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The Top 10 Cheapest And Most Expensive ETFs

Jared Cummans — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:00:03 +0000

One of the founding principles of the ETF industry was cost competitiveness; after being charged upwards of 150 basis points for their favorite mutual funds, investors had grown tired of surrendering a substantial portion of their gains to the managers of big name funds. Now, there are ETFs that charge as low as 5 basis points; on a $1 million dollar investment, that means just $500 annually. Investors can now build an effective portfolio while minimizing their expenses using some of these ultra-efficient funds. But for all of cheap options that the ETF industry offers, it certainly has a fair amount of products on the other side of the equation. Below, we outline the top ten cheapest and most expensive funds for investors looking to better manage their costs [for more, see our ETFdb Cheapskate Portfolio]. The Most Expensive Given the low costs that many funds offer, some of the fees on this list [...]

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Five Equity ETFs With Low Betas For A Rocky Market

Jared Cummans — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:45:28 +0000

To call the last few weeks volatile would be an understatement. Markets have some of their most violent trading days in recent memory, as the beginning of August brought multiple days with swings higher than 5% in major equities indices. Amid a botched debt negotiation and a downgrade of U.S. debts by Standard and Poor’s, investors have been on something of a roller coaster ride as of late. While many hoped that September would bring markets into the black, they were unfortunately let down. Just two days into the month, a dismal report came in with zero jobs added for the entire month of August, a level that was far less than consensus estimates [see also Three ETFs Down Over 30% In 2011]. So with September keeping the hits coming, investors are furiously scrambling to their favorite safe havens. While some have left equities altogether, many are simply looking for [...]

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Complete List Of Active ETFs

Michael Johnston — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 11:00:14 +0000

Since PowerShares debuted its first active ETFs in the spring of 2008, this corner of the exchange-traded product market has grown tremendously. Though many active ETFs have been somewhat slow to accumulate assets, the increase in the size of the lineup highlights the trend towards vehicles that combine active management with the exchange-traded structure. There are now dozens of actively-managed ETFs offering exposure to a number of asset classes, including stocks, bonds, and currencies. The following tables present all of the active ETFs currently available to U.S. investors, including expense information, inception date, and the applicable benchmark. New active ETFs are added as they are launched, providing a real time list of active ETFs [filter by active / passive and other fields with the free ETF Screener]. Equity ETFs There are a number of different active equity ETFs, including funds that offer exposure to both domestic and international equity markets. [...]

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AdvisorShares Notches Another Partnership; TrimTabs ETF Coming Up?

Michael Johnston — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:00:20 +0000

AdvisorShares, the Bethesda, Maryland-based firm behind many of the most successful active ETFs on the market, announced this week a partnership with TrimTabs Asset Management to develop an actively-managed ETF. TrimTabs is an independent institutional research firm built around the premise that stock prices are a function of liquidity rather than value. The company was founded to provide short ideas to institutional clients, but changed its focus to equity market liquidity in 1995. TrimTabs now gathers and provides data summarizing money flows and equity market liquidity. “Most quantitative ETFs focus on easily available price, volume, and earnings data,” said TrimTabs founder Charles Biderman in a press release announcing the partnership. “Since data on the supply and demand for stocks is scattered across so many sources, most strategies ignore stock market liquidity. However we believe that stock prices are a function of liquidity rather than value. Like the prices of any [...]

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ETFs vs. Index Funds: What’s The Difference?

Michael Johnston — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:00:45 +0000

When categorizing various investment vehicles, most investors tend to think of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as polar opposites. Mutual funds are associated with active management, with a team of analysts and managers seeking to generate alpha by identifying undervalued securities from a relevant universe of stocks and bonds. ETFs, on the other hand, connote a passive investment strategy, products that seek to replicate the performance of a certain benchmark instead of seeking to beat it. For those who believe that active management (or at least certain active managers) add value, mutual funds may be preferred. For those who believe that it is impossible to consistently outperform markets, the lower-expense beta offered by ETFs are more attractive [see Five Advantages of ETFs]. While these classifications of mutual funds and ETFs are generally true–most mutual funds are actively-managed, and more expensive than passively-indexed ETFs–they certainly aren’t hard and fast rules [...]

