State Street Global Advisors

Space is often referred to as “the final frontier.” That frontier has an exchange traded fund to call its own. As part of a broader expansion of its suite of ETFs tracking Kensho indexes, State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) launched the SPDR Kensho Final Frontiers ETF (NYSE: XKFF) on...

Bank stocks and the related exchange traded funds are vexing investors this year. The SPDR S&P Bank ETF (NYSE: KBE), for example, is up 4.2 percent year-to-date while the S&P 500 is higher by almost 7 percent. The laggard status of the financial services sectors comes against the...

One of the best-performing corners of the health care sector this year is the medical device and equipment space, and total returns confirm the sentiment. The two exchange traded funds dedicated to medical device and equipment manufacturers are up by an average of about 24 percent year-to-date...

Legacy infrastructure exchange traded funds do fill some holes when it comes to targeting exposure to this investment, but these funds aren't perfect. While some old school infrastructure funds provide added income and yield, some of these products have flaws. Those flaws include often high...

Ahead of the September debut of the new communications services sector, State Street Global Advisors, the largest issuer of sector exchange traded funds, launched a sector SPDR to track the new sector. The Communication Services Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLC) debuted Tuesday. Communication services...

State Street Global Advisors, the third-largest U.S. issuer of exchange traded funds, is planning to add to its lineup of sector ETFs. As was previously announced by index providers MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor's, the telecommunications sector will undergo major changes later this year,...

As widely expected, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates earlier this week, setting the course for several more rate hikes in 2018 and beyond. Rising rates do not damage all fixed income investments, and some exchange traded funds are dedicated to corners of the bond market that can thrive as...

Digital currencies are a rapidly growing asset class and bitcoin is the primary driver of that growth. Bitcoin has been compared to gold during its meteoric rise, but some market participants believe the cryptocurrency has a long way to go before comparisons to bullion are relevant. One of the...

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...

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) is the exchange traded fund that started an investing revolution. SPY, the first ETF to trade in the U.S., celebrated its 25th anniversary on Monday while notching another milestone. SPY became the first ETF to hit $300 billion in assets under management,...

When it comes to low fees in the world of exchange-traded funds, many investors think of Charles Schwab Corp (NYSE: SCHW) and Vanguard. Other ETF sponsors have shown a willingness to tussle on costs, but State Street Corp (NYSE: STT)'s State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) unit, the third-largest...

Assets under management in the exchange-traded funds continue ascending to new records and in the U.S., the world's largest ETF market, that means ongoing dominance for the three largest ETF providers. Those being BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK)'s iShares unit, Vanguard and State Street Corp. (NYSE...

Investors looking to add some spice their fixed-income portfolios, particularly during rising interest rate environments, can consider convertible bonds. Convertibles are hybrid securities because they are bonds with embedded options that allow investors to convert the bonds into equity in the...

That was fast. Nearly as quickly as technology swooned late in the second quarter, the sector has come roaring back early in the third quarter. Over the past week, the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: XLK), the largest technology exchange-traded fund, is higher by 3.6 percent. While XLK...

Exchange-traded funds tracking ex-U.S. developed market equities are among the hottest corners of the ETF space this year. Investors are pouring billions of dollars of new assets into these ETFs in search of value plays not involving pricey U.S. equities. As is the case with U.S. equity ETFs,...