S&P

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  Junk Bond Risk Gives Actively Managed ETFs a Boost

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  February 20, 2013

  As ETF investors wake up to the fact that higher interest rates wouldn’t be good for their bond investments, they're seeking help from active managers in the high-yield junk space.

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  Top Portfolio Products: OneAmerica Debuts Index(k)

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  February 15, 2013

  New products introduced over the last week include the CurrencyShares Singapore Dollar Trust from Guggenheim Investments and the Salient Global Equity Fund from Salient Partners.

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  Searching for Yield? New ETF Taps U.S. Infrastructure

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  February 12, 2013

  Yorkville, one of the smaller players in the ETF space, filled a niche that some believe has been neglected: U.S. infrastructure.

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  S&P Lawsuit Raises Questions About Feds’ Motivations

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  February 6, 2013

  Questions are being raised as to why only S&P is targeted in the suit, since it could be said that Fitch and Moody’s assigned inflated ratings as well.

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  Marc Faber: Keynesians Will Be Punished

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  January 25, 2013

  Marc Faber says that "regardless of what the markets do, near-term, a correction is overdue" on the S&P 500.

• Housing ETFs Gain

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  January 23, 2013

  Home prices in the U.S. recorded a 4.3% gain in the 12 months ending in October, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices.

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  S&P’s Stovall: Pleasing Market Tally for 2012, Warning for 2013

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  January 2, 2013

  Substantial gains across asset classes in 2012 confirmed the old adage about the market ascending a wall of worry. But the certainty of political fighting over spending cuts in the first quarter should provide market entry opportunities to those who missed last year's ride.

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  Interest-Rate Risk's Ticking Time Bomb: News Analysis

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  December 28, 2012

  What may seem to Americans like an annual budget crisis, recurring at the end of each year, could morph into a more European style perma-crisis...

• The Commodity Wave

  By Ron DeLegge, ETFguide.com  |  December 20, 2012

  As an asset class, commodities have always been like Rodney Dangerfield; they can’t get any respect.

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  Best 5 Investment Picks for 2013

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  December 19, 2012

  One thing seems clear about the market's direction in 2013: Investors seeking yield–isn’t everybody nowadays–will find more joy in equities than in fixed income.