Thursday, April 15 ETF Movers: XLVS, RTL
April 15th, 2010
In midday trading Thursday, the S&P SmallCap Health Care ETF (NASDAQ:XLVS) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.4% on the day. And underperforming Read more…
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Archive for April, 2010
Two Dividend ETF Picks for Your IRA
April 15th, 2010
Morningstar’s Christine Benz discusses with Scott Burns his top picks for funding an IRA before the April 15 Read more…
Morningstar Reports U.S. Mutual Fund and ETF Asset Flows Through March 2010
April 15th, 2010
Morningstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today reported estimated U.S. mutual fund and exchange-traded fund asset flows through March 2010 Read more…
Certain Claymore-Advised ETFs Announce Adjournment of Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders
April 15th, 2010
The Claymore-advised exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) listed below have announced that the reconvened Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders, scheduled for April 14, 2010, has been Read more…
ETF News: ROB Announces Results of Reconvened Special Meeting of Shareholders
April 15th, 2010
The Claymore/Robb Report Global Luxury Index ETF (“ROB”) is pleased to announce that the proposal listed below received necessary shareholder approval at the reconvened Joint Special Read more…
Wouldn’t Investors Welcome A Smartphone ETF With Stakes In Companies That Produce The iPhone And The Blackberry?
April 14th, 2010
“Earlier this week, Nasdaq announced a new index for companies engaged in the manufacturing or development of smartphone products. The benchmark, known as the NASDAQ OMX CEA Read more…
Swank Energy Income Advisors, LP Announces Launch of ETN Tracking the Cushing(R) 30 MLP Index
April 14th, 2010
Swank Energy Income Advisors, LP (“Swank Energy”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Swank Capital, LLC and investment advisor to The Cushing MLP Total Return Fund (NYSE: SRV), today announced Read more…
Wednesday, April 14 ETF Movers: PSI, IHF
April 14th, 2010
In midday trading Wednesday, the PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors ETF (PSI) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 4.8% on the day. And underperforming Read more…
SPDR Gold ETF (NYSE: GLD): Sovereign Risk and Global Demand Bullish for Gold
April 14th, 2010
Jeffrey Nichols, Senior Economic Advisor to Rosland Capital – (www.roslandcapital.com), had the following commentary based on recent market activity and the week ahead Read more…
Financial ETF: KBW Announces Changes to KBW Bank Index (BKX)
April 14th, 2010
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., a full-service investment bank that specializes in the financial services sector, and a wholly owned subsidiary of KBW, Inc. (NYSE: KBW), today announces Read more…
ETFs: Building Blocks for Asset Allocation Purposes
April 14th, 2010
“ETFs are really used now as building blocks for asset allocation purposes. They are liquid. They are transparent. They are flexible,” Rory Tobin, CEO of iShares, and pioneer of the launch of ETFs on FTSE index in London, said Wednesday. “We’re now in a world of ETFs where you have a full range of Read more…
ETFs: The Tax Advantage
April 14th, 2010
If you pick the right ETF, it can give you a tax advantage. Peter Crawford, Schwab Investment Management Services, sits down Read more…
Natural Gas Futures Support Potential For Long Term Reversal Of The Natural Gas ETF (NYSE: UNG)
April 14th, 2010
Several weeks ago autobottrading.com spoke of the natural gas sector and the possibility that a major trend change was potentially setting up for the commodity. Natural Gas futures had reached Read more…
Leading ETF Firm Celebrates 10th Anniversary While Achieving Asset Gathering Milestone
April 14th, 2010
BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) today announced its Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) platform, iShares, has reached global Assets under Management (AUM) of US$509 billion as of March 31, 2010 Read more…
First South Korea Small Cap ETF Introduced by IndexIQ
April 14th, 2010
IndexIQ, a leading developer of index-based alternative investment solutions, is introducing the IQ South Korea Small Cap ETF (NYSE: SKOR) focusing on the domestic market of South Read more…
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