ETF

BlackRock, whose ETFs are almost all backed by the stocks, bonds or commodities they seek to track, has been campaigning for more disclosure by derivatives-based funds and has urged regulators to ban the use of the term ETF for those funds.

BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

BlackRock, whose ETFs are almost all backed by the stocks, bonds or commodities they seek to track, has been campaigning for more disclosure by derivatives-based funds and has urged regulators to ban the use of the term ETF for those funds.

BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

BlackRock, whose ETFs are almost all backed by the stocks, bonds or commodities they seek to track, has been campaigning for more disclosure by derivatives-based funds and has urged regulators to ban the use of the term ETF for those funds.

BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

Alerian MLP ETF (symbol AMLP) has a serious tax flaw: Because investment companies may not hold more than 25 percent of their assets in partnerships, the ETF is not legally a mutual fund but rather a corporation.

The promise and peril of master limited partnerships R. Kosnett 2010

'Great Placeholder'"The ETF is a great placeholder because it's low cost, you can get in and out relatively easily, and you can get pretty much exactly the exposure you want," says Timothy Strauts, an ETF analyst at investment researcher Morningstar Inc.

Tax-Saving Trades Jonathan Burton 2010

Because an ETF is traded on the stock exchanges, it's priced every second of the trading day by buyers and sellers.

What the heck is an ETF anyway? 2010

Like a mutual fund, an ETF is a portfolio of securities.

What the heck is an ETF anyway? 2010

Not all of the growth in ETF assets is from individual investors.

Is an ETF the right investment for you? Look beyond the hype 2010

The only publicly traded pure-play ETF sponsor, WisdomTree recently eclipsed $7.5 billion in ETF assets under management across 43 current products.

Uncertain Future for Tiny ETFs Ari I. Weinberg 2010

The standard ETF is currently around $175 to $200.

Verizon Wireless doubles early termination fee 2009

Katie Greifeld: Yeah. So, there’s been kind of this ticker gray market to emerge, specifically for ETFs, because tickers really matter. I mean, it’s the three-to-four-letter symbol that identify stocks and funds. And in the story, we included a 2019 study by Pomona College which found that tickers that are actual English words, they tend to be easier to trade and they have greater liquidity, lower spreads, and they’re more popular with individual investors, with retail traders. Ryssdal: Right. ETFs, we should say, are essentially mutual funds that trade like stocks, just so nobody gets confused.

Marketplace - Business news and economic stories for everyone. Kai Ryssdal 2023

What Is an ETF? An exchange traded fund (ETF) is a type of security that tracks an index, sector, commodity, or other asset, but which can be purchased or sold on a stock exchange the same way a regular stock can. An ETF can be structured to track anything from the price of an individual commodity to a large and diverse collection of securities. ETFs can even be structured to track specific investment strategies. A well-known example is the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY), which tracks the S&P 500 Index. ETFs can contain many types of investments, including stocks, commodities, bonds, or a mixture of investment types. An exchange traded fund is a marketable security, meaning it has an associated price that allows it to be easily bought and sold. Key Takeaways An exchange traded fund (ETF) is a basket of securities that trade on an exchange just like a stock does. ETF share prices fluctuate all day as the ETF is bought and sold; this is different from mutual funds that only trade once a day after the market closes. ETFs can contain all types of investments including stocks, commodities, or bonds; some offer U.S.-only holdings, while others are international. ETFs offer low expense ratios and fewer broker commissions than buying the stocks individually does. An ETF is called an exchange traded fund because it's traded on an exchange just like stocks are. The price of an ETF’s shares will change throughout the trading day as the shares are bought and sold on the market. This is unlike mutual funds, which are not traded on an exchange, and trade only once per day after the markets close. Additionally, ETFs tend to be more cost-effective and more liquid when compared to mutual funds.

Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Full Bio 2022