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Just over three years ago, BlackRock, Inc.'s (NYSE: BLK) iShares unit, the world's largest issuer of exchange-traded funds, created the iShares Core Series, then a suite of 10 ETFs aimed at cost-conscious, long-term investors. Comprised of four new and six existing funds, one of the pillars...

After adding $19 billion last month, exchange-traded products trading in the United States, including ETFs and exchange-traded notes (ETNs) have hauled in $145 billion in new assets through the first nine months of this year – a record for that time frame, according to ETFGI, a London-based...

Despite global volatility and a lack of clarity regarding when the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates, U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds continue to gather assets at breakneck speed. After adding $19 billion last month, exchange-traded products trading in the United States, including ETFs...

In an average year, roughly 200 new exchange-traded products come to market, but few new ETFs come courtesy of Vanguard, the second-largest U.S. ETF issuer behind BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK)'s iShares. Count Tuesday as an exception, because Vanguard did launch a new ETF. The Vanguard Tax-Exempt...

Centene Corp (NYSE: CNC) will see widening margins as it expands into the fast-growing market for those patients receiving government health benefits who require particularly complex care, an analyst said Monday. Last week, the St. Louis-based managed care company that specializes in Medicare and...

Recently, there has been a shift within the personal financial world nudging investors away from traditional advisors to digitalized guides. Robo-advisors, these new financial management services, minimize or entirely eliminate the human financial advisor aspect of asset managing. While robo-...

The title of world's largest bond mutual fund could soon be changing hands, according to a report Friday. Current title-holder Pacific Investment Management Co.'s Total Return Fund (MUTF:PTTRX) is teetering, with withdrawals of $7.3 billion in March, The Wall Street Journal reported....

February was a volatile month for interest rates and asset classes traditionally linked to machinations in the bond markets. The CBOE Interest Rate 10 Year Note (INDEX: TNX) spiked from a low of 1.67 percent to a high of 2.00 percent last month amid a strong bid for stocks. This spike higher in...

The world of income investing is primarily split between high-yield stocks and those that are consistently growing their dividends. The latter category exhibits companies with consistent profits and growth that are able to reliably return capital to shareholders in ever-increasing amounts....

This weekend in Barron's online: a special report on the best mutual fund families, an interview with a noted critic of Vladimir Putin, as well as the prospects for AbbVie, Vantiv, Actuant, Ecolab and more. Cover Story "Dressing Up 2014" by Lawrence C. Strauss. This week's...

The more recent trend in fund flows has shown that ETF investors are a cost-conscious group. Firms such as Vanguard and Charles Schwab have built successful brands in this industry on the back of rock bottom expense ratios to enhance value for the end-user. After all, lower fees entail a higher...

Dom Einhorn, Founder of Born2Invest, likes to say that you should always be paid to own an investment. For stocks, that means that it must pay a dividend. When owning equities such as Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), and Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) long term investors profit from...

Vanguard, the third-largest U.S. ETF sponsor, said it will reverse split the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: VOO) on a one-for-two basis. VOO will begin trading on a split adjusted basis on October 24, 2013, said Vanguard in a statement. Vanguard expects the split to lower the overall...

Vanguard, the Pennsylvania-based ETF and mutual fund issuer known for the low costs of its funds, announced Monday it had $281 billion in global ETF assets under management. The firm offers ETFs in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Europe and added Hong Kong listings in May. "Investors worldwide...

The Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE: VWO) officially begins life without any exposure to South Korea today when the ETF transitions to the FTSE Emerging Index. Last October, Vanguard stunned the ETF community when it said it would move 22 of its ETFs that tracked MSCI indexes to other...