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Schwab Slashes Expenses; Now Offers Cheapest Dividend ETF

Michael Johnston — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:00:38 +0000

Charles Schwab continued the ETF industry’s downward pressure on fees by announcing last week that it is drastically reducing the expense ratios charged by several of its exchange-traded products. Schwab, which pioneered the concept of commission-free trading for ETFs within the last few years, joins a long list of issuers who have reduced fees in an effort to woo cost conscious investors. Though Schwab ETFs generally maintain low expense ratios to begin with, some of the cuts were substantial. For example, expenses on the Schwab Equity Income ETF (SCHD) declined by more than 50%, dropping from 0.17% to 0.07%. That makes SCHD the cheapest dividend ETF, surpassing Vanguard’s VIG and VYM. Schwab is now home to the cheapest ETFs on the market as well; both the Multi Cap Core ETF (SCHB) and Large Cap Core ETF (SCHX)will have expense ratios of just four basis points. Previously, those ETFs charges 0.06% in [...]

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5 Gold Metal ETFs For The 2012 Olympics

Stoyan Bojinov — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:00:22 +0000

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games have been a spectacle of fierce competition and a seemingly never-ending journey in pushing the limits of the human body. This year’s games, which began on July 27 and officially end on August 12, have effortlessly captured our attention as athletes from 204 nations have gathered to compete in 26 sports. With everyone eager to see athletes going for the gold medal, we’ve decided to tap into our Olympic spirit by highlighting five A+ rated ETFs that deliver exposure to foreign equity markets [see also 3 Reasons Why Gold Is Overvalued]. The ETFs profiled below are deemed to be “gold medal worthy” as evaluated by our ETFdb Realtime Ratings; this is a rules-based framework for evaluating the efficiency of exchange-traded products. Similar to how the various events in track and field narrow down the list of the fastest people in each particular race, ETFdb Realtime Ratings objectively compare exchange-traded products with similar objectives. So just like [...]

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Two More AlphaDEX ETFs Begin Trading

Michael Johnston — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:00:08 +0000

First Trust launched two more international AlphaDEX ETFs this week, on the heels of the debut of seven country-specific funds that employ the proprietary stock selection methodology [see AlphaDEX ETFdb Portfolio]. The new ETFs will offer broad exposure to emerging and developed markets outside the U.S., focusing specifically on small cap stocks in those segments: Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (FEMS) Developed Markets ex-U.S. Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (FDTS) Last year, First Trust debuted ETFs targeting these same markets that generally focus on larger companies. The First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX (FEM) has assets of about $43 million, while the Developed Markets ex-U.S. AlphaDEX Fund (FDT) has about $33 million. Both of those ETFs started trading in April 2011. Under The Hood FEMS is linked to the Defined Emerging Markets Small Cap Index, a benchmark that selects small cap emerging markets stocks based on their score on a variety [...]

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May ETFdb Category Kings: Best Performing ETFs

Michael Johnston — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:00:43 +0000

The month of May was a generally disappointing stretch for investors, as both international and domestic equity markets struggled to overcome obstacles new and old. Commodities, which had been a nice source of absolute returns for much of the last year, fell on hard times as well; precious metals went into a brief freefall, and most other natural resources saw price declines as well. May demonstrated the importance of a meaningful allocation to fixed income within any long-term portfolio, as most bond ETFs turned in nice gains during the month. The following tables highlight the best performers from each ETFdb Category during the month of May [ETFdb Pro members can download spreadsheets showing performance and expense data for the entire ETF universe]. Equity ETFs Though most equity ETFs finished May in negative territory, there were a handful of bright spots among the hundreds of ETFs that slice and dice the [...]

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January ETF Roundup: Launches, Filings, and Closures

Michael Johnston — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:00:20 +0000

After adding more than 100 new funds and taking in nearly $120 billion in cash in 2009, it seemed that the ETF industry would be hard-pressed to match that impressive pace in 2010. But an action-packed January that saw more than a dozen new funds, setting a pace that would shatter last year’s expansion. The ETF screener now contains more than 940 funds, and could surpass the 1,000 ETF mark in the second quarter. New ETFs Highlights from the more than 20 new ETFs to hit the market in January included: WisdomTree got the ball rolling with its International Hedged Equity Fund (HEDJ), the first ETF to offer international equity exposure while neutralizing the impact of currency movements on overall returns. HEDJ offers exposure to the EAFE region without the currency risk that can increase return volatility. After an extended review process, ETF Securities introduced the Physical Platinum Shares (PPLT) [...]

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Schwab Launches New Emerging Markets (SCHE), International Small Cap (SCHC) ETFs

Michael Johnston — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:15:22 +0000

Charles Schwab, the long time discount broker that made its initial foray into the ETF market late last year, is expand its ETF product line with the addition of two new funds: the Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF (SCHE) and the Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF (SCHC). These new ETFs join Schwab’s International Equity ETF (SCHF), along with four existing products focusing on domestic markets. The goal of SCHC is to track the FTSE Developed Small Cap ex-US Liquid index, a benchmark that focuses on small capitalization companies outside of the U.S. that are in the bottom 10% of market capitalization but with a minimum free float capitalization of $150 million. As of last year, the index contained 1,820 stocks in 23 developed markets. SCHE seeks to track the FTSE All Emerging Index, which is composed of large and medium sized companies in 20 different emerging markets and currently includes [...]

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Schwab Launches Two Large Cap ETFs

Michael Johnston — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:59:32 +0000

Charles Schwab has expanded its line of low cost ETFs from four to six, adding the Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF (SCHG) and Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETF (SCHV) to its lineup on Friday. Similar to the four funds launched in November, these large cap ETFs can be bought and sold commission free online in Schwab accounts. Schwab’s initial four funds had included a large cap (SCHX), broad market (SCHB), small cap (SCHA), and international equity (SCHF) ETFs. “Individual investors and investment advisors count on Schwab for products which provide exceptional value, and our clients have indicated an interest in ETFs as a way to invest in and trade entire segments of the market,” said Peter Crawford, senior vice president at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. “These two new ETFs allow investors to tilt their portfolios based on whichever style, growth or value, they think will lead the market in [...]

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Schwab ETFs Could Be A Gamechanger

Michael Johnston — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:00:18 +0000

Charles Schwab, one of the country’s largest asset managers with more than $200 billion in assets under management, has made quite an entrance into the ETF arena. The San Francisco-based company announced the launch of its first eight exchange-traded funds, including four that will begin trading on Tuesday. Each of the exchange-traded products from Schwab will compete directly with ETFs already offered by the “big 3″ of the ETF industry – iShares, Vanguard, and State Street – including some of the largest and most liquid ETFs on the market. The four ETFs set to begin trading on Tuesday include: Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF (SCHB): Tracks the Dow Jones U.S. Broad Stock Market Index Schwab U.S. Large Cap ETF (SCHX): Tracks the Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index Schwab U.S. Small Cap ETF (SCHA): Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Total Stock Market Index Schwab International Equity ETF (SCHF): FTSE [...]

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