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PowerShares Listed Private Equity Portfolio (PSP) Goes Global

September 30th, 2009

invescopowershareslogo(Marketwire)– Invesco PowerShares, a leading provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), announced today that the PowerShares Listed Private Equity Portfolio (PSP) will begin tracking the Global Listed Private Equity Index Read more…

PSP

SunGard’s New ETF Retirement Plan Solution Helps TPAs and Advisors Gain Efficiency and Reliability

September 30th, 2009

sungardCMC Interactive, Ingham Retirement Group, APA Benefits and KTRADE have selected SunGard’s new Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) solution, which SunGard Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Berger & Montague Announces that 20 Days Remain for Investors in UltraShort Financial ProShares (SKF) to Move the Court to Serve as Lead Plaintiff

September 30th, 2009

timerunningoutPHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Berger & Montague, P.C. filed a class action lawsuit on September 25, 2009 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, on behalf of all persons who purchased shares in the UltraShort Financials ProShares Fund (SKF) (the “SKF Fund”) Read more…

SKF

Israel Generates Exceptional Economic Productivity Benefiting This Israeli ETF

September 30th, 2009

israel“Reflecting the stability and maturity of its economy and financial markets, Israel was recently upgraded to developed-market status,” says fund expert Mark Salzinger. In The Investor’s ETF Report, he looks at iShares MSCI Israel Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:EIS

Barclays Global Investors: ETF Landscape: Industry Review, September 2009

September 30th, 2009

barclaysBarclays Global Investors has just published the September 2009 edition of our monthly ETF Landscape Industry Review. This report is a review of the Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) industry through Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Grail Advisors Set To Launch 4 ‘Active’ ETFs Tomorrow

September 30th, 2009

new1In May, Grail Advisors launched the market’s first true, actively managed equity ETF, the Grail American Beacon Large Cap Value ETF (GVT). Traded on the New York Stock Exchange, GVT represented the first fund designed to incorporate traditional investment management approach and a multi-manager format into an active ETF structure. Upon launching this multi manager active ETF, the firm announced plans to Read more…

NYSE:GVT, RFF, RPQ, RPX, RWG

ETF’S: The Commodity Index Reborn

September 30th, 2009

commoditiesLara Crigger From Hard Assets Investor Writes:  As readers of HardAssetsInvestor.com know, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission spent all summer pushing for tighter regulation of commodity ETFs Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:CRBQ, NYSE:DXO, NYSE:GAZ, UNG

Outlook For Natural Gas ETF Turns Bearish As NG Supply Surges

September 29th, 2009

natural-gasNatural Gas supplies are at capacity and producers will be forced to dump excess supplies onto the market which will cause demand to plummet. “Should some of this stored gas be dumped into the market prematurely Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, UNG, video

Time To Get Defensive In This Market With ETF’s

September 29th, 2009

defends-with-shield“The rally has been impressive, but there’s evidence that fundamentals remain mixed. Take some profits and reallocate Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, JXI

Gilman and Pastor LLP Announces That 6 Days Remain for Investors to File Certifications to Serve as Lead Plaintiff in the ProShares UltraShort Real Estate Fund (SRS)

September 29th, 2009

six(Marketwire) — 09/29/09 — Gilman and Pastor LLP filed a class action lawsuit on September 21, 2009 in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, on behalf of Plaintiffs and all persons who purchased Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:DUG, NYSE:EEV, NYSE:FXP, SCO, SDS, SKF, SRS, UYG

Here’s A Close Look At Four Broad-Based Commodity Index ETFs

September 29th, 2009

commoditiesWritten by Brad Zigler From Hard Assets Investor:  It seems all of my end-of-summer barbecues invariably result in a bout of backyard braggadocio about investments Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:DBC, NYSE:GCC, NYSE:GSG, UCD

The Gold Boom: 4 Easy Ways to Trade It Through ETFs

September 29th, 2009

gold-manGold and its related exchange traded funds (ETFs) have entered a phase in which they’re nearly universally appealing, now that the metal has broken through the psychological barrier of Read more…

NYSE:DGL, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GLD, SGOL

High-Yield Bond ETFs Could Pay Off For Investors With A High Risk Tolerance

September 29th, 2009

scottburnsScott Burns, in a video for Morningstar, talks about the potential rewards that could be gained by investing in junk bonds. Scott specifically focuses on the use of  ETFs to gain exposure to the junk bond market. The two ETFs focused on in this article are Read more…

JNK, NYSE:HYG

CEFConnect.com-Investors Served By New Closed-End Fund Resource Site

September 28th, 2009

logo_cefconnect(BUSINESS WIRE) – Nuveen Investments, a leading global provider of investment services to institutions and high-net-worth investors, today announced the launch of CEFConnect.com Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

The Premium In The Natural Gas ETF Should Dissipate With New Shares

September 28th, 2009

buyer-beware“The United States Natural Gas Fund LP (UNG) resumed issuing new shares Monday, ending a long drought for the exchange-traded fund Read more…

UNG

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