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New Multi-Asset ETF From First Trust Debuts
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 1:30pm | 510Read More...Amid the yield hunt brought on by the Federal Reserve's near-zero interest rate and loose monetary policies, multi-asset income ETFs have soared in popularity and number of available funds. The First Trust International Multi-Asset Diversified Income Index Fund (NASDAQ: YDIV), which debuted...
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First Trust ETF Gets A Makeover
Friday, May 31, 2013 - 1:05pm | 375Read More...First Trust, the eleventh-largest U.S. ETF sponsor, will revamp the First Trust Strategic Value Index Fund (NYSE: FDV) in an effort to make the fund a better complement to the firm's existing lineup. Around June 3, the ETF will change its name to First Trust Capital Strength and will begin...
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First Trust Files for 2 New ETFs
Friday, January 18, 2013 - 5:21pm | 212Read More...First Trust, the eleventh-largest U.S. ETF issuer, has filed plans with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to possibly introduce two new ETFs. The Illinois-based fund sponsor has filed plans for the First Trust Enhanced High Income ETF. That fund would track U.S. equities with a tilt...
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First Trust Files For New High-Yield ETF
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - 9:06am | 174Read More...First Trust, the tenth-largest U.S. ETF issuer, has filed plans with the Securities and Exchange Commission to possibly introduce the First Trust High Yield Long/Short ETF. The primary objective of the fund is to provide income to investors with a secondary objective of capital growth. The filing...
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These ETF Issuers Are Rising
Monday, October 8, 2012 - 1:01pm | 645Read More...BlackRock's (NYSE: BLK) iShares. State Street's State Street Global Advisors (NYSE: STT). Vanguard. The trio represents the dominant names in the ETF business. Some have even made the spurious accusation that the trio is an ETF monopoly. To be sure, these firms are home to the bulk of ETF assets....
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A New Approach to Global ETFs
Friday, October 5, 2012 - 3:26pm | 785Read More...Exchange traded funds focusing on global markets, developed and emerging markets, often share something in common with their U.S. broad market and sector products. That being a dependence on cap-weighting methodology or the allocation of the largest stocks by market value at the top of the fund and...
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AlphaDEX ETFs Do Things Differently With Stellar Results
Friday, October 5, 2012 - 11:58am | 812Read More...First Trust, the Illinois-based ETF sponsor, is a major issuer of sector funds. As most investors know, there is no shortage of sector ETFs on the market today and this territory long dominated by the biggest fund sponsors, namely State Street's (NYSE: STT) select sector SPDRs along with sector...
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A Look at the New Tech Dividend ETF
Friday, August 17, 2012 - 3:50pm | 741Read More...The technology sector is finally getting in on the dividend craze and doing so in a big way. For years, tech stocks were prized for their growth prospects -- not payouts and yields -- but that is starting to change. Some tech companies have responded to investor pressure and the results have been...
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First Trust to Introduce Infrastructure ETF on Thursday (EMLP)
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 1:42pm | 321Read More...First Trust, the tenth-largest U.S. ETF sponsor by assets, will introduce the First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund (NYSE: EMLP) on Thursday June 21. The First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund, which will charge an annual expense ratio of 0.95 percent, will be the...
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First Trust May Introduce Long/Short Yield ETF
Monday, June 4, 2012 - 12:23pm | 127Read More...First Trust, the tenth-largest U.S. ETF issuer, has filed plans with the SEC to possibly introduce the First Trust High Yield Long/Short Fund, an ETF whose primary objective will be generating income, then capital appreciation. An expense ratio and a ticker were not included in the filing. The...
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First Trust May List Diversified Futures ETF
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 1:52pm | 232Read More...First Trust, the tenth-largest U.S.ETF issuer, has filed plans with the Securities and Exchange Commission to possibly list the First Trust Morningstar Diversified Futures Fund. The filing did not include a ticker or expense ratio. The fund would be actively managed, track the Morningstar...
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Checking In: The Other Way to Germany (EWG, FGM, EWGS)
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 12:35pm | 667Read More...When it comes to ETFs devoted to Germany, the Euro Zone's largest economy, there's just four on the market today, a number that some might consider to be small given the importance of this country on the global economic stage. Or it can be said that four is enough, but that the assets certainly...
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4 Global Style ETFs Your Broker Forgot to Mention
Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 2:48pm | 776Read More...As the exchange-traded products industry has continued to boom (there are now almost 1,460 ETFs and ETNs listed in the U.S. with over $1.2 trillion in AUM), the number of so-called style funds has surged as well. By definition, a style ETF is one that focuses on value or growth stocks, large-, mid...
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Review Of Recent ETF Filings
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 2:57am | 926Read More...A dozen new exchange-traded products have come to market thus far in April and by the looks issuers' pipelines, investors can expect plenty of new products to debut over the coming months. Here's a recap of what has been a brisk couple of days on the filing front. PowerShares, the fourth-largest U...
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First Trust May Join Hedge Fund ETF Fray
Monday, April 9, 2012 - 3:53pm | 282Read More...First Trust, the tenth-largest U.S. ETF issuer by assets, has filed plans with the Securities and Exchange Commission to possibly list a hedge fund ETF becoming the latest ETF sponsor to look to make inroads in this niche. The First Trust Hedge Fund Manager Holdings Index Fund will track an index...
