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  Top 4 Commission-Free ETF Platforms

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

  Here's what the major firms offer when it comes to trading for free in the exchange-traded universe.

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  State Street Makes Case for ETFs in Obama’s Second Term

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  November 8, 2012

  Targeted ETFs to consider in 2013 include REITs, munis and health care, says David Mazza, State Street’s head of ETF investment strategy.

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  Inflation Boogeyman Will Strike Suddenly—Be Prepared: Merk, Goolgasian

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  October 5, 2012

  Someday, in the possibly near future, you will suddenly be paying $10 for a gallon of milk and wondering how it happened so fast.

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  No Jargon, Please: Think 401(k) Investors Know What ‘Fund’ Means? Think Again

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  July 19, 2012

  Plain English, it turns out, is the key to getting employees to save more for retirement, says a survey of retirement plan participants released by State Street Global Advisors.

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  Catching up with… Kristi Mitchem

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  March 1, 2011

  Retirement income and what to do about it … the perennial subject that always gets advisors talking.

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  Nuveen and State Street Debut Build America Bond ETF

  By Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com, Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com  |  May 26, 2010

  Unlike most municipal bonds, BABs are taxable and current yields are comparable to corporate bonds, which historically have had a higher default rate than municipal bonds.

• New ETF Offerings Hit the Street

  By Staff Writer  |  November 1, 2009

  It was a busy third quarter for ETF providers, as they introduced new products to meet market demand and round out their fund lineups. State Street...

• State Street Launches Preferred Stock ETF

  By Staff Writer  |  September 30, 2009

  State Street Global Advisors has just launched the SPDR Wells Fargo Preferred Stock ETF (PSK). The new fund is linked to the Wells Fargo Hybrid...

• 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...

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  Direxion Debuts Leveraged-Bond ETFs

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com, Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  April 22, 2009

  Direxion Funds has just introduced four new ETFs that use triple leverage. The new funds are linked to NYSE Current U.S. Treasury Indexes and their annual expense ratios are 0.95 percent.