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  • While I imagine OOK will be a bust, it's possible the Texas ETF (TXF) will benefit from state pride, its 85 bps fee notwithstanding
    3 days ago
  • TXF: Similar to OOK, it's made up of 63% energy companies (OOK is over 70%) making both funds essentially Oil equity ETFs
    4 days ago
  • TXF: Volume nearly non-existentin first day of Texas ETF trading @ just 2,925 shares as of 12:29 p.m. ET
    4 days ago
  • Schwab: New total u.s. market, large cap, global ETFs undercut cheapest competitors buy just 1 bp-hardly enough to overcome 1st mover status
    5 days ago
  • Schwab new large cap growth, value and small caps fail to undercut Vanguard, which offers similar funds for the same 15 bps
    5 days ago
  • While Schwab's new ETFs undercuts expenses of its major competitors, they fail to undercut Vanguard on Emerging (VWO is 8 bps cheaper)
    5 days ago
  • ETF issuer WSDT.PK's latest quarter showed its smallest loss ever (Cinthia Murphy): http://bit.ly/1vNGn9
    5 days ago
  • Buffett on BRK.A's $100 BNI purchase:'an all-in wager on the economic future of the U.S. I love these bets.' And I love a good poker analogy
    5 days ago
  • Schwab's new ETFs to be 'about cheapest' in their respective asset classes (Heather Bell): http://bit.ly/3HWQ4M
    6 days ago
  • WisdomTree files for inflation-linked ETF (Cinthia Murphy): http://bit.ly/1QkGnV
    6 days ago
  • Spreads that are way to wide make many ETNs essentially untradable (Dave Nadig): http://seekingalpha.com/a/3n9u
    Fri, Oct 30, 2009
  • A. E-Pritchard: Europhiles shouldn't make too much of MCD pulling out of Iceland - they simply couldn't compete with local fast food prices
    Fri, Oct 30, 2009
  • OOK Trading volume of 15,500 as of 2:23 p.m. - I would have expected much worse in its first day of trading
    Thu, Oct 29, 2009
  • New DJ-UBS Commodities ETN DJCI tracks the performance only of front-month futures contracts (Cinthia Murphy/IndexUniverse.com)
    Thu, Oct 29, 2009
  • DJCI: Cinthia Murphy feels the new ETracks Commodities ETN can stealmarket share from DJP; It tracks the same index (DJ-UBS) for 25 bps less
    Thu, Oct 29, 2009
  • OOK: Oklahoma specific ETF launches tomorrow. Seriously?! Can this thing really gather assets? And why start with Oklahoma?
    Thu, Oct 29, 2009
  • Schwab's new ETF fees will range from 0.08% (broad U.S., L. Cap) to 0.35% (Emerging, Ex-U.S.) -practically on par w. low-fee leader Vanguard
    Wed, Oct 28, 2009
  • Schwab sets ultra low fees for its upcoming ETF launch (Matt Hougan/IndexUniverse): http://bit.ly/2JIsmy
    Wed, Oct 28, 2009
  • Paul Amery weighs in on whether ETNs are genuinely safe, from the perspective of an issuer defaulting: http://seekingalpha.com/a/3mwa
    Wed, Oct 28, 2009
  • Rob Arnott and John West's latest (courtesy of IndexUniverse.com): http://bit.ly/4pJKvJ
    Wed, Oct 28, 2009
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