NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tax-loss harvesting is all about finding losers in your investment portfolio to offset winners so you pay less tax. That is not easy in a year when the S&P 500 is up 26%. “The best-case scenario is to capture losses when the market is down... More »
NEW YORK(Reuters) – Rock-bottom interest rates may be great for lots of people – but not for savers. With a brand-new quarter-point rate cut from the Federal Reserve and ten-year government bonds yielding 1.84%, there is almost nowhere for them to go. That is ... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday said it would adopt a new rule to modernize how exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are brought to the market and their regulation. The long-awaited Rule 6c-11 – or the ETF rule as it is more com... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investment firm VanEck and financial technology company SolidX Management LLC will sell shares in their bitcoin trust to “qualified institutional buyers,” the companies said on Tuesday, in a move aimed at further attracting institutional m... More »
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday stood by a decision blocking an exchange-traded fund that would have tracked bitcoin, citing concerns about market manipulation. The securities regulator found “unpersuasiv... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. securities regulator on Thursday voted unanimously to propose easing its rules for approving low-risk exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in what could potentially be a major win for the $3.5 trillion market. The Securities and Exchang... More »
A sign marks a Fidelity Investments office in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fidelity Investments on Friday told clients they could not buy shares in an exchange-traded fund that bets... More »
Cracks in the red-hot U.S. high-yield bond market are starting to widen, with two junk-rated companies pulling their deals on Friday and U.S.-based high-yield funds suffering their second consecutive week of cash withdrawals. More »
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday said it planned to approve an application that would let Vanguard Group, the world's second largest asset manager, offer exchange-traded versions of its actively managed mutual funds. More »
Demand for exchange-traded funds that would provide exposure to cryptocurrencies like bitcoin is strong, but regulators will likely wait until the underlying market matures more before approving such products, a panel of securities industry experts said on Fri... More »
The U.S. firm behind an effort to start an exchange-traded fund based on the cryptocurrency ether said on Thursday it planned to refile an application to list the security on Intercontinental Exchange Inc's NYSE Arca exchange after an initial filing was withdr... More »
Making money in the markets is tricky enough on its own. Try doing it while staying faithful to your religious beliefs. More »
Cost-cutting U.S. brokerage and asset manager Charles Schwab Corp is making plans to launch what could be its first new exchange-traded funds in nearly four years, a filing with U.S. regulators showed on Friday. More »
Commuters walk past the New York Stock Exchange, where a vote today to merge with all-electronic Archipelago Exchange is expected in New York, December 6, 2005. If approved by current seat owners of the NYSE and ArcaEx shareholders, the deal would expand the o... More »
FILE PHOTO – A Bitcoin sign is seen in a window in Toronto, May 8, 2014. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo Dreyfuss More »
A sign for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pictured in the foyer of the Fort Worth Regional Office in Fort Worth, Texas June 28, 2012. REUTERS/Mike Stone U.S. regulators are advancing rules this week to tighten standards on the ballooning excha... More »
A Pacific Investment Management Co (PIMCO) sign is shown in Newport Beach, California August 4, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Blake Pacific Investment Management Co (Pimco) is replacing the full slate of managers on its Total Return Active Exchange-Traded Fund (BOND.P) a... More »
A fully budded marijuana plant ready for trimming is seen at a store in Colorado December 31, 2013. REUTERS/Rick Wilking An investment company is making plans to launch what could be the first exchange-traded fund to profit on marijuana. More »
A sign is displayed in the reception of Goldman Sachs in Sydney, Australia, May 18, 2016. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo Goldman Sachs Group Inc has launched a new exchange traded fund that mimics the most popular stock bets made by hedge funds, the bank said o... More »
Investors who own some bank sector funds may be in for an unwanted surprise: a tax bill. More »
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NEW YORK Algorithms are proving to be poor at timing currency markets, if a group of new exchange-traded funds is any indication. In January, ETF-industry leaders BlackRock Inc’s iShares unit and WisdomTree Investments Inc both launched slates of international... More »
NEW YORK A BlackRock exchange-traded fund that tracks long-dated U.S. Treasuries was poised for its biggest weekly loss in 13 months as a rebound in stock markets worldwide stoked a sharp sell-off in U.S. government debt. BlackRock’s iShares 20-Plus Year Treas... More »
NEW YORK BlackRock Inc said on Friday it will change the benchmarks on four iShares Treasury exchange-traded funds (ETFs) from Barclays’ Treasury bond indexes to ICE’s Treasury bond indexes, effective on or after March 31. The four iShares ETFs affected by the... More »
The New York Stock Exchange has asked U.S. federal regulators to let it flag “aberrant” pricing of exchange-traded funds, according to a filing on Thursday. The exchange asked regulators for permission to discourage traders from relying on prices “that the exc... More »
DoubleLine Capital, the investment firm with $80 billion in assets overseen by widely followed co-founder Jeffrey Gundlach, is planning two new exchange-traded funds (ETF), following the fast growth of its first such product. State Street Global Advisors, Doub... More »
Australia’s Macquarie Group (MQG.AX) is entering the U.S exchange-traded fund market making business, officials told Reuters in an interview. Market makers provide ETF issuers with an array of services, including providing seed capital and distribution. They u... More »
