Investors continue to develop an understanding of ETF products and the varied roles they can play in portfolios and that has drawn the attention of managers. Through April, more than $16 billion in new cash was added to ETFs. Read More

Despite the perception that most emerging market countries are riddled with debt and plagued by leadership that's incompetent at best and corrupt at worst, on the whole the debt levels of most emerging countries are low. Read More

ETF Securities (ETFS) has laid down a gauntlet with its recent filing to add 18 new commodity funds to its US lineup. The funds propose to use a special type of swaps contract to greatly improve the tax efficiency of commodity ETFs. Read More

100 top low-or no-load funds, ranked by three-year return. Read More

Opportunities in income ETFs. Read More

Experience is key to navigating shifting currents. Read More

Even though the US economic situation continues to improve, there's little incentive and even less urgency on the part of the Federal Reserve to enter into a tightening cycle. Read More

We recently spoke with Charlie Bobrinskoy and Tim Fidler, co-managers of Ariel Focus (ARFFX), about their Buffett-esque strategy and how that’s contributed to their fund’s success as it approaches its five-year anniversary. Read More

There’s been a lot of consternation when, after posting surging returns for most of 2009, the bottom fell out of the Australian markets after the government proposed a 40 percent super tax on the resource sector. Read More