Lawrence Carrel

TheStreet.com Senior Writer
Lawrence Carrel joined TheStreet.com in 2007. He spent the previous seven years at SmartMoney.com where he created two weekly columns, “ETF Focus” and “Under the Radar.” Prior to this, he created SmartMoney.com’s stock-of-the-day column, “The One-Day Wonder.” In 1995, he became a founding staff member of The Wall Street Journal.com, where he edited breaking news, the Journal’s international editions, covered the stock market and was one of the writers of the Cyber Investing column. As a reporter for Gannett Suburban Newspapers in Westchester County, N.Y., he won a Best of Gannett as a member of the spot news team covering the World Trade Center bombing in 1993. Before that he served as National Editor at the North Jersey Herald & News. Carrel has written for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Observer, Time Out New York, Razor, SmartMoney, Guitar and Barron's Online. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics and communications from Cornell University and studied at the Columbia School of Journalism.
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India ETN Tripped Up by Local Regulators

By Lawrence Carrel

The iPath MSCI India Index ETN can't issue new shares, and prices are diverging from net asset value.

Related Topics: Personal Finance | ETFs | Personal Finance Basics

01:19PM 01/22/08

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Dunham Gives Fund Managers Tough Love

By Lawrence Carrel

In a refreshing twist, this fund company won't pay its managers unless they perform.

Related Topics: Personal Finance | Personal Finance Basics | Mutual Funds

10:30AM 01/21/08

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Financial Planners Aren't Sold on Active ETFs

By Lawrence Carrel

Actively managed ETFs are on their way, but they may be a product in search of a market.

Related Topics: Personal Finance | ETFs | Personal Finance Basics

01:17PM 01/16/08

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Fidelity's Flagship Magellan Fund Reopens

By Lawrence Carrel

Company says the fund's shareholder base has matured and it wants to attract younger investors.

Related Topics: Ratings

07:05PM 01/15/08

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ETF Industry's Next Conquests: Africa and Mideast

By Lawrence Carrel

'Frontier markets' are the newest thing in emerging-market investing.

Related Topics: Personal Finance | ETFs | Personal Finance Basics

11:21AM 01/15/08

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ETF Industry Might Be Growing Too Fast

By Lawrence Carrel

An iShares exec says new offerings should be more well thought-out.

Related Topics: Personal Finance | ETFs | Personal Finance Basics

02:23PM 01/14/08

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How Short ETFs Make Money

By Lawrence Carrel

Wondering how exchange-traded funds that short-sell the market actually work? Read this.

Related Topics: Ask TheStreet | Short-Selling | Strategy | ETFs

01:52PM 01/11/08

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Closed-End Funds Back On Sale

By Lawrence Carrel

Tax-loss selling has pushed discounts to historic levels.

Related Topics: Personal Finance | Personal Finance Basics | Mutual Funds

09:19AM 01/07/08

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New Real Estate Funds Crash and Burn

By Lawrence Carrel

The fund industry learned nothing from the dot-com bust.

Related Topics: Mutual Funds | Personal Finance Basics | Personal Finance

09:12AM 01/03/08

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A Push Is On for Actively Managed ETFs

By Lawrence Carrel

PowerShares and several other firms have plans for products with more freedom to pick stocks.

Related Topics: Personal Finance Basics | ETFs | Personal Finance

01:42PM 01/02/08

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