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Investors Get Excited For The Launch Of Van Eck’s Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF

October 22nd, 2009

gold-miner“A new ETF is being introduced to the investing community by Van Eck Global, the same corporation that is behind a number of ETFs, including the Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:GDX

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Increases Focus On ETFs As Volumes Surge

October 22nd, 2009

bseExchange Traded Funds (ETF) have found a new fan – the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) is all set to increase its focus on these funds. CNBC-TV18′s Mrinalini Krishna reports that after losing the battle in the cash and derivatives segment, the Bombay Stock Exchange is now Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Will Retail Shoppers Prove Analysts Wrong On The Retail ETF?

October 22nd, 2009

shopping“Despite a weak economy and a growing fear that consumer spending remains slow, the retail sector is proving to be an impressive hot spot within the market Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, XRT

Why Are ETFs So Popular

October 22nd, 2009

popularWith $433 Billion in assets and roughly 800 new funds, what is it that is making ETFs so popular? CNBC produced a segment with Deborah Fuhr, global head of ETF research and implementation strategy at Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

ETF Securities Exceeds $350m in Assets Under Management (AUM) in the US Within Two Months of Inception

October 21st, 2009

etf-securities(BUSINESS WIRE)–ETF Securities USA LLC (ETFS) announced today that the total assets under management of its two products; the ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares (SGOL) and the ETFS Physical Silver Shares (SIVR) now exceeds $350m as of October 21, 2009 since launch Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, SGOL, SIVR

Pimco Is Said To Consider Expansion Into Stock Funds

October 21st, 2009

rumors1Bloomberg is reporting that PIMCO, the world’s biggest manager of bonds, “is considering starting a stock-fund unit for the first time in its 38-year history.”  Bloomberg quotes an e-mail from Mark Porterfield, a spokesman for the company stating,  Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Brazilian ETF’s Tumble As It’s Government Makes A Decision To Impose A Tax On Foreign Fund Inflows Into Securities

October 20th, 2009

tax“Brazilian stocks and the country’s currency tumbled Tuesday following the government’s decision to impose a tax on foreign fund inflows Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:EWZ

Jim Cramer Calls For ETF Sponsor’s To Create An Iraqi ETF

October 20th, 2009

jim-cramerJim Cramer host of Mad Money is seeing much investor interest in the country of Iraq.  ”A lot of Mad Money investors are looking for ways to trade the country’s currency, the dinar Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

ETFS Palladium Trust Files Preliminary Prospectus Symbol: PALL

October 20th, 2009

palladiumThe ETFS Palladium Trust (Trust) will issue ETFS Physical Palladium Shares (Shares) which represent units of fractional undivided beneficial interest in and ownership of the Trust. ETF Securities USA LLC is the sponsor of the Trust (Sponsor), The Bank of New York Mellon is the trustee of the Trust (Trustee), and Read more…

PALL

YAO Has Highest Volume of Any ETF Launch in 2009, 1.3 Million Shares First Day

October 20th, 2009

number1oneLISLE, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Claymore/AlphaShares China All-Cap ETF (YAO) which launched on October 19th, posted trading volume totaling over 1.3 million shares on its first full day of trading. This marks a record first-day volume for any Read more…

YAO

Market Vectors Small-Cap Brazil ETF (BRF) May Lose Top Holding

October 20th, 2009

brazilGVT, the Brazilian telecommunications firm and top holding of the Market Vectors Small-Cap Brazil ETF (BRF – commentary – Trade Now) is caught in the middle of a bidding war between French conglomerate Vivendi and Read more…

NYSE:BRF

Apple’s Q4 Earnings Report Should Provide A Major Boost To These ETF’s

October 19th, 2009

apple1Apple Inc. (AAPL) the technology heavyweight, posted smashing revenue of $9.87 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.67 billion, or $1.82 per diluted share Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, IYW, QLD, QQQQ, TYH

It May Be Time To Get Out Of These ETF’s And Short The Market

October 19th, 2009

ultrashort1“Based on a reliable set of common sense indicators (more about them in a moment), the stock market will have to fall hard to reach fair valuations. Based on a number of short-term indicators, this rally has come within striking Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, IWM, KBE, MDY, NYSE:DBC, NYSE:DIA, QQQQ, SPY, SSO, UYG, XLB, XLF

Investors Continue To Pour Money Into Taxable Bond Funds And ETFs

October 19th, 2009

safe-investments“Looking at what kind of mutual funds investors are buying can be a good way to judge market sentiment, but recently their behavior seems schizophrenic. Recent reports on fund flows Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, VWO

Guggenheim Partners Announces the Acquisition of Investment Adviser to Claymore-Advised Funds

October 19th, 2009

ma(BUSINESS WIRE) — Guggenheim Partners, LLC (“Guggenheim Partners”), a global diversified financial services firm, and Claymore Group Inc. (“Claymore”), a leading provider of innovative investment products, including exchange-traded funds Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

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