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

Michael Johnston — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:42:04 +0000

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. An academic study titled “Would A Stock By Any Other Ticker Smell As Sweet?” (PDF) examined the performance of “clever ticker” stocks such as Southwest (LUV), Internet America (GEEK), Lion Country Safari (GRRR), and Explosive Fabricators (BOOM). This study uncovered that between 1984 and 2004, “a portfolio of clever-ticker stocks would have beaten the market by a substantial and statistically significant margin, contradicting the efficient market hypothesis.” Theories [...]

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Seven Most Anticipated New ETFs Of 2010

Michael Johnston — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:00:09 +0000

Last year saw the continuation of the ETF industry’s impressive rise, with more than 100 new products hitting the market and a handful of new issuers entering into the arena. While many of the new exchange-traded products are “plain vanilla” funds that will compete directly with existing products, we also saw a number of truly innovative products that expanded the universe of asset classes available to all classes of investors. The last year has seen the introduction of sector-specific emerging markets and China ETFs, active bond funds from PIMCO, state-specific ETFs, and ETNs linked to the CBOE Volatility Index (better known as the VIX), just to name a few. And for all the talk about saturation in the ETF industry, most of the funds launched last year performed pretty well (see the top ten most successful new ETFs from 2009). At the recent Inside ETFs Conference in Florida, nearly every [...]

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Ten Most Successful New ETFs Of 2009

Michael Johnston — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:23:27 +0000

As the ETF industry has continued its rapid expansion, there has been much debate surrounding the sustainability of the current growth and the potential saturation of the market. The first ETFs were relatively simple products, offering exposure to the world’s most widely-followed equity benchmarks. But the last ten years have seen hundreds of new ETFs hit the market that go far beyond “plain vanilla.” Leveraged ETFs, intelligent indexing, exchange-traded commodities, and actively-managed funds are just a few of the innovations the industry has seen. Some believe that the ETF industry has gone into “absolute overdrive.” Others think that any reports of an ETF issuance bubble have been greatly exaggerated. While there are some valid points made on both sides, it is perhaps best to let the numbers decide. According to the latest data from the National Stock Exchange, more than 120 exchange-traded products have been launched this year, covering a [...]

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Low Cost ETFs: Complete List Of The Cheapest Exchange-Traded Funds

Michael Johnston — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:15:04 +0000

The reasons for the rise of the ETF industry are numerous: intraday liquidity, (potentially) superior tax efficiency, and enhanced transparency relative to traditional actively-managed mutual funds have all contributed to the billions of dollars of inflows that these funds have seen in recent years. But the real attraction for most ETF investors is the reduced expenses these products offer, often only a fraction of the fees charged by mutual funds. But between ETFs, expense ratios can vary significantly, ranging from 0.08% (for several Schwab ETFs) to a whopping 1.50% (for the DENT actively-managed ETF). For investors looking to minimize expenses and pursue an indexing strategy in favor of active management, investing in ETFs is only the first step. In order to assist cost-conscious investors, we’ve assembled the cheapest ETF options for almost every asset class and sub-asset class. Each of the 900-plus ETFs currently included in the ETF Screener were [...]

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November ETF Roundup: Launches, Filings, and Closures

Michael Johnston — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:19:26 +0000

The ETF industry picked up steam in November, with several highly-anticipated funds coming to market and multiple issuers disclosing new details on innovative products that could be launched in 2010. The biggest news for the month was the entrance of Charles Schwab into the industry with the launch of four ETFs in early November. Debuting with a competitive cost structure, Schwab has made big inroads in the ETF industry already, racking up almost $150 million in assets already. But Schwab’s arrival was hardly the extent of the new developments in the ETF industry for November. Other highlights include: PIMCO continues to be extremely active, opening the month with the launch of two new Treasury ETFs (ZROZ and FIVZ) to complement existing products (TENZ and TUZ). In mid-November, the bond fund giant launched its first actively-managed short maturity ETF, MINT. The company closed out November with its second actively-managed ETF, MUNI. [...]

