Courtesy of Tom Lydon and ETFTrends   The long term outlook for potable water remains uncertain, but the prospects for water becoming a valued commodity is not a matter of if, just a matter of when as the global population rises. “The increasing need for fresh water has emerged in…Read More

Courtesy of Olly Ludwig Invesco PowerShares filed regulatory paperwork to bring to market a short-term global bond exchange-traded fund focused on high-yield credits, its second filing this month detailing a short-dated bond fund after it put one into registration two weeks ago focused on investment-grade debt. Together the two proposed funds…Read More

Courtesy of Tom-Steinert-Threkeld Nasdaq OMX Group plans to re-launch its PSX exchange as a "better trading venue" for exchange-traded funds, notes and other related products, as early as next month. The exchange will execute trades in all National Market System securities, but will give special incentives to retail and institutional investors to…Read More

Refreshing Market Commentary courtesy of Ron Quigley, Mgn.Dir./Head of U.S. Syndicate Desk & Primary Sales for Mischler Financial Group. With Washington in full-out gridlock, Americans should be turning to the best national news, namely corporate profits.  Corporations are driving the resurgence in equity markets posting overall fabulous earnings.  The flight…Read More

Courtesy of Max Chen ALPS Portfolio Solutions has launched a new exchange traded fund that provides investors with income through selling put options on the largest U.S. stocks with the highest volatility. The U.S. Equity High Volatility Put Write Index Fund (NYSEArca: HVPW) tries to reflect the performance of the…Read More

Courtesy of John Spence, ETF Trends The percentage of ETF trading relative to overall volume tends to shoot higher in headline-driven markets when asset classes are moving together on macroeconomic or political events. That’s exactly what happened on Monday when global markets swooned on fears parliamentary elections in Italy will…Read More

   Courtesy of "The ETF Professor"--his work appears courtesy of Benzinga.com, and is also re-distributed through leading publishers Conservative investors and risk-takers alike have been rewarded for owning U.S. health care stocks and ETFs focusing on those names in recent years. The data supports that assertion. A look at three…Read More

Courtesy of Carolyn Pairitz While the U.S. markets continue their bull run to baffle even the best investors on Wall Street, the ETF market has started to take off in the last two weeks, with a number of new funds entering the space. After the slow down of new funds…Read More

Courtesy of the ETF Professor at Benzinga.com The $28 billion purchase of ketchup king H.J. Heinz (NYSE: HNZ) by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) and Brazilian financier Jorge Paulo Lemann has had a predictable result. Traders and investors want to know who is next; what company will be Buffett's…Read More

Courtesy of Lisa Abramowicz The biggest buyers of junk bonds are in retreat as exchange-traded funds suffer unprecedented withdrawals with the debt facing its first losses in eight months. The outflows sent the combined value of the five biggest junk-debt funds down 7 percent from a four-month high in January…Read More

Courtesy of Olly Ludwig Sooner or later the bond market is going to start falling, and a perfect exchange-traded vehicle to play the unraveling of the more than three-decade rally in fixed-income markets is “LQD,” a corporate bond fund that happens to be one of the largest fixed-income ETF in…Read More

Courtesy of Brad Zigler. This article first appeared in the February 2013 issue of REP/WealthManagement.com. In 2013, the market for alternative investment exchange-traded products seems to revolve around one word. That word is “hedge.” Judging by their proportion of regulatory filings and launches last quarter, product sponsors are keen on…Read More

Courtesy of MarketsMedia.com The burgeoning exchange-traded funds sector in Europe is expected to grow still further in the coming years, after the industry recently celebrated its 20th birthday. ETFs, which are funds that track baskets of shares, bonds or commodities and are traded like stocks, were invented in 1993 in…Read More

Courtesy of Cinthia Murphy and Olly Ludwig Credit Suisse on Tuesday launched its Credit Suisse Gold Shares Covered Call ETN (NasdaqGM: GLDI), a strategy that provides long exposure to physical gold coupled with an overlay of call options. The ETN, comes with an annual expense ratio of 0.65 percent, will…Read More

Courtesy of Tom Lydon Exchange traded funds are one of the most popular vehicles that investors are using to buy stocks. Passive funds tracking U.S. stocks are gaining popularity as equity markets are on the mend, according to BlackRock’s chief executive. “What we are seeing, and the industry overall, are…Read More

Editor Note: MarketsMuse strongly advocates President Obama's recently-proposed gun control legislation. The following article is consistent with our focus to remain fair and unbalanced while re-distributing relevant, 3rd party news stories impacting the ETF and options marketplaces. They say that there is an exchange traded fund for just about every…Read More

Courtesy of John Spence Junk bond ETFs have enjoyed four solid years of returns while investors’ hunger for income-producing assets has pushed the sector’s yields down near record-low levels. As 2013 gets underway, some investors are again wondering if high-yield corporate debt is overvalued after such a strong run. The…Read More

(Reuters) - BlackRock Inc has won the bidding for Credit Suisse Group AG's European exchange-traded fund business, according to a source familiar with the situation. The deal is expected to be announced shortly, said the source, who declined to be identified because the deal is not yet public. The value…Read More