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Charles Schwab Corp (NYSE: SCHW), one of the largest discount brokerage firms, said Monday it is expanding its Schwab ETF OneSource platform. Schwab ETF OneSource is already the largest commission-free exchange-traded funds offering in the brokerage space. Fifteen ETFs from nine different issuers...

The PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 (ETF) (NASDAQ: QQQ), the Nasdaq-100 tracking exchange-traded fund, is scuffling a bit as highlighted by a decline of more than 3 percent over the past week. Still, the tech-heavy fund is higher by almost 15 percent year to date, indicating that there has been...

Health care stocks and exchange-traded funds jumped last week as Senate Republicans unveiled legislation that would repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as "Obamacare." While some health care ETFs cooled on Friday, the PowerShares S&P SmallCap Hlth Cr Ptflo (NASDAQ: PSCH) was one of just...

Stocks have a less-than-stellar reputation in the month of June, as the S&P 500 often notches slightly negative returns in the sixth month of the year. That does not mean investors need to eschew equities altogether, but June gloom could mean emphasizing factors such as quality could prove...

Broadly speaking, commodities are a disappointing asset class this year, particularly when considering the U.S. dollar is one of the worst-performing developed market currencies. Commodities are denominated in U.S. dollars, meaning that when the dollar slides, commodities should do the opposite....

Investors have heard quite a bit of this lately: The energy sector is the worst-performing group in the S&P 500. However, the struggles of the S&P 500's seventh-largest sector weight are not uniform — certainly not among the exchange-traded funds tracking group. While ETFs that...

It is often said that the smart beta phenomenon has not earnestly made its way to the world of fixed-income exchange-traded funds. While that is true to an extent, there are some smart beta bond ETFs that have lengthy track records. Consider the PowerShares Fundamental High Yield Corporate Bond...

Value stocks often tempt investors because of, well, perceived value, but by the time many investors awaken to the advantages of the value factor, some of these stocks become expensive. Perhaps worse yet, some are legitimate value traps. A new exchange-traded fund takes a unique, smart beta...

The value factor is again receiving increased attention, but it was not particularly exhilarating for investors in the first quarter of 2017. And with volatility relatively benign, the low volatility and quality factors did not set the investment world ablaze in the first three months of the year....

Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ)'s PowerShares unit, the fourth-largest U.S. issuer of exchange-traded funds, launched two new factor-based ETFs on Thursday. PowerShares is one of the largest issuers of smart beta ETFs and with Thursday's launches the company now issues nearly 100 such ETFs. The...

Dating back to last year's U.S. presidential election campaign trail, investors have been hearing a lot about infrastructure and the related investments. That theme, while still potentially potent, has been dealt a blow this year as the Trump administration has indicated 2018 will be the year...

Technology's importance in everyday life and commerce is reflected in the investment world. For example, the sector is by far the largest in the S&P 500, outpacing second-place financial services by 670 basis points. QQQ And Technology Predictably, the NASDAQ-100 Index and its exchange...

Last year was something of a tepid year on the share buyback front. S&P 500 member firms repurchased $115.6 billion of their own shares in the third quarter, a 28 percent year-over-year decrease and good for the second consecutive quarterly decline, according to FactSet. PKW And Buybacks That...

Some exchange-traded funds provide investors with an alternative to money markets and other low-yielding cash instruments. The newest addition to that field is the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II (NYSE: CLTL), which debuted Thursday. This PowerShares treasury collateral portfolio follows...

For all the talk about the potentially damaging effects of rising interest rates on high dividend strategies, some related exchange-traded funds notched impressive performances last year. That includes the PowerShares High Yld. Dividend Achv(ETF) (NASDAQ: PEY). PEY returned 31.4 percent, or more...