{"id":3593,"date":"2021-10-14T11:10:45","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T11:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investwithanedge.com\/?page_id=3593"},"modified":"2021-11-22T13:20:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T13:20:17","slug":"state-street-abandons-dow-jones-style-box-etfs-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/investwithanedge.com\/state-street-abandons-dow-jones-style-box-etfs\/","title":{"rendered":"State Street Abandons Dow Jones Style-Box ETFs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Nine SPDR ETFs from State Street will undergo significant changes on Monday, December 20, 2010. All will receive new names and new underlying indexes, and six will get lower expense ratios. The seven style-box ETFs will receive new ticker symbols, while the two bond ETFs will retain their current symbols. None will have their history erased or CUSIP changed.<\/p>\n

The seven revised style-box ETFs will change their underlying indexes from Dow Jones to S&P. This moves State Street, and the SPDR brand, away from providing unique style-box ETFs to being the third provider offering S&P style-box ETFs. It places SPDR head-to-head with iShares and Vanguard with Vanguard currently enjoying a clear price advantage.<\/p>\n

These changes go a long way toward eliminating all style-box offerings based on Dow Jones Indexes. I expect the two remaining ones (large cap blend and mid cap blend) to be closed and liquidated soon. The two revised bond ETFs will change their underlying indexes from \u201ccredit\u201d bonds to \u201ccorporate\u201d bonds.<\/p>\n

On December 20, 2010:<\/p>\n