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ETFR: Actively Managed ETFs: Is there an Audience?

October 2001
ETFR Cover Story

Actively Managed ETFs: Is there an Audience?

by Elise Coroneos

As the exchange-traded fund community awaits the Security and Exchange Commission’s concept release about actively managed products, fund manufacturers and investment managers continue to debate these products’ relative merits.

ETFs Pass Ultimate Stress Test

by Kelly Haughton

Exchange-traded funds are a relatively young investment, with most having become available within the last three years.
ETFR Features

Activity on Regional US Exchanges

by Elise Coroneos

While much has been made of the launch of the Cubes (ticker: QQQ), Spider (ticker:SPY) and Diamonds (ticker: DIA) on the New York Stock Exchange, some of the country’s smaller exchanges are also positioning themselves to take a bite out of what are the biggest slices in the ETF cake.

High praise for the Amex

by Kelly Haughton

“What the exchange did was nothing short of amazing”

The world’s first synthetic ETFs

by Marsha Zapson

At the end of May 2001, Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd launched the first ETF that invests in futures—not in stocks.

In the Aftermath of a Crisis, ETFs Explode

by Marsha Zapson

When the markets reopened on Monday, September 17, after a four-day closure, ETFs plummeted, mirroring as they so accurately do the returns of the market.