exchange-traded products

• Making Sense of Commodity ETFs

  By Ryan Issakainen  |  December 21, 2012

  Over the past decade, the emergence of new ETFs and other exchange-traded products (ETPs) has effectively democratized access to certain asset classes that had previously been out of reach for many non-institutional investors.

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  ETFs for Tax Planning

  By Ryan Issakainen  |  October 23, 2012

  Exchange-traded funds are often regarded as more tax efficient than traditional mutual funds largely due to the fact that many ETFs have been able to avoid the annual capital gains distributions that often frustrate investors in traditional mutual funds.

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  Week’s Top Portfolio Products: Altegris’ New RIA Shares; State Street’s Actively Managed ETFs

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 30, 2012

  iShares creates new suite of corporate-bond ETFs; new ETF out from Market Vectors.

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  JPMorgan Cracks Top 10 as Fund Manager, Thanks to Advisors

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  March 13, 2012

  A sea change may be occurring in the $12 trillion asset management space, as JPMorgan Chase in February became the first bank to crack the top 10 list of the largest U.S. stock and bond funds.

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  BDs Watch Out: FINRA Issues 2012 ‘Watch List’

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 3, 2012

  FINRA released on Tuesday its 2012 regulatory and examination “watch list,” which provides a laundry list of products the regulator will be zeroing in on.

• Do Indexes Matter?

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  December 26, 2011

  One of the driving forces behind the exploding number of new exchange-traded products (ETPs) is the exploding number of new indexes. And since the bulk of the $1.1 trillion ETP marketplace is still linked to products with underlying indexes, advisors better know their indexes. Do you go with a traditional...

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  10 Best Investments for a Default or Downgrade

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  July 29, 2011

  Municipal investments are at risk of default, money markets have broken the buck and now the U.S. Government is at threat of a downgrade—where in the world can investors find safety?

• ETF Assets to Double, Hit $2 Trillion by ’15, Says Report

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  July 13, 2011

  Investors are also buying more non-traditional, alternative ETFs, according to a study done by BNY Mellon and Strategic Insight