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Tax Efficiency Report Card

Daniela Pylypczak — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:00:24 +0000

The year-end periods provides the ETF industry with a couple of opportunities to flex its collective muscle; performance comparisons generally tend to favor those products with lower expense ratios–a defining feature of exchange-traded funds. But early January also puts another benefit of exchange-traded products into focus: enhanced tax efficiency relative to traditional mutual funds. The nuances of the exchange-traded structure have the potential to bring additional tax efficiencies to investors thanks to the availability of an “in kind redemption” that ultimately gives investors more control over the timing of tax obligations. Mutual funds, on the other hand, have a nasty tendency to stick remaining shareholders with tax liabilities incurred as a result of redemptions by others–a development that can obviously be undesirable [see Tax Loss Harvesting With ETFs: 6 Ideas To Lower Client Liabilities]. ETFs won’t allow investors to skip out on their taxes, but this product structure can deliver [...]

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ETFs To Invest Like Ron Paul

Michael Johnston — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:00:34 +0000

As a handful of brave souls find out every four years, running for President of the United States generally involves opening up your personal life to intense examination by opponents, the media, and general public. Generally, the scrutiny focuses on personal histories–arrests, affairs, and lawsuits make for juicy reading. But being a public servant can also mean opening up your financial records to the public–especially if you’re potentially in a position to profit from insider information on regulatory developments. A recent analysis by the Wall Street Journal revealed the unusual composition of the portfolio held by Ron Paul, the Republican presidential candidate who is known as a critic of the Federal Reserve and opponent of big government. The asset management strategies of the Texas Congressman, who is also a physician, are anything but traditional. Paul’s portfolio, which he indicated was worth between $2.4 million and $5.5 million, has little in [...]

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Checking In: Top 5 Equity ETFs Of 2010

Stoyan Bojinov — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:00:01 +0000

This past year has shaped out to be nothing short of a roller coaster ride for investors. Confidence in the global economic recovery was rattled after disaster struck in Japan; waves of uncertainty spread across financial markets as the economic superpower coped with one of the worst earthquakes in its history. On the home front, investors struggled to regain confidence in the economic recovery after Standard & Poor’s downgraded the United State’s credit quality, adding to the cloud of uncertainty looming over financial markets. With no time to catch a break, the bad news seemed to pour out all at once; resurfacing European debt woes paved the way for volatile trading as lawmakers continue to struggle to ensure stability in the financially fragile currency bloc [see Three Long/Short Ideas For Euro Zone Debt Drama]. Profits from 2010 have slowly evaporated from many asset classes given the uncertain economic backdrop, which [...]

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Global X Debuts First Greece ETF (GREK)

Michael Johnston — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:24:03 +0000

Global X continued a busy week of product development; after rolling out a pair of ETFs linked to NASDAQ indexes, the New York-based issuer followed up with the first product offering pure play exposure to Greece. The new FTSE Greece 20 ETF (GREK) will seek to replicate the FTSE/Athex 20 Index, a benchmark that includes 20 of the largest companies that are domiciled in, principally traded in, or whose revenues are derived primarily from Greece. GREK is the first ETF to specifically target Greek equities, and the fund launches at a time when the Greek economy is on the brink of a fiscal nightmare. Greece has become the center of Europe’s sovereign debt crisis, as the country’s generous social benefits have resulted in a massive debt burden that has now grown too large to realistically manage. Last year, Greece agreed to a series of aggressive spending cuts in order to [...]

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Giving Thanks: Ten Reasons ETFs Are Better Than Mutual Funds

Michael Johnston — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:00:51 +0000

This year more than ever before, investors of all sizes are giving thanks for the tremendous expansion in the ETF industry in recent years. ETF assets continue to climb, even in challenging economic environments. And in many cases, the growth of this industry is thanks to an exodus of cash from traditional mutual funds to vehicles that seem like new innovations, although they are actually approaching their two decade anniversary. For certain investors in certain circumstances, mutual funds make a lot of sense. But while these vehicles can still be useful in a limited number of scenarios, they are bleeding cash because ETFs are in many ways a better solution that can deliver a number of advantages [see 25 Things Every Financial Advisor Should Know About ETFs]. For those advisors and individual investors beginning to explore the opportunities in ETFs, we present a quick rundown of why so many have [...]

