-traded funds (ETFs) ... In ...

ETF Expert: ETF Reading List
ETFs Poised To Take The Mainstream - John Spence, MarketwatchMuni ETFs Gain Assets In Face Of Credit Crisis – Index UniverseNow's The Time For Broad Market Index Funds – Gregory Karp, Hartford CourantEasy Vs. Hard Bottoms – Bill Luby, ...

Free Money Finance: Index Funds Win Again
There's yet more evidence that it makes sense to invest in simple, plain-vanilla index funds, whose low fees often lead to better net returns than hedge funds and actively managed mutual funds with more impressive performance numbers. ... With ...

5 Ways to Minimize Your Investing Errors with ETFs | ETF Trends
In a time where most exchange traded funds (ETFs), mutual funds, stocks and other securities are down, many investors have made some poor decisions. On the bright side, however, there are ways to minimize the impact of these errors. ...

Funds and FTFs News

5 Ways to Find Good ETF Opportunities | ETF Trends
How To Implement Our ETF Exit Plan With Your Broker – Regardless if you are an active trader or a long term investor of exchange traded funds (ETFs), it makes sense to have an exit strategy for every holding within your ...

ETF Planet: Complete ETF List for 2008
Complete ETF List for 2008. Today, ETFPlanet has released its complete list of Exchange Traded Funds for the year ending 2008. The Excel file which contains all 845 funds is available for download on etfplanet.com for personal use. ...

Chuck Jaffe: First fund’s birthday shows why mutual funds are here ...
Mutual Funds: This week’s mutual funds and ETF stories ~ FundWatch: Fidelity’s fund assets fall 23% in 2008 ~ Iberiabank to Return TARP Funds ~ E-Trade to close down its line of index funds ...

Do ETF’s Need More Regulation?
ETF's have many benefits as I have stated here many times. To mention a few: That ETFs are generally much more tax efficient than mutual funds. That ETFs are generally less expensive than mutual funds. That ETFs are always more ...

Why ETFs Saw Net Outflows in February | ETF Trends
Nearly $6 billion was taken out of exchange traded funds (ETFs) during the month of February, the first time ETF fund flows have been negative in nearly a year. The outflows are centered on one fund in particular. ...

March 6: The Best ETF Articles In The Media - News In Focus
Sam Mamudi of MarketWatch notes that index funds beat their active rivals last year. Tapping into Morningstar's database, he reports that the average actively managed mutual fund lost 40.5% and the average index mutual fund 39.1% in ...

Mutualf Funds, ETFs, Index Funds News and Views

The Index Fund Wins Again ? Get Rich Slowly
Although I mention other methods of investing around here from time-to-time, the fact is that most of my retirement investments remain ensconced in index funds. Index funds are mutual funds created to track the movement of a stock market index, ...

The Key Differences Between Mutual Funds, Index Funds and Exchange ...
Passive or Index Funds. Of those of us that own mutual funds, 31 percent (15 million households) also own at least one index fund- a fund that simply seeks to track the performance of a broad basket of stocks such as the S&P 500. ... Exchange ...

Which ETF Sectors Will Lead A Recovery? | Daily Markets
After a day in the markets like Monday, investors are undoubtedly wondering where the signs that point to a recovery might be lurking. When it comes to stabilizing the economy, which sectors and exchange traded funds (ETFs) must recover ...

One ETF To Quell Those Inflation Fears | Daily Markets
A period of deflation in the US economy sometime soon is feared, but there is an exchange traded fund (ETF) that can help you when the deflationary period.

Mutual Funds and ETFs News, Views

7 Best Mutual Funds For 2009
Another selection criteria was to find mutual funds that are going to perform well for years to come. As you will see, I have included a mutual fund that invests in stocks of alternative energy or “green” companies. ...

Mutual Funds and Socially Responsible Investing
At this point, the SRI mutual fund begins to look like any other mutual fund. The fund manager decides on small cap or large cap stocks, whether to invest exclusively in domestic companies or to go global, whether the investment goal ...

Beating The Market With Enhanced Index Funds | Investing Tips and ...
Enhanced index funds are mutual funds which fall into the category of Active Index Funds or AIF. These index funds try to outperform the normal index funds by active management of the fund portfolio. EIFs try to beat the market by many ... ...

How To Tune Up Your Index Fund Portfolio | Financial Articles
Mutual funds and financial advisors easily siphon off half of your nestegg in fees and taxes over 10 years. Wall Street and the media have a vested interest.

How Investment Advisors and Mutual Funds Make Money | Financial ...
Mutual funds and financial advisors easily siphon off half of your nestegg in fees and taxes over 10 years. Wall Street and the media have a vested interest. ... They use a simple strategy called asset allocation with index funds and ETFs. On ...

THE ETF CORNER: ETF's around the world.
This site is about technical analysis using ETF's in the short term (weeks) and long term (months). I am not a day trader ! When I buy or sell an ETF, I always make an "instant" post about it so all my readers can follow my trades. ...

February ETF Performance Report | ETF Trends
ETF Performance Report - January 2009. January 30, 2009 – Economic news and corporate earnings from fourth quarter were reported through the month, affecting markets and exchange traded funds (ETFs). The Dow Jones industrial average lost. ... ...

The Index Funds Win Again
The Index Funds Win Again. From the New York Times (and courtesy of Jason Gerlach of Sunrise Capital Partners LLC who pointed it out to me) comes more on mutual fund “fees”. ...

Mutual Fund Performance in 2009 and 2010
Tags: Mutual Fund, Mutual Funds, Mutual Fund Market Share, Mutual fund marketshare, mutual funds and hedge funds, mutual funds versus hedge funds, mutual fund performance 2009 2010. Link to This Resource: Mutual Fund Performance in 2009 ...

Some mutual fund managers feel your pain - Business - Merced Sun-Star
His $80 million large-blend mutual fund (AUXFX) lost nearly 25 percent last year but still ranked in the top quartile of its category, thanks to some investments in recession-resistant stocks like Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The downturn reduced what ... ...

Study: Index Funds Top Mutual & Hedge Funds « The Guru Investor
Index funds may sound boring, but in his latest New York Times column, Mark Hulbert offers some data that indicates index funds may, in the end, actually yield higher net returns than mutual funds and even hedge funds. ... the performances of ...

ETF Guide: 5 Lowest Cost ETFs
What good is saving $25 bucks a week by clipping coupons if you’re leaking money with high cost mutual funds or investments that contain lots of fat? This is where exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can help. ETFs are index mutual funds that trade ...