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PIMCO Preps To Boost Bond ETF Lineup

by Michael Johnston on March 11, 2010

PIMCO, the bond fund giant that has quickly become a major player in the fixed income ETF space, is looking to expand its ETF presence even further. The Newport Beach, California-based firm has filed for SEC approval on six new bond ETFs, including: [click to continue…]

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What’s In A Name: A Look Inside ETF Tickers

by Michael Johnston on February 3, 2010

Whenever a company prepares for a public offering, executives have been known to spend an inordinate amount of time choosing the combination of letters that will serve as the company’s ticker and often nickname within the investment community. To many, the fixation on selecting the perfect ticker seems like an irrational obsession on par with Patrick Bateman’s affinity for business cards. But there’s some evidence to support the idea that picking a clever ticker can be worth quite a bit of money. [click to continue…]

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High Yield Bond ETFs In Focus

by Michael Johnston on January 19, 2010

Following the unprecedented economic turmoil, market volatility, and government intervention of the last two years, many investors felt that the painful lessons from the downturn had yielded a “new normal.” The term, coined by PIMCO executive Mohamed El-Erian, has seen its scope expand to describe an era where risk aversion runs high, caution trumps emotion [...]

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Future Of The ETF Industry: Part II

by Michael Johnston on November 19, 2009

The rise of the ETF industry has been impressive, expanding from virtually no listings ten years ago to about 900 today. And there is still plenty of  room for growth. As we head towards the end of a wildly successful year for the ETF industry, ETF Database is taking a look forward, making our predictions [...]

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Junk Bond ETFs: Yields Too Good To Be True?

by Michael Johnston on November 12, 2009

When constructing the fixed income component of portfolios, most individual investors and financial advisors focus primarily on debt issued by the U.S. government and high quality corporate debt. But the fixed income universe goes far beyond Treasuries and investment grade corporate bonds. Many investors have embraced junk bonds as quasi-hybrid investment, a bridge between equities [...]

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The Coming Bond ETF Boom

by Michael Johnston on September 14, 2009

Despite my best efforts, I doubt we’ll ever see a definitive end to the debate over active stock picking versus passive indexing. Both sides have their staunch advocates, and in a strange way, both strategies need each other to survive.
Maybe the fixed income space will be different.
Last month, the Wall Street Journal’s Sam Mamudi covered [...]

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Don’t Put All Your AGG’s In One Basket

by Michael Johnston on August 27, 2009

As the ETF industry has expanded in recent years, a significant percentage of the expansion has come from equity ETFs embracing new regions and investment styles and from commodity funds offering small investors exposure to resources that were previously available only to the ultra-rich (although position limits are threatening to restrict access to numerous commodity [...]

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