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Direxion Fills Up Leveraged ETF Pipeline

Stoyan Bojinov — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:00:29 +0000

Direxion laid the groundwork for several new products in a recent SEC proposal, including a handful of sector ETFs as well as an international equity offering. The Boston based issuer detailed plans to potentially ramp up its product lineup with four new 3x leveraged bull-bear pair ETFs. Triple-exposure products are the bread and butter of Direxion, which was the first firm to specialize in the leveraged and inverse corners of the exchange-traded universe back in 2008. In a recent SEC Filing, Direxion filed a proposal for eight new funds, focusing on the industrials sector along with gold and silver miners. The filing also included plans for Direxion to expand the geographic scope of its current product lineup with a proposed bull-bear pair of international ETFs offering exposure to Turkey. The proposed funds are listed below and all are expected to feature annual expense fees of 0.95%: Direxion Daily Turkey Bull [...]

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Soros Dumps Gold ETF Assets

Eric Dutram — Thu, 19 May 2011 11:00:42 +0000

Precious metal investors have been on a wild ride so far in 2011. After falling to start the year, gold took off from its level just above $1,300/oz., skyrocketing higher on inflation concerns and an increasingly weak dollar. The price eventually hit the $1,577 mark in early May before quickly selling off, falling by close to $100/oz. in a matter of weeks. While a stronger dollar and declining fears over inflation in some of the world’s key emerging markets has certainly played a role in gold’s short term demise, some believe that gold has hit a near term top and that this is just a speculative bubble popping. Many have attributed at least part of the tremendous run-up in gold prices to the surge in interest in gold ETFs, tools that have been embraced by everyone from small individuals to billionaire hedge fund managers. Many of the world’s largest (and most successful) [...]

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Van Eck Slashes Fees On Five ETFs

Michael Johnston — Fri, 06 May 2011 12:30:15 +0000

Van Eck announced this week that it has reduced the expense caps for five of its exchange-traded funds, effective May first. The move represents the latest development in a string of fee reductions by ETF issuers, reflecting both increasing asset bases and economies of scale as well as efforts to lure cost-conscious investors. The ETFs affected by the latest round of fee cuts include the ultra-popular GDXJ, which currently has close to $2.5 billion in assets [see all the Gold Miner ETFs here]. The ETFs impacted by the price cuts, along with the annual savings generated based on assets at the end of April, include: Ticker ETF Old Cap New Cap Savings* AFK Market Vectors Africa Index ETF 0.83% 0.78% $57.7 BRF Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap ETF 0.65% 0.62% $296.7 GDXJ Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF 0.59% 0.56% $728.6 HAP Market Vectors RVE Hard Assets Producers ETF 0.65% 0.59% [...]

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Gold Miner ETFs: Breaking Down All The Options

Michael Johnston — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:30:12 +0000

The ETF industry as a whole has grown tremendously in recent years, with both assets and the number of products surging as investors embrace the exchange-traded structure as an efficient vehicle for accessing everything from U.S. stocks to Asian bonds to corn and cocoa. Certain corners of the market have, of course, expanded more quickly than others. One hotbed of activity is the commodity space, where investors have flocked to a number of new products opening up an asset class with potential to enhance returns and smooth volatility. The commodity ETF boom hasn’t been limited to products offering exposure to natural resource prices through either physical bullion or futures contracts–though many funds meeting those descriptions have seen massive inflows over the last two years or so. More and more, investors are utilizing funds that focus on stocks of companies engaged in the exploration, extraction, refining, and sale of commodities as [...]

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Global X Debuts Pure Gold Miners ETF (GGGG), Oil ETF (XOIL)

Michael Johnston — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:25:09 +0000

Global X continued an aggressive expansion of its ETF lineup on Tuesday, announcing the launch of two funds offering exposure to companies engaged in the extraction and production of widely-traded commodities. The Pure Gold Miners ETF (GGGG) will seek to replicate the Solactive Global Pure Gold Miners Index, while the Oil Equities ETF (XOIL) is linked to the Solactive Global Oil Equities Index. GGGG will invest in global companies that generate the vast majority of their business from gold mining. Because the profitability of gold miners depends on the prevailing market price for their products (i.e., gold bullion), these stocks generally move in the same direction as spot gold. Gold miner ETFs have become a popular tool for playing gold prices, in part because they often trade as a leveraged play on spot precious metals prices. Mining stocks can also be appealing to investors who are looking to achieve gold [...]

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