Archive

Archive for April, 2010

A Look At Single Country ETFs For The Month Of April

April 7th, 2010

Below is a table in order of the sum of the 3, 6, and 12 month returns for individual country ETFs. Each column represents returns for various timeframes and the percent each ETF is above Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Javelin Is Set To Begin Trading The JETS Contrarian Opportunities Index Fund ETF (JCO) Tomorrow April 8th

April 7th, 2010

Javelin is set to begin trading the JETS Contrarian Opportunities Index Fund ETF (JCO) Tomorrow April 8th. As a contrarian fund, the ETF would invest in names that have under-performed in recent years, but that have strong fundamentals relative to other companies in the same space. The Fund will Read more…

JCO

Equity ETFs Blowing Away Mutual Funds: 2009 INFLOWS

April 7th, 2010

According to Doug Sipkin, a senior brokerage analyst for Ticonderoga Securities, the advantages offered though ETFs are causing investors to switch from mutual funds at an astonishing rate. Doug compared the 2009 inflows to both products and found that there was $70 billion added to ETFs Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Invesco PowerShares Lists Industry’s First Suite of U.S. Small-Cap Sector ETFs on NASDAQ

April 7th, 2010

Invesco PowerShares, a leading provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), announced today the industry’s first suite of ETFs offering sector-specific beta exposure to U.S. small-cap equities began Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

ETF Plays: Barclays Wealth Advises Remaining Overweight Equities

April 7th, 2010

Barclays Wealth ‘Compass’ investment calls for April include:  (1) Remain overweight equities; favor developed-market equities  (2) Consider equity long/short managers as part of an equity strategy Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

ETF Tools: Scottrade Adds S&P Equity Research Services to its Online Trading Site

April 7th, 2010

Standard & Poor’s Equity Research announced today that Scottrade, a leading branch-supported online investing firm, has added S&P’s Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) research to its online trading Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Van Eck Launches Market Vectors Latin America Small-Cap Index ETF (LATM)

April 7th, 2010

New York-based asset manager Van Eck Global has launched Market Vectors Latin America Small-Cap Index ETF (NYSE: LATM), the first U.S.-listed open-end exchange-traded fund Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

RevenueShares ETFs Declare Quarterly Dividend Distributions

April 7th, 2010

RevenueShares Investor Services is pleased to announce that RevenueShares ETF Trust has Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

The Uptrend In This Financial ETF Should Continue Despite The Government’s Unwind Of Citigroup’s Stock

April 6th, 2010

“Five of the 10 best-performing exchange traded funds in the first quarter were propelled by financial firms. The SPDR KBW Bank ETF (NYSE: KBE), which tracks the KBW Bank Index, returned Read more…

KBE

Zacks’ Voice of the People Highlights Opportunities with SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF, The U.S. Oil Fund ETF and The United States Gasoline Fund ETF

April 6th, 2010

Zacks highlights commentary from People and Picks Trader inthemoneystocks.  For more Voice of the People Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Old Mutual Global Index Trackers CEO Discusses New ETFs (GSW, GSO, GSZ)

April 6th, 2010

Old Mutual Global Index Trackers introduced three new foreign and global equity ETFs today. The GlobalShares FTSE All Cap Asia Pacific ex Japan Fund (GSZ), GlobalShares FTSE All-World ex US Fund (GSO) and GlobalShares FTSE All-World Fund (GSW) all began trading on the NYSE Arca exchange Read more…

NYSE:GSO, NYSE:GSW, NYSE:GSZ

Tuesday April 6th ETF Movers: FIO, EKH

April 6th, 2010

In midday trading Tuesday, the iShares FTSE NAREIT Industrl/Offc Cp Idx (FIO) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 3.1% on the day. And underperforming Read more…

AMEX:EKH, NYSE:FIO

The iShares Emerging Market ETF (EEM) Has Been One Of The Most Widely Traded Options Series

April 6th, 2010

“The iShares Emerging Market Index exchange-traded fund was very popular yesterday, with more than 63 million shares and 445,000 options contracts changing hands. The (NYSE: EEM) EEM hit Read more…

NYSE:EEM

Apple’s Success Is Carrying It’s Weight Within This Technology ETF (XLK)

April 6th, 2010

“The Latest Product Release from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has gotten quite a reception. Whether the new iPad’s first day for sale was above or below analyst projections, Apple stock is no worse for Read more…

XLK

Rising Commodity Prices Are Fueling The Coal ETFs (KOL, PKOL, SLX, XME)

April 6th, 2010

“For most of the past 50 years, since the birth of environmental awareness, coal has been the “black sheep” of the power-production family. Now, thanks to more efficient furnaces, better exhaust Read more…

KOL, PKOL, SLX, XME

Copyright 2009-2012 ETFDAILYNEWS.COM

LOG