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European stocks hit six-year high on fifth day of rally
Breakfast with Benjamin: Euro stocks rally but for how long?. Plus: The China risk, big money managers are flush once again, the future of airplane seating, and 21 inspirational yearbook quotes.
Vanguard beats BlackRock, taking in most ETF money in 1Q
90% of the assets put in ETFs in quarter went to low-cost provider.
New ETF targets stocks with 25-year dividend history
ProShares this month ann-ounced a new exchange-traded fund that invests solely in S&P 500 companies that have raised…
Rivals in, but Vanguard won’t offer junk-bond ETFs
High-yield bond ETFs are wildly popular with investors. So why is it that ETF giant Vanguard steadfastly refuses to offer such funds?
Fee war redux? State Street ETFs undercut iShares and Vanguard
Russell 1000, 2000 and 3000 funds cheapest on the market
With ETFs, commission-free doesn’t mean cost-free
The Charles Schwab Corp. made a big splash three years ago when it offered the first exchange-traded funds…
BlackRock combines fund sales teams
BlackRock Inc. last week combined its mutual fund and exchange-traded-fund sales teams to create the largest sales force…
With Big Three dominating, smaller ETF players folding
The ETF Big Three's stranglehold on the industry is finally starting to make some smaller players tap out…
SSgA rolls out active ETFs
State Street Global Advisors has rolled out its first active ETFs and will focus on tactical allocation.
Buffett’s take on gold bugs State Street big
Goolgasian says the Oracle missing the boat on bullion; 'can't fondle the cube'
Guggenheim said to weigh bid for Deutsche Bank’s fund biz
Guggenheim Partners LLC is among the companies preparing to bid for Deutsche Bank AG's asset-management divisions.
Gold still has room to rise: SSgA portfolio manager
Add Chris Goolgasian to the list of investors bullish on gold — but not for the usual reasons.
Fear and uncertainty have ETFs on fire
U.S. exchange-traded funds took in $56.3 billion for the first half of this year, an increase of more than 50.9% from the first half of 2010, according to State Street Global Advisors' mid-year SPDR outlook.
State Street, JPMorgan made a bundle propping up money funds
Fed used custodians as fronts to funnel cash to besieged money-market funds; 'national emergency'
Job cuts, capital ratios jam up State Street
Profits plunge even as assets under custody hit all-time high
State Street money management boss out-earns CEO
Powers pulled down more in 2010 than bank's chief executive; neither hurting
Will Vanguard’s surge reignite ETF price war?
Index specialist's cheaper funds gaining fast on BlackRock, State Street; 'hard pill to swallow'
BlackRock revenue takes hit in ETF fee wars
BlackRock Inc. is losing its tight grip on the $927 billion U.S. ETF market — potentially costing the company hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue — and the competition is just starting to heat up
SEC eyes model ETF portfolios
The SEC is examining the burgeoning business of financial advisers' selling model portfolios of exchange-traded funds.
ETF providers want to curb market orders
ETF providers are lobbying for tighter restrictions on market orders as regulators consider additional rules to avert another “flash crash.”
