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The pup peed on the girl, who confronted the bull, who raged through Wall Street, which financed the house Jack built. At least, that seems the story of Broadway’s cumulative art scene, slowly compiled by retaliatory, guerrilla installments. A few months after State Street Global Advisors...

With political risk muted, at least for the moment, and European stocks looking attractively valued relative to their U.S. counterparts, investors have multiple reasons to consider the region's equities and exchange traded funds such as the SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF (NYSE: FEZ). The Importance Of...

The corruption-induced plunge in Brazilian equities is shaking broader emerging markets exchange-traded funds. As Latin America's largest economy, Brazil is often featured prominently in diversified emerging markets ETFs, meaning even ETFs with exposure to 15 or 20 emerging markets are being...

The past few weeks have been unkind to gold and the related exchange-traded funds, but the SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSE: GLD) is still up nearly 7 percent year-to-date. GLD's year-to-date showing is arguably impressive amid tepid first-quarter demand for quarter. Additionally, the Federal...

With the possibility of another interest rate hike or two looming in the United States and negative interest rates still lingering in other parts of the developed world, the fixed income landscape is trying investors that are searching for income. A growing number of exchange-traded funds allow...

One of the fastest-growing concepts in the world of exchange-traded funds is the notion of ETFs based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles. Whether it is ETFs based on religious values, gender diversification or the exclusion of fossil fuels producers, the population of U.S.-...

France, the eurozone's second-largest economy behind Germany, will be holding one of the developed world's most widely watch national elections this year. Later this month, French voters head to the polls with the expected outcome being a May run-off involving far right candidate Marie Le...

The sterling women of Wall Street are now immortalized in bronze. Leading the charge into International Women’s Day, State Street Global Advisors disrupted the Street’s iconic bull statue — charging and unrestrained — with the Tuesday installation of a complementary piece. A...

While there is considerable debate regarding the Federal Reserve's plans for interest rates this year, advisors and investors are still examining asset classes that could benefit from increased borrowing costs. Senior Loans, Bank Loans That list should include senior loans or bank loans, an...

When it comes to fighting inflation, typical destinations for investors include Treasury Inflation Protection Securities (TIPS) and hard assets, such as gold or real estate. Investors can also fight inflation with equities, including cyclical plays from the natural resources segment. The SPDR S...

In recent years, income investors eagerly flocked to high dividend stocks, including consumer staples and utilities fare, as avenues for generating income and capturing yield in a low interest rate world. However, times changes and with some fixed income traders wagering that the Federal Reserve is...

An old school complaint pertaining to exchange traded funds, specifically the equity-based variety, is that ETFs are unlikely to outperform the best-performing stock in their respective lineups over a year or longer holding periods. Naysayers responsible for proliferating that criticism often if...

There is already an exchange-traded fund that offers S&P 500 exposure without energy equities, but a new pair of ETFs from State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) broadens the horizons of investors looking to exclude fossil fuels from their portfolios. 2 New Ex-Energy ETFs On Tuesday, SSgA,...

Election Day 2016 is less than 80 days away. Those remaining bullish on healthcare stocks and exchange-traded funds probably wish election day would come and go sooner than that, because the sector remains fertile ground for election year rhetoric. XLV Performance The Health Care SPDR (ETF) (NYSE:...

When exchange-traded funds burst onto the scene in the United States over two decades ago, advisors and investors viewed these instruments as cost-effective, efficient tools for gaining exposure to broad market indexes, such as the S&P 500, NASDAQ-100 and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. ETFs,...