• Some Financial ETFs Might Be Worth the Risks

  Seeking Alpha: Since the collapse of Bear Stearns (BSC), credit spreads have improved, write-downs have been revealed and top-level analysts are beginning to discuss the opportunities of getting in on the financial services upswing. The ETFExpert Blog explores why ETFs may be the best way to get exposure to the financial services market.

• Top 5 ETF Blog Posts

  Morningstar: From the "Basis Pointing" blog: An index of some of the topics covered recently, including a short list of most popular posts.

• ETF Update: Actively Managed ETFs, Using the Moving Average

  Chuck Jaffe evaluates actively managed ETFs, including the Bear Stearns Current Yield. Jaffe questions if these funds can live up to expections.

• Bank of New York Mellon in an ETF Pact

  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. announced that it will provide subadvisory, transfer agency, fund accounting, fund administration, and custody services for RevenueShares Investor Services LLC's RevenueShares ETFs.

• Ultra and Inverse ETFs: The Downside of Doubling Up

  Since the debut of inverse and leveraged ETFs, investors have debated how they fit into overall portfolio strategy.

• Invesco PowerShares Launches Actively Managed ETF

  Three equity and one fixed-income active ETFs begin trading less than a month after Bear Stearns launch of first actively managed ETF.

• ETF Watch: Seeking Alpha

  News on launch of U.S. heating oil fund, the launch of the first two NETS in the UK and Australia, UBS in the ETN market, and the ELEMENTS platform.

• BNY Mellon Unit Hires Cuocolo

  BNY Mellon Asset Servicing hired Kathy Cuocolo to run its U.S. mutual fund administration and exchange-trade fund services, a newly created position.

• With Blood on Wall Street, Is It Time to Buy?

  A sample analyst report on recent changes made to Seeking Alpha ETF research and how investors can benefit from it.

• ETF Wire: Slew of Commodities, Foreign Funds Launch

  New ETF articles, analyst reports, analyst notes, reports, listings and what's in the pipeline.

• Northern Trust Expanding Its Offerings and Global Reach

  Northern Trust Corp.'s investment management business plans to expand by adding product capabilities domestically while opening more offices in international markets.

• ETF Picks to Put Our Market Outlook into Action

  A short list of ETFs that deal with ideas and themes mentioned in the various sector outlooks.

• The Storm Continues

  In our first quarterly column on ETFs, we note how the credit crunch has affected several sectors.

• State Street: Actively Managed Equity ETFs in SEC Limbo

  State Street Corp. believes the much-hyped idea of actively managed ETFs remains promising but is not quite ready to take off, a senior executive says.

• Schwab Institutional Expands Its TAMP to Include Three New Companies

  Advisors working with Schwab will have access to Morningstar Investment Services' mutual fund, stock and ETF portfolios.

• Bond ETF Tracks a Non-U.S. Index

  State Street Global Advisors, the Boston investment management arm of State Street Corp., has started offering a bond exchange-traded fund that tracks Deutsche Bank AG's DB global government ex-U.S. inflation-linked bond capped index.

• State Street Launches First International Inflation-Protected Bond ETF

  ETF will begin trading on American Stock Exchange Thursday.

• Bear Pulls Its Actively Managed ETF Following Collapse

  The race to have the first actively managed ETF on the market forges on.

• ETFs Take Hit as Bear Collapse Stokes New Credit Fears

  WSJ.com: Exchange-traded funds tracking stocks around the world fell yesterday as the collapse of Bear Stearns Cos. and the efforts by the Federal Reserve to avert a potential run on banks stoked fresh credit fears. The broad-market SPDR S&P 500 ETF traded lower by more than 1%; the Dow Diamonds ETF initially dropped a similar amount but was up slightly by day's end as the Dow Jones Industrial Average bounced higher.

• PowerShares to Offer Active ETFs

  PowerShares is first company given exemptive relief by SEC to offer the funds