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TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: AMTD), one the largest discount brokerage firms, said Monday it's upping the number of exchange traded funds it offers to clients on a commission-free basis to 569 from over 300. The move means TD Ameritrade clients will have commission-free access to 569...

Vanguard, the second-largest U.S. issuer of exchange traded funds, is again wielding its low-cost sword. On April 26, Vanguard said it's lowering fees on 21 of its ETFs, including its two largest funds, the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: VOO) and the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSE: VTI...

The exchange traded funds industry is dominated by the “Big Three” issuers -- iShares, Vanguard and State Street -- but there are some upstarts in the industry as well. Count Pennsylvania-based Pacer ETFs among the fastest-growing upstart ETF sponsors. What Happened In just four...

The fee battle being waged in the exchange traded funds space is probably the most compelling in the industry's history, but an upstart issuer is looking to employ a novel concept: an ETF that actually pays its investors. What To Know Aside from recent fee cuts announced by industry giants...

Municipal bonds and the relevant exchange traded funds are prime destinations for conservative fixed-income investors. Some of these funds feature access to a wide range of municipal debt at favorable price points. That group includes the Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF (NYSE: VTEB). What Happened...

The founder of the index mutual fund has passed away. John “Jack” Bogle is survived by his wife, Eve, and six children. He was 89 years old. Bogle founded the prolific Vanguard Group — the world’s largest mutual fund organization — and wrote several books of...

Times are tough for global equity markets, and international markets have been among the worst offenders for much of 2018. Investors considering ex-U.S. markets in 2019 may want to look at highly diversified, cost-effective exchange traded funds, such as the Vanguard Total International...

Flows to exchange traded funds in 2018 are unlikely to approach the record $450 billion seen last year. This year's ETF inflows totals will likely be on par with or slightly exceed the $200 billion seen from 2014 through 2016. Two issuers – BlackRock Inc.'s (NYSE: BLK) iShares unit...

In what may be just what the scuffling marketplace of exchange traded fund focusing on environmental, social and governance principles needs, Vanguard entered the ESG ETF arena Sept. 19 with two new products. The ETFs are the Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF (CBOE: ESGV) and Vanguard ESG...

Standard & Poor's and Morgan Stanley Capital International are reclassifying the companies that constitute the S&P 500 Index for the first time since 1999. What makes the change more interesting is that it shifts the balance of the index.  The new communication services...

Last week, the second-largest U.S. issuer of exchange traded funds added to its lineup of fixed income ETFs with the debut of the Vanguard Total World Bond ETF (NASDAQ: BNDW). BNDW, which launched Sept. 6, is the total world cousin of the popular Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NYSE: BND)....

Age is nothing but a number with exchange traded funds, and many funds across various asset classes prove as much. Among relatively young fixed income ETFs, the Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF (NYSE: VTEB) is off to an impressive start. What Happened VTEB, which debuted in 2015, is CFRA Research...

Index fund and exchange traded funds giant Vanguard is planning a foray into the environmental, social and governance ETF arena. In a Wednesday statement, Pennsylvania-based Vanguard said it filed a preliminary registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission to introduce two ESG ETFs...

With Treasury yields rising, some dividend strategies are being pressured. Bond-like sectors — such as real estate, telecommunications and utilities — are lagging broader equity benchmarks this year. That does not mean investors should abandon dividend stocks and exchange traded funds...

Domestic real estate stocks and related exchange traded funds are struggling this year. For example, the Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSE: VNQ), the largest fund in this category and the largest sector ETF of any stripe, is lower by more than 6 percent year-to-date. Global real estate funds have been...