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Cantor Fitzgerald said in a note on Monday that Yelp Inc (NYSE: YELP) has now become an easier and more likely take-out target. The deduction follows Yelp recently converting its Class B super-voting shares into regular Class A shares late last week and the recent improvement in the fundamentals of...

The first ever S&P 500 index fund was created four decades ago today. According to Bloomberg, the initial concept of an index fund, buying hundreds of stocks in one transaction, appeared to be a "joke." In addition, many investors found the concept "an insult" as they "...

A major reason why Charles Schwab Corp (NYSE: SCHW) is a force in the exchange-traded funds business and now the fifth-largest U.S. ETF issuer is that Schwab ETFs are among the least expensive on the market. That is right. In some segments, including both equities and fixed income, Schwab is able...

The Charles Schwab Corp (NYSE: SCHW) did not enter the exchange-traded funds business until late 2009, a relatively late entry, but the company is making up for lost time. Home to $50.4 billion in ETF assets under management as of July 21, Schwab is now the fifth-largest U.S. ETF sponsor. Late To...

Although flows to equity funds have recently languished, the exchange-traded funds eclipsed another AUM (assets under management) record last month, finishing June with a combined $3.17 trillion in assets under management. Exchange-traded products listed around the world added $31.38 billion in...

When Fidelity introduced its lineup of 10 sector exchange-traded funds, which has since grown to include a real estate fund, three years ago, those ETFs were the least expensive sector funds on the market. Well, Vanguard, also known as Mecca for thrifty investors, did not like Fidelity's low...

Home to $20.6 billion in assets under management at the end of the first quarter, the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSE: VIG) is the largest U.S. dividend exchange-traded fund. There are reasons why VIG wears that crown. Perks Abound For VIG Obviously, when a Vanguard ETF is being discussed...

Vanguard is the second-largest U.S. issuer of exchange-traded funds in terms of assets, but in terms of number of funds, Vanguard's lineup is small compared to rivals such as iShares and SPDR. Add to that, Vanguard does not bring many new products to market. Recently, Vanguard introduced two...

Here is an anecdote that highlights just how much low beta, stodgy stocks have been in style this year: On a year-to-date basis, just two members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average are up at least 10 percent. One is Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT), the world's largest retailer. That serves...

Arguably, depending on one's regional preferences, the greatest rapper of all-time died on March 9, 1997. What cannot be debated is that one of the worst bear markets in stocks died on March 9, 2010. The subsequent bull market, now seven years old, has been a boon for the growth of the exchange...

Less than three months into 2016, at least one thing is clear about exchange-traded fund flows: Advisors and investors love bond funds. That much is highlighted by the fact that six of this year's top 10 asset-gathering ETFs are fixed income funds. However, distribution of fixed income ETF...

Low fees have been a primary selling point for exchange-traded funds since the dawn of the industry over two decades ago. Although Vanguard has not been involved in the ETF business for all of those 20-plus years, the company has been able to become the second-largest U.S. ETF issuer due in large...

For decades, Vanguard was known as a mutual fund provider. More specifically, the Pennsylvania-based company was and still is known as the dominant provider of low-cost, passive, index-based strategies. However, despite a somewhat late entry to the exchange-traded funds business, Vanguard has...

Last year was another banner year for inflows to exchange-traded funds, and that was music to the ears of BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK), the world's largest asset manager and the biggest issuer of ETFs. New York-based BlackRock garnered $130 billion of the $347 billion that flowed into exchange-...

In an announcement made Tuesday, BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK)'s iShares unit, the world's largest issuer of exchange-traded funds, said it is paring the fees on seven of its core ETFs, bringing some of the annual expense ratios on those funds to as low as 0.03 percent per year. That works out to...