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As the ETF industry has grown by leaps and bounds over the past few years, innovation has been a recurring theme in the space. Although some of the new exchange-traded products now hitting the market offer access to “plain vanilla” asset classes and indexes, the ETF expansion has been fueled primarily by first-to-market products that open up new asset classes and investment strategies. From leveraged platinum and palladium ETNs to Australian Bonds to soybeans, 2011 has been a year of firsts in the ETF industry [see Six Noteworthy ETF Innovations].

As a result of this trend, ETFs have become increasingly specialized, granular tools. The vast majority of exchange-traded products now available to U.S. investors are likely of little or no use to those with a buy-and-hold strategy; much of the ETP universe is simply too targeted for those with a long-term time horizon. But these products are powerful tactical tools to more active advisors and individuals looking to implement shorter-term tilts towards asset classes believed to be poised for short-term outperformance, and the wave of new launches in recent years has added a number of precise tools to the toolbox [see 25 Things Every Financial Advisor Should Know About ETFs] . [click to continue…]

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Ten ETFs No One Is Thankful For

by on November 9, 2011

The ETF industry has grown by leaps and bounds over the last five years and innovation across products has brought forth a multitude of previously inaccessible investment strategies to mainstream investors. Aside from the vast expansion in the exchange-traded product universe, the last five years have been nothing short of a roller coaster ride. Global financial markets witnessed an unprecedented economic downturn after the collapse of the U.S. housing market, only to stage a truly remarkable recovery in the years following.

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Tech ETFs In Focus: Highlighting Some Hyper-Targeted Options

by on July 27, 2011

The growth of the ETP lineup to 1,300 products and beyond has been fueled largely by the development–and success–of funds other than the “plain vanilla” offerings that offer exposure to well known stock and bond indexes. As the ETF industry has grown in size, it has also become more granular in nature; many of the [...]

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Highlighting The PIIGS ETFs

by on June 16, 2011

While reports of jobless rates in the U.S. or the pace of inflation in China occasionally pop to the top of the headlines, the last several months have seen the spotlight focused on European markets as the continent continues to battle a debt crisis that has threatened to derail a fragile economic recovery. While the [...]

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Nanotechnology ETF: Will Small Science Lead To Big Gains?

by on December 15, 2009

In much the same way that the rise of the Internet has changed the world over the past two decades, nanotechnology may shape the way we live over the next twenty years. Nanotechnology, technically speaking, is the engineering of functional systems at the molecular scale, the study of matter that is roughly 100 nanometers or [...]

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Definitive Guide To Semiconductor ETFs: Semiconductor ETFs 101

by on November 19, 2009 | Updated December 7, 2009

For investors looking to make a play on the technology sector through ETFs, there are a number of options offering varying degrees of exposure. The PowerShares QQQ Trust (QQQQ) tracks the Nasdaq 100 Index, meaning it is tilted heavily towards the technology sector (about 65% of its holdings), but maintains moderate exposure to health care [...]

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Does RIMM’s Slump Signal Trouble For Tech ETFs?

by on September 25, 2009 | Updated September 29, 2009

Research in Motion (RIMM), the Canadian maker of the popular Blackberry device, is taking a beating today, with its shares down more than 15% in early trading. The company reported weaker than expected revenue for the quarter ended in August and gave disappointing earnings guidance for the upcoming third. The news sparked a host of [...]

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