Vanguard Readies Two International Bond ETFs

Michael Johnston submits:Vanguard, the Valley Forge, Pennsylvania-based firm known for its low cost mutual funds and ETFs, is planning a major expansion of its ETF product line. The company announced today that it plans to introduce 19 new index funds with ETF shares, as well as an ETF version of its popular Vanguard 500 Index Fund. Many of the proposed funds, which include products offering exposure to equities, bonds, and real estate, will compete directly with existing ETFs offered by other issuers.

Tom Lydon submits: iShares, BlackRock‘s exchange traded fund business, recently launched two globally-orientated Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) funds, which will compete directly with the SPDR DB International Government Inflation-Protected Bond ETF (WIP).

By Tom Lydon: As 2012 comes to an end and we head into the new year, exchange traded funds that generate income and investments that cover the international and emerging markets will continue to attract a lot of interest, an S&P Capital analyst says.

Michael Johnston submits:After leading all ETF issuers in cash inflows in 2010, Vanguard is wasting no time building out its lineup in 2011. The Pennsylvania-based firm recently launched the Total International Stock ETF (VXUS), a fund designed to offer global exposure to companies located outside the U.S.

Shishir Nigam submits: AdvisorShares launched the Cambria Global Tactial ETF (GTAA) just early last week and has already seen it gain strong traction amongst investors with the fund accumulating more than $17 million in assets in 1 week. Trading volume in GTAA also exceeded 100,000 shares on Nov 1st.

By Tom Lydon: More investors are adding emerging market exchange traded funds to their portfolios as part of a diversified allocation strategy. Still, most tend to focus on the largest products out there, ignoring other potentially favorable investment opportunities.

Competition in the online trading space is intensifying. As reported in Discount Online Stock Trading: Charles Schwab Calls the Shots, Charles Schwab (SCHW) recently launched eight in-house exchange-traded funds offering commission free trading on these products to its customers. The Schwab ETF lineup includes U.S.

So far Bullfax.com Blog has concentrated on economics and market dynamics. We will try to boarden this with some more practical analysis -  this week we are pround to present a special feature by Dr. Sam Subramanian - http://www.alphaprofit.com/alphaprofit.html . He offers an indepth analysis of on recent developments in what's become a favourite of retail investors - ETFs (or exchange-traded fund).