State Street

Last week, several online brokers like Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCHW) and TD Ameritrade (NASDAQ: AMTD) made waves by eliminating commissions on options, individual stocks and exchange traded funds. In other words, gone are the days of talking about brokers' various commission-free ETF...

Most of the exchange traded funds that hit 52-week highs on Thursday were newer products or fixed income funds, but outside of those groups, a slew of gold ETFs, including the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) joined the party. What Happened GLD, the world's largest ETF backed by physical holdings...

Last week was a rough one for Chinese stocks, as equities in the world's second-largest economy endured their worst week since October. To top it off, there was news of a coming closure of a U.S.-listed China exchange traded fund. What Happened After the close of U.S. markets on April 26, State...

The Federal Reserve's softer stance on interest rates for 2019, which could prove to include no rate hikes at all this year, is lifting high-yielding assets. The SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF (NYSE: SPYD), an oft-overlooked dividend exchange traded fund, is participating the...

State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT), the third-largest U.S. issuer of exchange traded funds added to its lineup of actively managed funds Wednesday with the launches of two sector rotation funds. The SPDR SSGA Fixed Income Sector Rotation ETF (NYSE:FISR) and the SPDR SSGA US Sector Rotation ETF (NYSE:...

The exchange traded funds industry is dominated by the “Big Three” issuers -- iShares, Vanguard and State Street -- but there are some upstarts in the industry as well. Count Pennsylvania-based Pacer ETFs among the fastest-growing upstart ETF sponsors. What Happened In just four...

With the Federal Reserve appearing unlikely to raise interest rates this year and some bond market participants speculating a rate cut later this year is possible, income-seeking investors are again embracing high-yield assets, including preferred stocks. What Happened Exchange traded funds,...

Investors looking for bonds that often feel like stocks can consider convertible bonds, which are easily accessible via the SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Convertible Securities ETF (NYSE: CWB). Convertible bonds are hybrid securities that give investors the option to convert those bonds into shares of...

March 8 is International Women's Day, and on March 7, the SPDR SSGA Gender Diversity Index ETF (NYSE: SHE) celebrated its third anniversary. SHE, one of the first exchange traded funds to emphasize gender equality investing principles, has been successful and is now home to about $350...

It's too early to get excited, but there are inklings that the value factor may be poised to bounce back this year. So far in 2019, the S&P 500 Value Index is offering modest outperformance of the S&P 500 Growth Index, a theme seen among the exchange traded funds tracking those...

After some high dividend exchange traded funds struggled in 2018, the strategy and its related funds are bouncing back this year. Just look at the SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF (NYSE: SPYD), which is higher by more than 11 percent this year. What Happened SPYD follows the S&...

Financial services, one of 2018's worst-performing sectors, is looking to shed that laggard status this year. The group is off to a good start, as highlighted by the Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLF), which is up 9.15 percent year-to-date. Bank stocks — often biggest...

Health care, the second-largest sector weight in the S&P 500 behind technology, was one of just three sectors to post positive returns last year. As measured by the Health Care Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLV), the largest exchange traded fund dedicated to health care stocks, the sector is off to...

Transportation stocks and exchange traded funds did not deliver for investors in 2018. Last year, the Dow Jones Transportation Average Index slumped 12.9 percent. Other baskets of transportation stocks performed even more poorly in 2018. What Happened The SPDR S&P Transportation ETF (NYSE: XTN...