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The DENT Actively Managed ETF (DENT) Is the Fastest Growing Since Launch

September 23rd, 2009

fastest(Marketwire) – AdvisorShares Investments, LLC (www.advisorshares.com), an innovative investment management firm designed to offer actively managed ETFs, is excited to announce that its first product, the Read more…

NYSE:DENT

The Options Industry Council Announces New Study Finds Collar Strategies Outperform Buy and Hold

September 23rd, 2009

buy-and-holdMarketwire–The results of a new study examining the use of options in a collar strategy (both active and passive implementations) on the PowerShares QQQ(TM) (QQQQ) exchange-traded fund (ETF) show it provides superior returns Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, QQQQ

This ETF Is Full Of Junk (JNK)

September 23rd, 2009

junk-bonds“We think that junk bonds — bonds rated BB+ or lower by S&P or Ba1 or below by Moody’s — are worth considering as part of a diversified income portfolio Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, JNK

Half Of ETFs Have Less Than $50 Million In Assets

September 23rd, 2009

exchange-traded-fundsAs we reported earlier in the week “Deloitte Says ETFs Need To Grow Assets To Challenge Mutual Funds” and today Financial-Planning came out with a piece high-lighting that “Half Of ETFs Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Breaking Down Four Real Estate Related ETF’s

September 23rd, 2009

real-estate-etf“Domestic REIT investors have four ETFs to choose among. Though there are more exchange-traded funds available, the big four offer diversification Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, ICF, IYR, RWR, VNQ

ShariaShares Files For Two New U.S. ETFs

September 23rd, 2009

comingsooonSummary of each Index
The first is the FTSE Shariah USA Index which is designed to represent the country level performance of the largest and most liquid Shariah compliant companies based on the FTSE GEIS US Large and Mid cap Index companies.  The FTSE Global Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Equities Version Of Commodity Index Launches On NYSE

September 22nd, 2009

newThe Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB Global Commodity Equity Index Fund (CRBQ) tracks a diversified global index holding 145 companies that produce energy, agricultural, raw metals and precious metals.  Marketwatch reports, “The index is Read more…

NYSE:CRBQ

Splash Into The Water Industry With These Water ETF’s

September 22nd, 2009

water-etf“While global climate change may be over-politicized, there’s no disputing that the issue is real,” says Larry Edelson. In his Real Wealth, he looks at two favorite exchange-traded funds that invest in the water sector Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:CGW, PHO

Deloitte Says ETFs Need To Grow Assets To Challenge Mutual Funds

September 22nd, 2009

deloittePRNewswire — With half of all Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) falling short of the $50 million minimum net assets required to maximize profitability, attracting capital will be key Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Invest In The Best Media Companies With This Dynamic ETF (PBS)

September 22nd, 2009

online-advertisingBrandon Clay From Invest With An Edge Writes “Traditional media has been in upheaval for over a decade. The shift of advertising dollars from print to online is continuing to affect newspapers, magazines, yellow Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, PBS

Indicators Tell Us That The Natural Gas ETF’s Are A High-Risk Bet

September 21st, 2009

risky-bet“Gerard Klingman, the head of investment firm Klingman & Associates, feels that natural gas will likely rise through the fall, but even so he doesn’t recommend investors try to capitalize Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:DBC, NYSE:DJP, UNG

Get A Technical Look At These Commodity Related ETF’s

September 21st, 2009

technical-lookChris Vermeulen from The Gold And Oil Guy gives us a technical look at some commodity related ETF’s.  Commodity ETF trading charts allow us to track and trade the underlying commodities with ease. I have provided a few daily charts Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:GLD, SLV, UNG, USO

The Dent Tactical ETF May Very Well Be The Dumbest ETF of 2009

September 21st, 2009

dumbest-ideaDon Dion from TheStreet.com degrades the Dent Tactical ETF (DENT) which has a very high expense ratio.   We found the article interesting and thought we would share it with our readers Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:DENT

Large Institutions Continue To Make Their Move Into ETF’s

September 21st, 2009

etf-news“Exchange-traded funds, once the purview of retail and small institutional investors, are increasingly flowing into the investment portfolios of larger institutions Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Global X Proposes 13 New ETFs

September 21st, 2009

comingsooonGlobal X Funds filed a prospectus on September 10 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch 13 new ETFs. Global X plans 6 chineese funds, the Global X China Consumer ETF, Global X China Energy ETF, Global X Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

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