MarketsMuse blog update highlights the must watch ETFs for the first week of June. The ETFs range from health care, to oil, the Japanese Yen. This update is courtesy of the Benzinga's author, David Fabian, and his article, "Healthcare, Yen And Oil ETFs To Watch This Week", with an excerpt from the…Read More

MarketsMuse ETF update profiles a story that is now official: exchange-traded funds have surpassed mutual funds for being the most popular investment vehicle for investment advisers. Extract below courtesy of reporting by Chuck Jaffe/MarketWatch.com A nail gun is a handy tool, so long as you’re not shooting yourself in the…Read More

MarketsMuse blog update profiles a new ETF, Global X YieldCo Index ETF (NasdaqGM: YLCO), which launched, Thursday, May 28, 2015. The ETF, YLCO, comes from a new kind of asset called YieldCos that aim to provide a steadier income to investors through assets from the renewable energy industry. YLCO tracks the Indxx Global YieldCo…Read More

MarketsMuse blog update profiles the best ETFs to invest in according to Zacks Equity Research to become the next Warren Buffett. The ETFs range from technology, to financial, to consumer. This MarketsMuse update is courtesy of Zacks Equity Research article, "Follow Warren Buffett with These Stocks and ETFs", with an excerpt below.  Everybody…Read More

While many are looking to move away from coal as a power source, such as China, the coal ETF, Market Vectors-Coal ETF (NYSEArca: KOL) and recently launched coal ETF, GreenHaven Coal Fund (NYSEArca:TONS), have to continued to demonstrate that trend as their fires dim down to a mere dust.  This MarketsMuse update profiles the dim outlook two…Read More

MarketsMuse blog update profiles the rebalancing that the Direxion iBillionaire Index ETF has been doing and this time investing much of its energy in health care. This MarketsMuse update is courtesy of Benzinga's article, "Billionaire-Tracking ETF Just Bulked Up On Health Car". An excerpt of the article highlighting the rebalance is below.…Read More

MarketsMuse ETF update profiles just-passed-by-Congress legislation that offers a sigh of relief for broker-dealers who aspire to frame ETF recommendations within the context of research (which might qualify them for ‘buyside research votes’), but have held back from issuing a buy, sell or hold recommendation for ETFs out of fear…Read More

MarketsMuse ETF department extends our congrats to exchange-traded fund guru Matt Hougan in connection with announcement this week that Matt has been elevated to the role of CEO of industry platform ETF.com. ETF.com, the world’s leading authority on ETFs, named Matt Hougan, a longtime veteran in the world of exchange-traded…Read More

After a hot take off for the ETF, JETS, MarketsMuse blog update profiles the plunge airline stocks and ETFs have seen in the recent weeks ahead the summer season, which will then hopefully bring another boost to the stocks and ETFs. This blog update is courtesy of Zacks Research article, "Air Stocks…Read More

After months of warnings from market watchers, the Chinese solar stock, Hanergy Thin Film Power Group, started to set on a pretty powerful year so far. MarketsMuse blog update profiles the effects this Chinese stock has had on the Guggenheim ETF, which MarketsMuse has profiled before. This MarketsMuse update is…Read More

After a few rough years for gold as investors shifted other asset equities, things are starting to look up, especially for one ETF in particular. MarketsMuse blog update profiles Gartman Gold/Yen ETF (GYEN)  as one of the best ETFs to invest in for gold options. This update is courtesy of Zacks' Equity Research article,…Read More

MarketsMuse blog update profiles asset manager Nuveen Investments quietly returning to the world of ETFs.  This MarketsMuse blog update is courtesy of ETFTrends Tom Lydon's article, "Nuveen Tiptoes Back Into ETFs", with an excerpt below.  After departing the exchange traded funds business in 2002, Nuveen Investments has returned in quiet…Read More

MarketsMuse ETF and Fixed Income departments merge to profile trend on part of fixed-income focused hedge funds and institutional fund managers to use ETFs to express their bets on corporate bonds. This MarketsMuse blog update is courtesy of Bloomberg's Lisa Abramowicz and her article, "A $200 Million Hedge-Fund Trade in Your…Read More

The barrier to entry for issuers of ETFs keeps getting lower. What used to cost anywhere between $1mil-$5mil and many months of filing paper work to create and finally launch a new ETF, now, for just only $100k (before marketing/advertising costs), you too can launch an exchange-traded fund in under…Read More

MarketsMuse ETF update profiles the risks associated with tact-strategists over-trading exchange-traded products and the costs associated with using ETFs as trading products vs. investment products. Below extract is courtesy of Jason Zweig WSJ Weekend edition. When hiring people who call themselves strategists, be aware that some act more like tacticians…Read More

MarketsMuse ETF and Fixed Income departments merge and gives credit to Morgan Stanley as they raise their own ETF flag with an innovative idea to package a single corporate bond issuer’s debt into one neat package so that ETF investors can express their bets on the issuer’s outstanding credit… Here’s…Read More

MarketsMuse ETF “What’s Next?” update profiling 2 new market volatility trackers from AccuShares with a revised approach to VIX that seeks to mitigate the contango concerns and compares these pending products to the frequently discussed, but often misunderstood tracker CBOE Volatility Index. This post is courtesy of coverage from CNBC’s…Read More

MarketsMuse ETF update profiles a novel “payment-for-order-flow” approach on the part of ETF issuers who vie to whoo broker-dealers to promote their products to investors. Eaton Vance Corp. said Thursday it may help brokerages foot the bill to make its new type of actively managed exchange-traded products, called NextShares, available…Read More