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ETF Daily News: Friday’s ETF Movers

April 29th, 2011

In trading on Friday, the B2B Internet HOLDRs (AMEX:BHH) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 5.93% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…

AMEX:BHH, NYSE:BSC, NYSE:GRN, PTM, ROLA, ROSA

UBS Debuts A New Business Development Company ETF

April 29th, 2011

UBS has made another addition to its fast-growing ETN lineup, rolling out a product linked to an index consisting of U.S.-listed business development companies (“BDCs”). Th E-Tracks Linked to Read more…

NYSE:BDCS

SPDR ETFs Named Most Recognized ETF Brand for Fourth Consecutive Year

April 29th, 2011

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the asset management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT), today announced that SPDR® ETFs received its fourth consecutive award for the Most Read more…

SPY

Weekly Commodity ETF Flows Report: Traders Bet On Silver Top (SLV, ZSL, USO, DBA, UNG)

April 29th, 2011

Sumit Roy:  Fresh investor buying helped equity markets advance to new multiyear highs this week, as the Federal Reserve signaled it would keep monetary policy accommodative for a while Read more…

NYSE:DBA, SLV, UNG, USO, ZSL

Digging Into The New Regional Emerging Markets ETF (EEM, VWO, THD, EWM, EWM, EWS)

April 29th, 2011

Sam Subramanian:  Emerging market investments offer potential for higher returns while being highly volatile. Investors therefore include emerging markets ETFs in their ETF portfolio. Read more…

ILF, NYSE:EEM, NYSE:EIDO, NYSE:EPHE, NYSE:ESR, NYSE:EWM, NYSE:EWS, THD, VWO

WisdomTree Dreyfus Chinese Yuan ETF To Be As Big As GLD?

April 29th, 2011

Daryl Jones, Managing Director, Macro, Hedgeye Risk Management talks with Forbes about what he sees as the direction of the market. Daryl thinks the market is 20-30% over Read more…

IAU, NYSE:CAF, NYSE:CYB, NYSE:FLAT, NYSE:GLD, OIL

Quick Charting the Russell and NASDAQ at New Highs

April 29th, 2011

If you’re focusing all of your attention on either the S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) or the Dow Jones Index (NYSE:DIA), there’s a major headline you might be missing: Read more…

IWM, NYSE:DIA, QQQ, SPY

U.S. Consumers Stumble Over Bernanke’s “Transitory Inflation” Claim

April 29th, 2011

Kerri Shannon:  In the first-ever press conference by the U.S. Federal Reserve, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke tackled a handful of eager reporter questions about why he continues to think rising Read more…

NYSE:GLD, SLV

Investors Able To Participate In Price Rises Through ETFS

April 29th, 2011

Deborah Fuhr, managing director, global head of ETF research & implementation strategy at BlackRock says investors have been using Exchange Traded Funds to adjust their exposure to Read more…

IAU, NYSE:GLD

Investors: Four Potential Plays On The U.S. Dollar and The S&P 500 (UUP, UDN, SPY, SH)

April 29th, 2011

There have been some interesting developments in the market this week. Silver hit a new, multi-year high, then slid lower. The U.S. dollar broke down. And the S&P 500 broke out to its highest Read more…

SH, SPY, UDN, UUP

Inflation Scorecard: New Highs Scored By Gold Aren’t Universal (GLD, GDX, GDXJ)

April 29th, 2011

Brad Zigler:  For dollar-denominated assets this week: Read more…

NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:GLD

Country ETFs: South Korea Leads The Way Up

April 29th, 2011

A retirement portfolio that includes both foreign and domestic investments can provide for more diversification, with more opportunities for growth. This article will focus on country specific ETFs Read more…

NYSE:EWY, RSX

Currency ETFs: The Yuan Cracks A 17-Year High

April 29th, 2011

Tim Seymour:  China has very quietly let its currency appreciate exactly 5% since June 2010 and now the yuan is pushing to modern peaks. Read more…

NYSE:CNY, NYSE:CYB

Reader Q and A: Straddles and Implied Volatility

April 29th, 2011

Right before the close last Wednesday I placed an ATM straddle that proved to be profitable and I closed it after the IV spike on Thursday. I shouldn’t have come back for more, but I placed Read more…

SLV

ETF Issuer: WisdomTree Swings To Profit On Surge In Inflows

April 29th, 2011

WisdomTree, the New York-based firm behind more than 45 ETFs, reported first quarter net income of $0.2 million, the first profitable quarter for the publicly-traded ETF Read more…

NYSE:ALD, NYSE:DEM, NYSE:DGS, NYSE:EPI, WDTI

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