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Vanguard keeps bolstering its reputation as one of the low-cost leaders among ETF issuers. Just days after the Pennsylvania-based firm announced lower fees for the popular Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSE: VYM), the company unveiled lower expense ratios on eight other ETFs. Included in the...

Vanguard, the third-largest U.S. ETF issuer, announced that has slightly lowered the annual expense ratio on the popular Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSE: VYM). The new expense ratio on the ETF is 0.1 percent per year, down from 0.13 percent, according to a statement issued by Vanguard....

The Sharpe ratio, a risk measurement and management tool named for Nobel laureate William F. Sharpe, is as easy to explain as it is important. At its core, the Sharpe Ratio tells investors whether a portfolio's success is due to savvy investment decisions or taking on unnecessary risk. Calculated...

The largest emerging markets ETF by assets has started its well-documented transition to a new index. On Thursday, the Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE: VWO) changed its name to the Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF. "VWO" remains the ETF's ticker. In October 2012, Vanguard, the third-...

On the heels of a pre-Christmas announcement that saw the firm, lower fees on a variety of bond and broader market equity ETFs, Vanguard said today it will lower fees on its 10 sector ETFs. The news is significant because prior to today, State Street's (NYSE: STT) State Street Global Advisors unit...

Not surprisingly, Vanguard, the third-largest U.S. ETF sponsor, has something to say about the ongoing 2012 ETF fee battle. Pennsylvania-based, known for being one of the ETF industry's low-cost leaders, announced fee reductions for 11 of its ETFs. The fee reductions took effect last week,...

With inflows to U.S.-listed exchange-traded products on pace for a record year, another interesting, but related story is developing. Vanguard's three-year reign as the top gatherer of ETF assets is in danger. BlackRock's (NYSE: BLK) iShares unit, the world's largest ETF sponsor, holds a slight...

By now, most ETF investors probably know that the Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE: VWO), the largest emerging markets ETF by assets, will drop the MSCI index it currently uses in favor of an equivalent index from FTSE Group. The change, scheduled to take place next year, is noteworthy for...

One of the big ETF stories of this week is news that the Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE: VWO) hemorrhaged $887 million in assets last month. Do not shed any tears for VWO. This is still the largest emerging markets ETF and the third-largest U.S.-listed by assets with $56.8 billion,...

ETFs tracking South Korean equities are defying logic these days. With the Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE: VWO), the largest emerging markets ETF by assets, poised to drop the MSCI Emerging Markets Index next year in favor of the FTSE Group equivalent, some analysts and investors expected...

Vanguard, the third-largest U.S. ETF issuer and largest gatherer of assets in 2012, has proven adept at entering niches of the ETF space previously dominated by rivals. From broad market funds to dividend ETFs, late entry has not hindered the Pennsylvania-based firms ascent to ETF royalty. Still...

On Monday, BlackRock's (NYSE: BLK) iShares unit, the world's largest ETF sponsor, made perfectly clear to the ETF industry that it is not taking its rivalry with Vanguard, or any other firm for that matter, lightly. In what is arguably the biggest news of the year in the exchange-trade products...

Just this month, Vanguard has directly and indirectly rocked the ETF world twice. On October 2, Vanguard, the third-largest U.S. issuer, announced it would drop MSCI (NYSE: MSCI) on 22 of its ETFs. On Monday, BlackRock's (NYSE: BLK) iShares unit, the world's largest ETF sponsor, announced...

BlackRock (NYSE: BLK), the world's largest asset management firm and parent company of the iShares ETF sponsor, is firing back at Vanguard in what is fast becoming the most heated rivalry in the exchange-traded products industry. On Monday afternoon, headlines hit the wires that BlackRock is...