State Street Global Advisors

It is no secret that financial services stocks and the corresponding exchange-traded funds are eager for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates, something the central bank declined to do last week. Investors' disdain for the Fed's continuation of its zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) as...

By the time Thursday rolled around, it probably was not that surprising that the Federal Reserve opted not to raise interest rates. Fed funds futures indicated that fewer than a third of traders were betting on such an outcome. It's Not Over 'Til It's Over Just as Cubs fans say there is always next...

With August being a punishing month for U.S. stocks (the S&P 500 tumbled 5.8 percent), it is not surprising that exchange-traded funds suffered outflows. The August selloff sparked $112.3 billion of outflows from U.S.-listed exchange traded products, still a scant percentage of the over $2...

ETF sponsors such as Vanguard, Charles Schwab and even Fidelity Investments have led the way in paving new lower expense ratios for market-leading investment products. However, the competition for ETF assets has prompted many prominent brands such as State Street Global Advisors to review...

Even though the stock market is in the fifth-year of a bull market and the S&P 500 is 200 percent from its low, there has been and will be more pullbacks. Timing the market to take advantage of the strong rallies and vaunted sell-offs is not an easy task for the average investor. SPDR SSgA...

A new SEC regulatory filing last week revealed that famed fixed-income investor Jeffrey Gundlach is teaming up with State Street Global Advisors on an actively managed bond ETF.  The new fund has been dubbed The SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF.  Gundlach is well-known for...

First it was Direxion saying it will shutter nine ETFs. Then it was Scottrade scrapping the FocusShares ETF suite. Add in hints that Russell Investments may do the same with its ETF lineup and it is easy to see why some folks are fretting about ETF closures. The result is an assumption by many...