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Two existing exchange traded funds tell the tale of the retail tape this year. The SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSE: XRT), the largest retail ETF, is down about 7.5 percent while the newer Amplify Online Retail ETF (NASDAQ: IBUY) is up 35 percent and resides near record highs. With that dichotomy in...

Exchange-traded products have made commodities investing available to the masses, and that is great. What is not so great? The pesky K-1 tax forms that accompany those investments come tax season. A new exchange-traded fund from ProShares looks to ameliorate that problem, at least for those...

ProShares, the largest issuer of inverse and leveraged exchange-traded funds, is making changes to some its ETFs ahead of the separation of real estate into its own sector at the end of August. Real Estate Separation In 2014 index providers MSCI and Standard & Poor's announced that real...

A lot of dividend exchange-traded funds are advertised as avenues to payout consistency. The ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NYSE: NOBL) backs it up by tracking a dividend aristocrats index that only holds companies that have boosted payouts for at least 25 straight years, an...

It is often said that investors are born with a bullish bias and that bias must be unlearned through experience. No medical doctors or psychologists are behind the writing of this piece, but if they were, they would probably say there is a part of the human brain that enjoys rooting for good...

Energy, the seventh-largest sector weight in the S&P 500, has steadied somewhat this year after being the benchmark index's worst-performing sector in each of the previous two years. Oil's ongoing weakness is not chasing investors from oil ETFs. In fact, that continuing weakness is...

In what is shaping up to be another trying year for emerging markets equities and the relevant exchange-traded funds, investors opting to remain long developing world stocks should prize factors such as consistent dividend growth and quality. Due to a variety of factors, including rising debt loads...

In anticipation of higher U.S. interest rates, some of the largest issuers of exchange-traded funds have brought scores of interest rate hedged ETFs to market. The movement to bring these funds to market got going in earnest in 2014, and the field is now populated to the point the options number at...

These are not go-go days for producers of fossil fuels. Not only are oil prices residing at multi-year lows, but coal is in the tank with several coal companies already declaring bankruptcy and perhaps more to follow. Additionally, the “ex-fossil fuels” investment theme is gaining...

ProShares has always been a fund company that isn’t afraid to introduce new products designed to maximize short-term moves in the market. Two of their latest ETFs are aiming to capitalize on the red-hot biotech space. On Tuesday, the Proshares UltraPro NASDAQ Biotechnology (NASDAQ: UBIO)...

ProShares is one of the leading providers of alternative ETF strategies designed to supplement core holdings in an investor's portfolio. Its current lineup of 145 funds includes: inverse, leverage, volatility, fixed-income and a range of unconventional ETF indexes. It just launched two new...

ProShares, the largest sponsor of leveraged ETFs, said seven of its ETFs will undergo traditional, forward splits while another eight will be subject to reverse splits. Maryland-based ProShares made the announcement in a statement released after the close of U.S. markets Friday. The seven...

ProShares, the largest issuers of inverse and leveraged ETFs, will list its newest ETF, the ProShares Merger ETF, on the BATS exchange when the ETF debuts on Thursday, December 13. The ProShares Merger ETF will trade on BATS under the ticker "MRGR." MRGR, which appears to be a competitor to the...

ProShares, the largest issuer of leveraged ETFs, said Thursday that it expects that none of its 117 equity and fixed income ETFs will pay any 2012 capital gain distributions. Distributions are paid to investors from the capital gains of the firm's investment portfolio. For example, when a mutual...