Andy Hagans is a co-founder of ETF Database, and he occasionally contributes articles to ETFdb.com. Andy's interests include hard assets and dividend-paying stocks.
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September was one of the most active months in the ETF industry in recent memory. We saw a wave of new fund launches from industry leaders and smaller players alike, along with perhaps the first of many commodity fund closures. September saw the introduction of another actively-managed ETF, proposals on several more innovative funds, and expanding product lines from many of the industry’s newest entrants. [click to continue…]
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ETFs have become the ‘hot’ product in the investment world in the past few years. Hobbyist investors and day traders were some of the initial cheerleaders, but now financial advisors are driving asset inflows up–both because of client demand, and also the intrinsic value and efficiency of the product. Unfortunately high-level analysis of ETFs, contextualized in the framework of intelligent asset allocation, is rare (that’s why we started ETF Database); even rarer is such analysis geared towards advisors or very high net worth investors.
This dearth of readily available information led us to create the ETF Database Financial Planner & RIA ETF Center, which we’re happy to announce today. This site section launches with three free guides:
Free registration is required to view the articles in the Financial Planner & RIA Center. Please check out these new articles and let us know what you think.
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“The first rule of investing is don’t lose money; the second rule is don’t forget Rule No. 1.” Those who took Mr. Buffett’s words to heart were better protected in the past year’s drawdowns than those of us who chased returns. Of course, asset allocation’s reputation as the basic capital preservation tool has taken quite [...]
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If you’ve ever tried to do some analysis on ETFs using customized parameters, you might be aware of how limited and buggy the various online tools are. Often, these tools can take six months or more to include newly issued ETFs, they categorize ETFs wrongly, and don’t include critical search options such as total market [...]
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This is just a little friendly reminder of all the ways you can connect with other ETF investors at ETFdb. Register: It only takes a minute, it’s free, and you’ll have comment privileges (plus you’ll get regular special offers non-members won’t get). Become an ETF Database member today. Subscribe: Keep up with the latest ETF [...]
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Are you interested in reaching a high quality audience of investors, traders, analysts and exectutives who follow ETF news? Check out the ETF Database media kit and become one of five ETFdb sponsors. Sponsorships will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis, and you can get in touch with Andy Hagans (andy.hagans @ etfdb.com) for [...]
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ETF Database Senior Analyst Michael Johnston appeared on Business News Network‘s Stars & Dogs program earlier today. Up for discussion was Emera (EMA TSX), a utility company whose core business is electricity. Emera provides services mainly in Canada and the Northeastern US. Michael discussed how the stock’s possible upcoming inclusion in a certain index will [...]
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Those who believe in the virtues of passive indexing will generally pooh-pooh the idea that one can beat the market. But the truth is, a small percentage of people do beat the market over the long term. Putting aside the statistical flukes (retail investors who get lucky), you can still observe a group of people [...]
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It’s been another exciting week in the world of ETFs. Here are the ETF Database staff picks of the week’s most important and interesting stories from around the Web.
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Dean Popplewell has a wealth of Forex experience: professional currency trader for 10 years, fixed income trader for four years, and head of the global trading desks at various financial institutions in Canada. He is now OANDA‘s resident currency analyst, and has been writing OANDA’s daily Forex blog since January 2007. Mr. Popplewell was gracious [...]
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It’s been another exciting week in the world of ETFs. Here are the ETF Database staff picks of the week’s most important and interesting stories from around the Web.
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Will McClatchy is the editor of ETFzone.com, a Web site devoted entirely to exchange-traded funds. He is also the author of two investment books, Strategies for Investment Success: Index Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds. Mr. McClatchy was gracious enough to discuss common sense investing, obsolete indices, ETFs’ race against mutual funds, and more in an exclusive [...]
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