ETF Insights

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  Alternatives Go Mainstream

  By Jon Sundt  |  September 25, 2012

  The 2008 financial crisis accomplished in 12 months what I have been trying to do most of my 26-year career: educate investors about the benefits of allocating some of their portfolio to alternative investments.

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  The Future of Actively Managed ETFs

  By Ryan Issakainen  |  September 25, 2012

  In the months leading up to the launch of the first actively managed ETFs a few years ago, ETF industry commentators were generally divided into two camps.

• Time to Rethink Bond Strategy?

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  September 25, 2012

  With current bond yields low, interest rates lower and the economic outlook “cloudy at best,” Ken Volpert, head of Vanguard’s Taxable Bond Group, says the organization “doesn’t think future bond returns will be nearly as robust as they’ve been.

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  How John Bogle Really Sees ETFs

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  September 25, 2012

  The investment visionary, long a skeptic of exchange-traded funds, gives his candid assessment of the fast-growing field.

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  Defined Maturity ETFs: Innovation in Fixed Income

  By Tony Davidow, Guggenheim Investments  |  September 21, 2012

  Defined maturity ETFs combine the benefits of individual bonds, bond funds and traditional fixed-income ETFs.