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Long-Term Treasury Bond ETFs: Consider Yourself Warned

July 26th, 2010

The brickbats are starting to pour in. For months, I’ve warned readers about the bubble developing in long-term Treasury bonds. Yet what was the top-performing asset class in the first half of 2010? You guessed it: Long-term Treasury bonds, with a total return – price gains plus interest – of 13.2%. Read more…

IAU, IEF, IEI, IPE, ITE, NYSE:BIL, NYSE:GLD, SHV, SHY, TIP, TIPZ, TLO, TLT, VGIT, VGLT, VGSH, WIP

Canada Lithium Chosen For World’s First Lithium ETF (LIT)

July 26th, 2010

Canada Lithium Corp. (TSX: CLQ; U.S. OTCQX: CLQMD) announced today that it has been included in the world’s first Lithium ETF (NYSE: LIT). Global X Funds, the New York-based provider of Read more…

LIT

The Lithium ETF Lights Up The Market (LIT, COPX, SQM, SIL)

July 26th, 2010

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LIT, NYSE:COPX, SIL

Global X Funds Post Record Trading Volumes (LIT, CHIQ, CHIM, CHIX, GXG, SIL, BRAZ)

July 26th, 2010

Global X Funds Lithium ETF (NYSE:LIT) traded more than 450,000 shares on its opening day Friday, July 23, 2010, making it one of the most successful ETF launches this year. Other Global X Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

New ETF Data Website Launches, Designed to Arm Retail Investors with More Actionable Information on Growing Investment Sector

July 26th, 2010

BNK Invest, Inc. today announced the launch of its new exchange traded fund (ETF) research website called ETFChannel.com. The site, aimed at retail investors trying to maximize the Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Introduces a Premium ETF Algorithm for Client Use

July 26th, 2010

As popularity of ETF products grows so does the need for more sophisticated trading tools. In recognition of this, Bank of America Merrill Lynch today unveiled its premium algorithm, Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Select Sector SPDR Trust Sues PowerShares for Trademark Infringement and Misappropriation

July 26th, 2010

The Select Sector SPDR Trust, which offers a family of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that divide the S&P 500 into nine individual sector funds, has filed suit against PowerShares Exchange-Traded Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

WisdomTree India Earnings Fund (EPI) Passes $1 Billion In Assets Under Management

July 26th, 2010

WisdomTree (Pink Sheets: WSDT), an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) sponsor and asset manager, announced today that the WisdomTree India Earnings Fund (EPI) surpassed $1 billion in Read more…

NYSE:EPI

The Claymore U.S. Capital Markets Bond ETF Declares a Distribution (UBD)

July 26th, 2010

Claymore Advisors, LLC, is pleased to announce that the Claymore U.S. Capital Markets Bond ETF has declared a distribution. The table below summarizes the distribution schedule Read more…

UBD

Junior Gold Miners Versus The Big Producers (GDX, GDXJ)

July 26th, 2010

As we see the in-flux of “born again” gold-bugs among mainstream market commentators, there has also been a commensurate increase in articles about the gold miners. Many “experts” who only Read more…

NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ

The Homebuilder ETF Remains In A Powerful Downtrend (ITB, IYR)

July 26th, 2010
The housing market… is stalling again,” says the Wall Street Journal this week. On one hand, demand has evaporated. The government was giving out $8,000 tax credits for buying a new Read more…

ITB, IYR

The Vicissitudes Of Hedging Tail Risks (VXX, VXZ, VXX, XXV)

July 26th, 2010

People are excited about tail risk. On the institutional side, banks and asset managers are packaging up complex, multi-asset hedging products and selling them to pension funds, endowments, and Read more…

VXX, VXZ, XXV

Bruno del Ama, Global X, Discusses The New Lithium ETF (LIT)

July 26th, 2010

Global X Funds, launched last Friday, the world’s first Lithium ETF (NYSE: LIT). This is the first ETF to offer investors targeted access to a resource industry critical for the renewable energy and green movement. The ETF tracks the Solactive Global Lithium Index, which is designed to reflect Read more…

LIT

ETFs: Timing The Market With These Trend Indicators

July 26th, 2010

The trend is your friend and this article reviews the 7 most popular trend indicators to help you make an extensive and in-depth assessment of whether you should be buying or selling stocks Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

How ETF Investors Can Be Positioned For The S&P 500, Gold & Oil (SPY, USO, GLD)

July 26th, 2010

The second half of last week we saw some strong price action in the equities market. The S&P500 broke through the 5 and 50 day moving averages closing the week just under key resistance levels Read more…

NYSE:GLD, SPY, USO

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