(Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Eric Balchunas discusses why hundreds of exchange-traded funds faced trading halts last week. Investment managers are facing tough questions from regulators over what caused the trading disruptions for those ETFs. Bloomberg’s Catherine Cowdery reports on exchange-traded funds.

(Bloomberg) -- David Mazza, head of ETF and mutual fund research at State Street Global Advisors, says the stock market’s recent losses can “reignite fear...and may provide opportunities” for investors including the SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (ticker: KRE). Bloomberg’s Catherine Cowdery reports on exchange-traded funds.

(Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Eric Balchunas says ETFs accounted for about half of the volume on U.S. exchanges on Monday, when about 14 billion shares traded hands, the most in four years. He adds the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (ticker: SPY) saw $97 Billion worth of shares traded that day. Bloomberg’s Catherine Cowdery reports on exchange-traded funds.

(Bloomberg) -- Christian Magoon, chief executive of YieldShares, discusses the investment opportunities in closed end funds as they trade at a discount to their net asset value. The YieldShares High Income ETF (ticker: YYY) contains 30 closed end funds. Bloomberg’s Catherine Cowdery reports on exchange-traded funds.

(Bloomberg) -- Christian Magoon, a consultant at ISE ETF Ventures and founder and chief executive of YieldShares, discusses the asset growth of the PureFunds ISE Cyber Security ETF (ticker: HACK). It launched in November and by July, HACK had attracted $1.4-billion – one of the fastest ascents in ETF history. (On Aug. 26, after turmoil in the market, it had $1.2 billion.) Bloomberg’s Catherine Cowdery reports on exchange-traded funds.

(Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Eric Balchunas discusses two ETFs that are tapping into the recovery in the housing industry. One is a ‘smart beta’ ETF and the other is an indirect way to play the housing gains (tickers: PKB and EIRL). Bloomberg’s Catherine Cowdery reports on exchange-traded funds.

(Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Eric Balchunas discusses the performance of two so-called “low volatility” ETFs designed to limit the effect of stock swings (tickers: SPLV and USMV). Bloomberg’s Catherine Cowdery reports on exchange-traded funds.

(Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Eric Balchunas says homebuilder ETFs are at their highest levels in nearly ten years. He discusses the differences between the two biggest ETFs that focus on the housing industry (tickers: XHB and ITB). Bloomberg’s Catherine Cowdery reports on exchange-traded funds.

(Bloomberg) -- Rachel Evans of Bloomberg News discusses the increase in ETFs that protect against currency risk. Evans says fund managers are combining ‘smart beta’ strategies with currency-hedging to attract more sophisticated investors (tickers: EUSC and FXEU). Bloomberg’s Catherine Cowdery reports on exchange-traded funds.

(Bloomberg) -- David Kotok, chairman and co-founder of Cumberland Advisors, discusses the appeal of an ETF that focuses on utility companies (ticker: XLU). Bloomberg’s Catherine Cowdery reports on exchange-traded funds.