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On July 17, 2012, Exchange-traded funds do not turn long-term investors into speculative day traders, according to a new Vanguard research paper.

Global X Funds haslaunched the Global X SuperIncome Preferred ETF, which will track 50 of the highest yielding preferred securities in North America.

Eugene M. Lerner has spent his six-decade career in the financial services industry trying to stay ahead of the curve. His decision to leave Morgan Stanley for HighTower speaks to where he thinks the industry is heading in the near future.

The municipal bond market continued its rally Monday, despite limited new issuance in the primary market. Strong demand has once again pushed the 30-year yield to a new record low.

Regardless of size, the most widely cited response to the question of whether a fund firm will cut spending on technology this year is: We won't.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 50 points to close at 12,727.21 Monday while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 lost 11.53 points and 3.14 points, respectively.

Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. is liquidating the DWS Clean Technology Fund on October 12, according to a Securities and Exchange filing.

On July 16, 2012, Northern Trust has appointed Carl R. Tannenbaum as its chief economist, succeeding Paul Kasriel, who retired from Northern Trust earlier this year.

On July 16, 2012, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC plans to list the PowerShares DWA SmallCap Technical Leaders Portfolio on July 19, 2012 on the NYSE Arca.