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Real estate investment trusts (REITs) and the corresponding exchange-traded funds faced a trying environment in 2015 as investors anticipated the Federal Reserve's first interest rate increase in nearly a decade, but that did not prevent many investors from searching for yield with REIT ETFs....

Betting on rebounds in natural resources stocks might appear like a bold move right now, especially when considering the energy and materials sectors are two of the worst performing groups in the S&P 500 this year. Those sectors have also been home to plenty of dividend cuts, along with being...

Although 10-year Treasury yields are up just 4.5 percent year-to-date, 2015 has been a trying year for real estate investment trusts (REITs) and the corresponding exchange-traded funds because investors have been fretting over the Federal Reserve raising interest rates, something that could happen...

Leading up to the Federal Reserve's December meeting, presumably when the Fed's first interest rate hike in nine years will take place, plenty of corners of the fixed income market have been punished. That includes bank loans or senior loans, a high-yielding fixed income asset class back...

Year-to-date, five of the nine sector SPDR exchange-traded funds issued by State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) have traded lower. The Energy Select Sector SPDR (ETF) (NYSE: XLE) is the most egregious offender of the lot with a 12.2 percent year-to-date loss. Perhaps the Utilities SPDR (ETF) (NYSE:...

Another new exchange-traded fund tracking China A-shares, the stocks trading on mainland exchanges in Shanghai and Shenzhen, debuted Thursday when State Street Corp (NYSE: STT)'s State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the third-largest U.S. ETF issuer, entered the A-shares fray. Recent Debuts SSgA...

State Street Corp (NYSE: STT)'s State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the third-largest U.S. issuer of exchange-traded funds, added to its already expansive lineup of sector ETFs Thursday with the debuts of the Financial Services Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: XLFS) and the Real Estate Select Sector...