Ron DeLegge, ETFguide.com

• Indexing Strategically

  By Ron DeLegge, ETFguide.com  |  July 26, 2012

  What if you could index the investment strategies of hedge fund managers?

• Following Hedge Honchos

  By Ron DeLegge, ETFguide.com  |  July 26, 2012

  If you’re having trouble tracking all of the handpicked investments from top hedge fund managers, a pair of ETFs will do it for you.

• What Do Credit Ratings Tell Us?

  By Ron DeLegge, ETFguide.com  |  July 26, 2012

  Moody’s Investors Service gave its token credit downgrade to a dozen global banks (IXG) including five of the six largest U.S. banks—and financial stocks responded by shooting higher. What’s going on?

• Capping AMJ Shares

  By Ron DeLegge, ETFguide.com  |  July 26, 2012

  JPMorgan Chase is capping the maximum number of Alerian MLP Index ETNs (AMJ) authorized for issuance at 129 million shares.

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  Tech vs. Utilities: What’s the Better Value?

  By Ron DeLegge, ETFguide.com  |  June 29, 2012

  Historically, tech has traded at a premium relative to utilities.

• 4 Reasons Treasury Yields Can Fall Further

  By Ron DeLegge, ETFguide.com  |  June 29, 2012

  A confluence of factors is contributing to distortions in the U.S. Treasury market

• Vying for Growth

  By Ron DeLegge, ETFguide.com  |  November 23, 2011

  When Guggenheim Partners entered the ETF market, it wanted to make a permanent impression. Over the past year and a half, the firm acquired Claymore ETFs and Rydex SGI. The moves have vaulted Guggenheim to become one of the top 10 providers of ETFs worldwide, offering more than 100 ETFs...

• Senators Scrutinize ETFs

  By Ron DeLegge, ETFguide.com  |  November 23, 2011

  The expanding world of ETFs made its way to Capitol Hill on October 19, with a Senate Hearing titled “Market Microstructure: Examination of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs).” The purpose of the meeting was to analyze the impact of ETFs on the financial markets.

• Van Eck Converting HOLDRS

  By Ron DeLegge, ETFguide.com  |  November 23, 2011

  Van Eck Global has made a bid to convert the assets for six Merrill Lynch-sponsored HOLDRS into its Market Vectors ETF lineup. The HOLDRS, now part of the Van Eck lineup are the Oil Services (OIH), Semiconductor (SMH), Pharmaceutical (PPH), Biotech (BBH), Retail (RTH), and Regional Bank (RKH).

• The ETF Witch Hunt

  By Ron DeLegge, ETFguide.com  |  November 23, 2011

  What are the reasons and causes behind the “Flash Crash” on May 6, 2010? Does anybody know? What about the stock market’s latest tendency to convulse? People still want answers because nothing they’ve heard up until now is satisfying. As a result, some of them have resorted to good old-fashioned...