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Bond Exchange-Traded Funds Are Gaining Momentum

September 25th, 2009

bonds“Assets invested in this slice of the ETF market rose from $53 billion in mid-September 2008 to $91 billion this September, or 59 percent, according to TrimTabs Investment Research. What’s more, the sheer number of bond ETFs Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, LQD, NYSE:BND, NYSE:CSJ, NYSE:HYG, TIP

New Oil ETF Faces Hurdles (ETF: DNO)

September 25th, 2009

hurdlesThe United States Short Oil Fund (DNO) will face the same hurdles that tripped up (DXO) and (UNG) as the fund grows. While creation limitations may take a while to kick in, there is a good chance that this fund Read more…

NYSE:DNO, NYSE:DXO, UNG

Can RIMM Sink The Nasdaq? Asks Dr. Joe Duarte

September 25th, 2009

etf-news7The Powershares Nasdaq 100 Trust (QQQQ) shook off the selling on Wednesday, but on Thursday it sagged. And the bad earnings report from Research In Motion (RIMM) could make things even tougher on Friday. Duarte added: It’s Read more…

QQQ, QQQQ

Cramer Chimes In On The Most Dangerous ETF List

September 24th, 2009

jim-cramerThe bottom line here is that there are a lot of bad ETFs out there – “toxic financial products that could blow up in your face,” Cramer says – the worst of them, in his opinion: the Direxion Daily Read more…

NYSE:DTO, NYSE:FAS, NYSE:FAZ, UNG

The Two Most Dangerous ETFs Right Now (UNG, DTO)

September 24th, 2009

buyer-bewareDon Dion, from TheStreet.com, identifies two ETF’s that he says, “can wreck your portfolio.” These portfolio wrecking ETFs are: The  United States Natural Gas (UNG) and Read more…

NYSE:DTO, UNG

The United States Short Oil Fund (DNO) Begins Trading On The NYSE

September 24th, 2009

short-oil-etf“The United States Short Oil Fund (DNO) began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, part of the United States Commodity Funds growing empire of energy ETFs, which includes the U.S. Oil Fund (USO) and U.S. Natural Gas Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:DNO, UGA, UHN, UNG, USL, USO

Will Gold ETF’s Continue On Their Bull Run?

September 24th, 2009

gold-bull“Is it time to buy? Gold’s latest move above the $1,000 mark has stoked the long-standing debate between mining stock aficionados and bullion fans – what exactly is a better investment – gold bullion or gold mining shares Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:GCC, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:HAP

One Button Click Downloads Over 450 Up To Date Equity ETF Constituent Lists

September 24th, 2009

mouse-clicks(PR.com)– MasterDATA announces that as of September, 2009, constituent lists included in its downloadable datafile number over 450 equity ETFs. This includes all international and domestic equity exchange traded funds Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

State Street Global Advisors Launches VRDO Municipal Bond ETF

September 24th, 2009

statestreet(BUSINESS WIRE)–State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), today announced that the SPDR® S&P® VRDO Municipal Bond ETF (Symbol: VRD) began trading on the NYSE Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, VRD

Claymore Exchange-Traded Funds Declare Distributions

September 24th, 2009

claymore-etfs(BUSINESS WIRE)–Claymore Advisors, LLC, is pleased to announce the following Claymore Exchange-Traded Funds (“ETFs”) have declared distributions. The table below summarizes the distribution schedule for each Fund declaring a distribution Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Are ETF’s Really As Cheap As We Are Led To Believe?

September 24th, 2009

believe“Over the years experience has taught me that when a price sounds too good to be true a little investigation will prove that it is. The recent trumpeting of the cost advantages of ETFs is a great example of this. It could lead you to believe Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Aluminum To $3000: Physically Backed Aluminum ETF May Soon Become Reality

September 24th, 2009

aluminum1“At the ISRI Commodities Roundtable Forum on aluminum last week, one analyst reportedly suggested that aluminum could rise to $3,000 per metric ton by May 2010—quite a jump from this year’s prices, which have fluctuated between just over Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, JJU

Three Dow Jones BRIC 50 Subindexes and Dow Jones RusIndex Titans 10 to Underlie Exchange-Traded Funds

September 24th, 2009

etf-news7(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced that the Dow Jones BRIC Brazil 15, the Dow Jones BRIC India 15, the Dow Jones BRIC China 15 and the Dow Jones RusIndex Titans 10 indexes have been Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Deloitte Publishes Paper “Exchange Traded Funds Challanging The Dominance Of Mutual Funds”

September 24th, 2009

dgMutual funds have a 69-year head start on ETFs; ETFs are thus unlikely to have more assets under management than MFs anytime soon. However, ETFs are likely to increase their share of investment dollars and become the Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Gilman and Pastor LLP Files Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of Purchasers of Multiple ProShares Ultra and UltraShort Funds

September 23rd, 2009

lawsuit-filed(Marketwire) –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…

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