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AdvisorShares Rolls Out Another Active ETF

Michael Johnston — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:43:38 +0000

AdvisorShares, the Bethesda, Maryland-based firm that burst on to the ETF scene last year with a fund linked to the investing theories furthered by Harry Dent, continues to expand its presence in the active ETF space. The latest ETF from the firm is the WCM/BNY Mellon Focused Growth ADR ETF (AADR), a fund that seeks long-term capital appreciation above international benchmarks such as the MSCI EAFE Index and the BNY Mellon Classic ADR Index. AADR will offer investors exposure to a large-cap growth portfolio consisting of non-U.S. stocks. The fund’s assets will generally be concentrated in between 20 and 30 individual securities, with a focus on traditional growth sectors such as technology, health care, and consumer goods/services. At its launch, AADR’s largest holdings consisted of Chinese search engine firm Baidu (5.9%), Walmart de Mexico (5.7%), consumer goods retailer Li & Fung (5.7%), and Israeli drug manufacturer Teva Pharmaceutical (5.1%). AADR [...]

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ETF Pipeline: Another Active ETF

Michael Johnston — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:30:40 +0000

The past few months have seen a number of interesting developments in the active ETF space. A number of major players in the mutual fund game have laid the groundwork for a foray into the ETF world, a development that could lead to a flood of interest (and cash) in active funds. Grail announced last month that it was partnering with DoubleLine, setting the stage for the active ETF space to get its first superstar manager. And the SEC’s review of the use of derivatives in mutual funds and ETFs has caused many issuers to shuffle regulatory filings, altering the universe of allowable securities in proposed ETFs. On top of all that, the pipeline has continued to fill with new ETF ideas. One of the latest to hit the wire is the Active Bear ETF (HDGE) from AdvisorShares. In an SEC filing, the company behind DENT and the recently-launched GRV [...]

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AdvisorShares Launches Mars Hill Global Relative Value ETF (GRV)

Michael Johnston — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:01:03 +0000

Bethesda, Maryland-based AdvisorShares announced today the launch of the Mars Hill Global Relative Value ETF (GRV), the second ETF product from the company. The new ETF will be actively-managed; instead of seeking to replicate the performance of a particular benchmark, GRV will attempt to generate consistent positive returns in excess of the average annual return of the MSCI World Index. GRV employs a “relative value” approach created by Mars Hill. The idea behind the strategy is to combine long positions in the most attractive country, sector and industry ETFs with equal dollar amounts short in the least attractive country, sector and industry ETFs. In other words, GRV employs a long/short portfolio construction strategy, seeking to profit from the performance spread between long and short positions. Because they have the potential to generate positive returns in either bull or bear markets, long/short strategies have become a favorite tool of investors in [...]

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Advanced ETF Investing: Acquired Fund Fees

Michael Johnston — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:01:52 +0000

Once investors have narrowed down the universe of 900+ exchange-traded products to those that could potentially match the risk/return profile they’re seeking, the real work begins (see Five Free Tools For Finding The Right ETF). When comparing ETFs to find the best fit for a portfolio, one of the metrics most frequently analyzed is the fee structure. While differences in expense ratios may not have a material impact on short-term trades, the long-term impact of compounding costs for buy-and-holders can be significant (see other metrics to consider when comparing ETFs). In most cases, comparison of fees is a relatively straightforward process; the expense ratio for each ETF is readily available from the issuer Web site (or for download from the ETF Screener). But occasionally ETFs will display multiple expense ratios or something called “acquired fees & expenses” (the adjacent image is from the home page for the iShares S&P Aggressive [...]

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Handicapping The Active ETF Race

Michael Johnston — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:01:23 +0000

To say opinions on the future of active ETFs are mixed would be a major understatement. Nearly two years after PowerShares launched its first line of active ETFs and a year after the much-publicized launch of the Grail American Beacon Large Cap Value ETF (GVT), active ETFs remain stuck in first gear. Investors have expressed excitement over the development of an investment option combining active management with the benefits of the exchange-traded structure, but have so far been hesitant to put their money where their mouth is. Some analysts doubt that active management will ever really catch on, citing a number of hurdles that may be difficult to overcome. Others think that a surge in activity in the space is inevitable, eagerly anticipating a number of potential “gamechangers” that could accelerate growth. Despite the slow start, active ETFs have gained some momentum in recent months, and there’s reason to believe [...]

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