ActiveETFs | InFocus writes: Launch Date: January 26, 2011 Links: Website, Factsheet, Prospectus Investment Strategy: HDGE is an actively-managed ETF that looks for capital appreciation through shorting domestic US equities, making it a short-only fund. The fund is sub-advised by Ranger Alternative Management which utilizes a bottoms-up, fundamental, research driven security selection process. The managers [...]

ActiveETFs | InFocus writes: On March 17th, Russell Investments made a filing with the SEC requesting to withdraw their application for fund relief necessary to launch actively-managed ETFs through the Russell ETF Trust. This application was first filed with the SEC in January 2010 and Russell became one of the many issuers that didn’t see [...]

Michael Krause submits: Note: The following is Part 1 of a 4 part series entitled Research of ETFs. It walks readers through the inadequacies of existing research methods, argues the benefits of a fundamentally-driven, forward-looking analysis, and illustrates how investors and their financial advisors can put these tools to work in the real world. This [...]

ActiveETFs | InFocus writes: BlackRock iShares, one of the key players in the ETF industry which filed to launch actively-managed ETFs, has finally received exemptive relief from the SEC on March 1st. According to the exemption granted, the application was initially filed in Nov 2008 and was subsequently amended in May 2009, June 2010 and [...]

ActiveETFs | InFocus writes: On March 15th, AdvisorShares made a filing with the SEC which provided specifics and expense details on the proposed Meidell Tactical Advantage ETF (MATH). MATH will be a fund-of-funds that will look to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing in other ETFs that provide exposure to various regions, countries, styles and [...]