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PIMCO Launches MUNI Bond ETF

Michael Johnston — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:40:53 +0000

PIMCO, the Newport Beach, California-based bond fund giant, launched its latest exchange-traded fund on Wednesday, the Intermediate Municipal Bond Strategy Fund. The new ETF, which comes with an expense ratio of 35 basis points, will trade under the ticker MUNI, which was somehow still available. The ETF will be managed by John Cummings, the company’s executive vice president and head of PIMCO’s municipal bond desk. MUNI will be benchmarked against the Barclays Capital 1-15 Year Municipal Bond Index, and will invest in a portfolio of bonds that are of high credit quality, intermediate duration, and carry interest payments exempt from federal tax. Why Municipal Bonds? Despite the massive size of the municipal bond market, currently more than $2.6 trillion (PDF), there are only 13 other ETFs in our National Munis ETFdb Category with a combined $5.4 billion in assets under management (which equates to less than 0.21% of the total [...]

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Pimco Boosts ETF Presence

Michael Johnston — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:02:08 +0000

Pimco, the Newport Beach, California-based bond fund giant, is quickly expanding its presence in the ETF arena. Three months ago, Pimco was watching from the sidelines as iShares continued to show its dominance in the fixed income ETF space. With the launch of three additional ETFs this month, Pimco’s product line now consists of five funds, and is likely to continue to expand. Pimco’s ETFs include: Pimco 7-15 Year U.S. Treasury Index Fund (TENZ) Pimco 15+ Year U.S. TIPS Index Fund (LTPZ) Pimco Broad U.S. TIPS Index Fund (TIPZ) Pimco 1-5 Year U.S. TIPS Index Fund (STPZ) Pimco 1-3 Year U.S. Treasury Index Fund (TUZ) Behind the scenes, Pimco is continuing to prepare for additional fund launches, but it appears that the firm has concentrated for now on boosting its line of inflation-protected securities. As worries about the intermediate to long-term consequences of the massive stimulus packages implemented around the [...]

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TIPS From PIMCO: Bond Giant’s Latest ETF Offering

Michael Johnston — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:53:11 +0000

Pimco, which made major waves when it launched its first exchange-traded fund in June, has introduced its second fund, the Pimco 1-5 Year U.S. TIPS Index Fund (STPZ). When Pimco filed to launch its 1-3 Year U.S. Treasury Fund (TUZ), it also filed for approval on six additional indexed ETFs, including: 3-7 Year Treasury Index Fund 7-15 Year Treasury Index Fund 15+ Year Treasury Index Fund Broad U.S. TIPS Index Fund Short Maturity U.S. TIPS Index Fund Long Maturity U.S. TIPS Index Fund Not surprisingly, Pimco has elected to launch the short maturity U.S. TIPS product as its second ETF. With concerns about the intermediate- and long-term impacts of the massive stimulus plans implemented by the U.S. and other developed nations, many investors are bracing for a wave of inflation (we’re not talking about the just the high end of the Fed’s “comfort zone” either). The TIPS ETF arena is [...]

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More Vanguard Bond ETFs On The Way

Michael Johnston — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:19:51 +0000

In perhaps a sign of things to come in the ETF industry, Vanguard has filed a registration statement with the SEC for seven new bond index funds, more than doubling the Valley Forge, Pennsylvania-based firm’s existing bond lineup. According to Index Universe, the proposed ETFs are: Vanguard Short-Term Government Bond Index Fund Vanguard Intermediate-Term Government Bond Index Fund Vanguard Long-Term Government Bond Index Fund Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund The size of the bond ETF market currently pales in comparison to the equity market: recently there were about 600 equity ETFs available in our ETF screener compared to only about 70 fixed income funds. Such an imbalance leads me to believe that we are going to see a number of new bond ETFs hitting the market in coming months. Crowded Market The [...]

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