Salient to Investors: The value of transactions in S&P 500 Index ETFs is about to exceed the turnover for all of the index stocks for the first time. Bears claim the increase in ETFs shows investors are giving up on picking stocks; bulls claim it shows that individuals and institutions still want to own equities
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Almost all ETFs track indexes tied to benchmarks, appealing to investors because of their trading flexibility and lower costs. Investment Company Institute said in 2011, ETFs attracted $118 billion in assets, actively managed mutual funds lost $31 billion in withdrawals. Bloomberg said actively managed ETFs in the U.S.
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: The creator of the $125 billion market in exchange-traded gold is struggling to establish the same for industrial metals. Consumers are concerned the new products will cause shortages of industrial materials, and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is trying to limit speculation. Deborah Fuhr at ETFGI said other commodities tend not to be
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