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The Eruption Of The Eyjafjallajokull Volcano May Bode Well For Some U.S. Airline Carriers In This ETF (NYSE: FAA)

April 22nd, 2010

“As the cloud of volcanic ash that shuttered Europe’s airports clears, the industry has begun to handicap its losses. On Wednesday, the International Air Transport Association, an industry group Read more…

NYSE:FAA

The Tale of Natural Gas Contracts, Natural Gas ETF (NYSE:UNG), Claymore Natural Gas ETF, and Gas Producers

April 22nd, 2010

I am interested in buying natural gas for the Fall or winter of 2010. I checked (NYSE: UNG) for the period April 20-3rd week of October last year. (NYSE: UNG) went from about $14.50 (!) to $11 Read more…

UNG

ETF Trading Information: True Inflation is 6% to 7%

April 22nd, 2010

Jeffrey Nichols, Senior Economic Advisor to Rosland Capital (www.roslandcapital.com ), had the following commentary based on recent developments Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:GLD

State Street Named by Marshall Wace to Provide Investment Services for New Exchange Traded Fund

April 22nd, 2010

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), one of the world’s leading providers of financial services to institutional investors, announced today that it has been appointed to provide investment services Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Russell Hires Director to Drive Innovation for Its Growing ETF Licensing Business

April 22nd, 2010

Russell Investments has hired Ken O’Keeffe as an additional dedicated resource to support the firm’s growing index-licensing business for exchange traded funds (ETFs). O’Keeffe formerly Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

ProShares and KBW Announce the Launch of the First Leveraged and Inverse Regional Banking ETFs

April 22nd, 2010

Bethesda, MD, April 22, 2010 — ProShares, the leading manager of leveraged and inverse ETFs, and KBW (NYSE: KBW), the largest full-service investment bank specializing in the financial services sector, announced today the launch of the first ETFs providing leveraged or inverse exposure Read more…

KRS, KRU

Schwab Files For Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF

April 21st, 2010

Schwab filed paperwork with the SEC today to offer a “Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF.” No symbol was listed at this time. The fund’s goal is to track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 3-10 Year Treasury Bond Index. Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, VGIT

Schwab Files For Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF

April 21st, 2010

Schwab filed paperwork with the SEC today to offer a “Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF.” No symbol was listed at this time. The fund’s goal is to track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 1-3 Year Treasury Bond Index. This Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, SHY

Schwab Files For Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF

April 21st, 2010

Schwab filed paperwork with the SEC today to offer a “Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF.” No symbol was listed at this time. The fund’s goal is to track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) Index Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, TIP

Wednesday, April 21st ETF Movers: IFNA, BBH

April 21st, 2010

In midday trading Wednesday, the iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT North America Index Fund ETF (NASDAQ: IFNA) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.4% on the day. And underperforming other ETFs today is the Biotech HOLDRS ETF (AMEX: BBH), down about 4.2% in Wednesday afternoon Read more…

IFNA, NYSE:BBH, video

Getting In On The Bottom With Natural Gas ETFs (UNG, UNL, GAZ, FCG, IEZ, WCAT)

April 21st, 2010

“You probably already know there’s a phenomenal investment opportunity in natural gas right now. But here’s the background… Natural gas is an extremely useful fuel. In 500 BC, the Chinese Read more…

IEZ, NYSE:FCG, NYSE:GAZ, UNG, UNL, WCAT

Grail Advisors Issues White Paper on Exchange-Traded Bond Funds

April 21st, 2010

Grail Advisors, a leader in the development and distribution of actively-managed Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), today announced the firm has issued a white paper on Fixed Income ETFs and the state of the ETF marketplace. Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Would Investors Rather Be Overweight The SPDR Gold ETF (NYSE:GLD) Or The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) At The 1200 Mark

April 21st, 2010

“Gold has certainly received a lot more attention from investors since the beginning of 2009. Last Wednesday, with gold near its high for 2010, precious metals consultancy GFMS said in its annual Read more…

NYSE:GLD, SPY

Daniel O’Neill, President and Chief Investment Officer of Direxion Funds at AIC 2010

April 21st, 2010

Daniel O’Neill, President and Chief Investment Officer of Direxion Funds, discusses the history of ETFs, why investors find them an attractive investment option and Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS, video

ETFs: Claymore Investments, Inc. Announces April Distributions

April 21st, 2010

Claymore Investments, Inc. is pleased to announce the April distributions for the following exchange-traded funds and closed-end funds which pay monthly distributions Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

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