The US economy grew at 2.5% in the third quarter, a faster rate than previously estimated.
Investment guru Jim Rogers has criticised Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's decision to pump a further $600bn into the US economy, saying he "does not understand economics".
The range of new ETFs coming to market is changing the complexity of the industry by tracking less well-known benchmarks, according to Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Research.
US-based active ETF provider AdvisorShares is set to launch the Peritus High Yield fund on NYSE Arca at the beginning of December.
In the latest Interactive Financial Adviser debate, our panelists from Legg Mason, Threadneedle and Standard & Poor's discussed US Large Cap companies.
Bank shares in the US dived overnight after a group of investors united to try force Bank of America to repurchase soured mortgages packaged into $47bn of bonds.
ETFs in the US had inflows of around $25.4bn in September with funds tracking US stocks gathering the most assets, according to Morningstar.
The US central bank has decided not to take further action to rejuvenate the country's economy but hinted it may do more later if needed.
The recent US downturn, which officially ended in June 2009, has been the longest since the great Depression beginning with the Wall Street crash in 1929.
AdvisorShares has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a fund of funds style ETF investing in both long and short positions.