Tag Archives | Exchange Traded Funds

Are ETF Closures Healthy?

A flood of closures by FocusShares, Direxion, and Russell Investments have led to a sizeable amount of scrutiny on the industry and some of its potholes. What is one to make of all these closures? A recent article by Jeff Schlegel from Financial Advisor magazine gets CCAM’s Ron Rowland take on this phenomenon and what to think of it.

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CNBC Consults With Ron Rowland on Dying ETFs

Herb Greenberg at CNBC highlighted ETF Deathwatch in his blog Wednesday, August 15th, and invited Ron as a guest contributor on the show, Street Signs, to talk about the subject of dying ETFs and their future impact to investors. Below is a video link for those that may have missed it or if you want to watch it again.

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Economic Strategist’s ETF Too Dented to Overcome

Economic Strategist’s ETF Too Dented to Overcome

DENT, issued by AdvisorShares, will be closing its doors on Wednesday, August 8th after difficult performance throughout its near 3 year run. Investor’s Business Daily’s Trang Ho and CCAM’s Ron Rowland discuss its demise.

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Under the Hood with Ron Rowland

Under the Hood with Ron Rowland

Dick Davis Digest’s Chloe Lutts profiles Ron Rowland, one of the foremost authority’s on ETFs.

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The Changing Face of MLPs in Exchange Traded Products

The Changing Face of MLPs in Exchange Traded Products

JPMorgan announced that it was capping the number of shares of it’s Alerian MLP Index Exchange Traded Note (AMJ). What impact will this have for this ETN? Could this could have deleterious impacts for investors? Bloomberg and Ron Rowland review this big change.

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New MLP ETF’s Continue to Invade the Market

New MLP ETF’s Continue to Invade the Market

Another MLP ETF has come to the marketplace as Global X Funds have made their foray into the MLP space, but is there anything different about this MLP?

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Master the MLP Possibilities

Master the MLP Possibilities

IBD interviews CCAM’s Ron Rowland about Yorkville ETF Advisors’ new High Income Master Limited Partnership (MLP) ETF offering and why it may underperform.

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CCAM Warns Investors About Zombie ETFs!

The Wall Street Journal profiles ETFs that are starving for capital and uses CCAM President Ron Rowland’s well known ‘ETF Deathwatch’ as the basis for the article. The Deathwatch has turned into an important reference for ETF investors everywhere.

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ETNs ONN or OFF?

ETNs ONN or OFF?

Investor’s Business Daily recruits Capital Cities Asset Management’s Ron Rowland to update folks on the new ETN offerings from ETRACS. These new ETNs will be following a new strategy from the team of Dennis Gartman and Mark Fisher, two recognized Wall Street insiders.

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Do Some ETF’s Need to Die?

SmartMoney asks the question, are there too many ETFs? To gain understanding on the subject, CCAM’s Ron Rowland is interviewed for his expertise on the subject.

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