SPDR

Gold prices and the related exchange traded funds are in a tailspin. Over the past month, the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD), the world's largest gold ETF, is down almost 4 percent. That is not preventing some issuers from testing the waters with new gold ETFs. On Wednesday, the Perth Mint...

Gold exchange traded funds were decent performers in the first quarter, as the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) and iShares Gold Trust (NYSE: IAU) each gained 0.5 percent.  Those performances were arguably impressive in the face of slack demand. Recent data points from the World Gold Council...

Home to $36.58 billion in assets under management as of May 3, the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) is the world's largest exchange traded fund backed by physical holdings of gold. While GLD remains the go-to choice among gold ETFs for many professional investors due to robust liquidity and tight...

Investors looking to circle their wagons around the still-lagging value factor in hopes value stocks will rebound later this year have plenty of exchange traded funds to consider. That group includes the SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF (NYSE: SPYV). The $1.33-billion SPYV is CFRA Research'...

Mid-cap stocks and the corresponding exchange traded funds are often overlooked in favor of large- and small-caps, but ample research and data points suggest investors should take closer looks at mid-cap equities and funds. The SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF (NYSE: MDY) is one of the oldest and...

Sector exchange traded funds have become increasingly popular with advisors and investors. While broad market funds such as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) give investors the benefit of diversity, sector funds allow users to overweight a specific group in an effort to identify potential...

It's easy for investors to get wrapped up in the conversation regarding fees on exchange traded funds. For investors planning to hold an ETF for a year, three years, five years or longer, fees matter. Investors' increasingly fee-savvy ways are prompting fund issuers to bring new,...

As has been widely documented, the healthcare sector, the S&P 500's third-largest sector weight, is struggling this year. The Health Care SPDR (ETF) (NYSE: XLV), the largest healthcare exchange-traded fund by assets, is down nearly 4 percent this year and is in position to notch its first...

The Energy Select Sector SPDR (ETF) (NYSE: XLE) is this year's best performer among the sector SPDR exchange-traded funds. XLE, the largest equity-based energy ETF by assets, is higher by 18.7 percent, an advantage of about 560 basis points over its technology and utilities counterparts. XLE...

Many of this year's new exchange-traded funds have been slow out of the gates, with only two truly impressing from an asset-gathering prospective. However, at a time when investors are pouring billions in fresh capital into fixed income funds, some rookie bond ETFs are off to solid starts....

Perhaps heartened by oil prices that look better relative to what was seen last year, and the Federal Reserve slacking off on raising interest rates, fixed income investors are embracing high-yield corporate bond exchange-traded funds. Those investors are doing so with ETFs that sport longer...

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...

The Health Care SPDR (ETF) (NYSE: XLV) was the third-best performer among the nine legacy sector SPDR exchange-traded funds last year, but 2016 has brought some turbulence for the largest healthcare ETF, as XLV has tumbled 7 percent. Over the past five years, the healthcare sector, the third-...

The third-quarter 13F filing season confirmed at least one thing about exchange-traded funds: Hedge funds are increasing their use of ETFs. In fact, it can be said that hedge funds are big reason why earlier this year, ETFs eclipsed hedged funds in terms of total assets under management. As recent...

Investors don't often associate the technology sector with value havens, but data suggest the Technology SPDR (ETF) (NYSE: XLK), the largest technology sector exchange-traded fund, has the makings of a credible value play. The $13.1 billion XLK has, somewhat quietly, gained 7.9 percent year-to-date...