Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

How To Profit From the Surprisingly Red Hot Initial Public Offering Market

For all of the hand wringing about the weak start to the stock market this year, initial public...

Streamlined Investing with Vanguard’s Exchange-Traded Funds

Vanguard generally claims lower ETF expense ratios than its peers, aided by tapping tax-management strategies that normally are...

Increasing Income with iShares Dividend ETFs

iShares has more than 600 funds globally that give investors exposure to equities, fixed income and commodities.

A Brief History of Exchange-Traded Funds

What company pioneered the concept of trading a bundle of stocks in the form of a fund, as...

A Broad, Big-Picture Investment in Commodities

While a baker may have opinions about the source of his grain or a rocket engineer may carefully...

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Where Metals are Going in 2014

DBB is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that offers a way to tap into the prospects of several key...

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Wall Street Regulator Fines Stifel, Century over Risky ETF Sales

Brokerage units of Stifel Financial Corp will pay more than $1 million to settle civil charges alleging they...

Why Nuclear Energy Could be an Investment to Keep an Eye On

Approximately 13% of the world’s energy needs currently are met by nuclear power plants, with leading users including...

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How to Profit from Soybeans

As a commodity, soybeans are ubiquitous in the American food supply. Soybeans appear as protein-rich flour in processed...

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What You Can Learn from 2013’s Best ETF Developments

The past 12 months have been another banner year for exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but what were the best...