Barclays Capital

• Can ETNs Be Trusted?

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  May 24, 2012

  Although the $17 billion exchange-traded note (ETN) market represents less than 2% of the trillion dollar ETP universe, it’s been making a lot of noise.

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  FDIC Warns on Risks of Market-Linked CDs

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2012

  A new consumer alert from the FDIC on market-linked CDs, one of the most popular structured products, counsels investors not to let the possibility of higher returns obscure their view of the risks.

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  China Sees Manufacturing Rise

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 2, 2012

  China could be overcoming the challenges imposed by austerity and economic woes in the rest of the world, if manufacturing numbers are any indication.

• Junk Bond Fund Debuts

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  April 25, 2012

  State Street Global Advisors introduced the SPDR Barclays Capital Short Term High Yield Bond ETF (SJNK), which owns lower rated corporate debt with durations of less than five years.

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  Top Portfolio Products: New ETFs From State Street, Russell

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 18, 2012

  Interbank FX launches new social trading platform; Smartleaf adds model vendor portal.

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  ECB Offers Cheap Loans Again

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  February 29, 2012

  The European Central Bank once again offered cheap three-year loans to banks in the euro region, which quickly soaked up 529.5 billion euros ($712.2 billion) in funding. Analysts had expected the amount to total 470 billion euros.

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  Banks, Storage Companies Expand Gold Vaults

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  February 20, 2012

  Demand for gold has already resulted in the building of new vaults or expansion of old ones as investors in a flight to safety have accumulated stores of the precious metal.

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  Measuring Market Performance: Much Depends on Where You Start

  By J. Gibson Watson III, CIMA, Envestnet  |  February 8, 2012

  Why using historic long-term performance numbers in either the asset allocation process or to arrive at wealth and spending forecasts is problematic, and what to do about it.

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  All-Around Pressure Marks Greek Negotiations

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  January 27, 2012

  No one it seems can escape the pressure to accept less in the negotiations to save the Greece economy.

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  SIFMA Says Volcker Rule Threatens to Freeze Corporate Bond Market

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 12, 2012

  SIFMA says that an overly restrictive implementation of the Volcker rule could severely reduce liquidity in the $1 trillion U.S. corporate bond market.