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iPath, one of the largest issuer of ETNs, recently debuted a new volatility product designed to shift exposure to various VIX-linked indexed based on market conditions. The new S&P 500 Dynamic VIX ETN (NYSE:XVZ) is designed to dynamically allocate between the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Read more…
BNP Paribas has filed paperwork with the SEC for a “BNP Paribas Enhanced Volatility Fund.” The Fund will seek to track changes, whether positive or negative, in the level of the Index, over time. The Shares are designed for investors who want a convenient way to gain a long exposure to forward implied equity market volatility of the S&P 500® Index. They plan to trade this fund on the NYSE under the Read more…
Shah Gilani: In the early ‘80s, when I was running a hedge fund from the floor of the Chicago Board of Options Exchange (CBOE), I was a market maker in OEX options. The OEX is the Standard & Poor’s 100 Index. The CBOE Market Volatility Index (VIX) was born from trading options on the OEX and Read more…
As the lineup of ETFs approaches the 1,300 mark, a growing pool of issuers continue to deliver innovative new products that tap into strategies and asset classes that have never before been accessible through the exchange-traded structure. One relatively new area that has attracted Read more…
The latest innovation in the commodity ETP space came from UBS on Thursday, as the company rolled out a pair of products designed to exploit contango in two of the most heavily-traded energy futures markets. The new ETRACS Natural Gas Futures Contango ETN (NYSE:GASZ) and ETRACS Oil Read more…
Nick Cherney, CFA is the CIO and co-founder of VelocityShares LLC, the index company behind many of the exchange-traded products that offer exposure to volatility. Nick recently took time Read more…
The graphic below is part of my ongoing effort not only to maintain a list of all the volatility-based exchange-traded products, but present them in a manner which helps to highlight the distinctions Read more…
As the ETF industry has exploded on to the scene in recent years, the size of the product lineup has consistently grown. Many of the new funds to begin trading have been first-to-market products Read more…
UBS begins trading their new “UBS E-TRACS Daily Long-Short VIX ETN” (NYSE:XVIX) today. The UBS E-TRACS Daily Long-Short VIX ETN is linked to the performance of the S&P 500 VIX Futures Read more…
December continued the impressive wave of product innovation that has become expected of the ETF industry. Various issuers introduced first-to-market products and continued the impressive 
With 2011 just around the corner, tis the season for pledges to better everything from health to wealth to happiness in the coming year. Below, we offer up ten New Years’ Resolutions for ETF 
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