James Ross

• Seeking Less Uncertainty

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  April 1, 2013

  Although stock market volatility as measured by the CBOE S&P 500 VIX has bottomed near pre-financial crisis lows, interest in ETFs that minimize rollercoaster moves hasn’t slowed.

• 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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  State Street Rolls Out Emerging Market, All World ETFs

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  March 1, 2012

  The two new products, the SPDR MSCI EM 50 and SPDR MSCI ACWI IMI ETFs, give investors more choices in their global-investing universe

• Targeting Asian Small Caps

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

  State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) launched the SPDR S&P Small Cap Emerging Asia Pacific ETF (GMFS), which is the first emerging Asia Pacific ETF to target small cap stocks in the region.

• New SPDR ETFs Target Aerospace, Software Sectors

  By Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com  |  September 30, 2011

  Meanwhile, Northern Trust re-enters the exchange-traded funds business

• First Convertible-Bond ETF Debuts

  By Staff Writer  |  June 1, 2009

  The SPDR Barclays Capital Convertible Bond ETF is benchmarked to the Barclays Capital U.S. Convertible Bond >$500MM Index. Convertible bonds are bonds that can be...

• State Street Debuts Credit-Bond ETF

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com, Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  April 1, 2009

  Adding to a string of new exchange-traded fund launches, State Street Global Advisors has introduced the SPDR Barclays Capital Intermediate Term Credit Bond ETF (ITR). "With...

• New Bond ETF Launched

  By Staff Writer  |  February 25, 2009

  State Street Global Advisors has just introduced the SPDR Barclays Capital Intermediate-Term Credit Bond ETF (ITR).

• It Pays to Buy Exchange-Traded Funds in Bulk

  By Staff Writer  |  February 7, 2005

  Feb. 3, 2005 -- One advantage of investing in mutual funds -- the ability to buy small amounts of shares -- doesn't carry over when...