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Financial ETF Roundup: Ex-U.S. Edition (AXFN, FEFN, KBWX, FGEM, EMFN, BRAF, IPF, EUFN, CHIX)

November 22nd, 2011

Shibo Liang: The last few weeks have been a rocky stretch for the financial sector in the U.S., with another massive bankruptcy filing coming as negative sentiment towards big financial institutions is reaching new heights. After a stellar month in October, a wave of risk aversion in November has dealt a Read more…

NASDAQ:EMFN, NYSE:BRAF, NYSE:CHIX, NYSE:FGEM, NYSE:IPF, NYSE:KBWX

ETF Misnomers: Why You Never Judge A Fund By Its Cover (SPY, GLD, AGG, BND, EEM, VWO)

November 8th, 2011

Michael Johnston: The saying “never judge a book by its cover” is certainly applicable to a wide range of situations. That includes the business of investing; for advisors and individuals who use ETFs, the old adage can be very relevant, valuable advice. There are now more than 1,300 exchange-traded Read more…

NYSE:AGG, NYSE:BND, NYSE:EEM, NYSE:VWO

China’s Rare Earths Monopoly – Peril or Opportunity? (REMX, MCP)

September 29th, 2011

John Daly: The prosperity of China’s “authoritarian capitalism” is increasingly rewriting the ground-rules worldwide on the capitalist principles that have dominated the West’s economy for nearly two centuries. Read more…

REMX

WisdomTree Tweaks Seven Equity ETFs

June 21st, 2011

WisdomTree completed a number of previously announced changes to its ETF lineup this week, making minor changes to seven of the company’s equity funds. Four ETFs received new tickers as a Read more…

NYSE:AUSE, NYSE:AXJL, NYSE:CCXE, NYSE:DBU, NYSE:DNL, NYSE:DRW, NYSE:GNAT

What’s Eating You? Global Inflation and Your Portfolio

May 20th, 2011

Matt Tucker:  Headlines of late have been filled with news about inflation, from rising commodity, precious metals and gas prices to higher prints of the consumer price index.  Traditionally Read more…

NYSE:GTIP, NYSE:ITIP

Gold ETFs: Why The Trend Now Points To Gold Going Higher (GLD, GDX, GDXJ, SGOL, IAU, DZZ, AGQ, ZSL, SLV, GG)

May 20th, 2011

Sean Brodrick: I’ve told you before that gold is showing relative strength to other commodities, and I expect it will lead the next rally. Are we seeing gold bottom right now? And if so, how should Read more…

NYSE:DZZ, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:IAU, NYSE:SGOL

Highlighting Some “EAFEC ETF” Options

May 17th, 2011

Most investors constructing an equity portfolio using ETFs would segment the asset class into three distinct sections: U.S. equities, emerging markets, and ex-U.S. developed markets. Read more…

NYSE:EFA, NYSE:GWX, NYSE:VEA, PXF, SCHF

Three ETFs To Watch This Week: RTH, TLT, XOIL

May 16th, 2011

The second week of May was a pretty poor one for American equity markets as high levels of volatility combined with fears over global growth and inflation to send markets to a loss for the Read more…

NYSE:RTH, NYSE:TLT, NYSE:XOIL

IndexIQ Debuts A New Global Oil Small Cap ETF (IOIL, XLE, IXC, IEO, XOP)

May 5th, 2011

IndexIQ rolled out the latest ETF offering exposure to oil companies today, debuting the IQ Global Oil Small Cap ETF (NYSE:IOIL). The new ETF will be the first exchange-traded product to offer Read more…

NYSE:IEO, NYSE:IOIL, NYSE:IXC, NYSE:XLE, NYSE:XOP

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

What’s Driving The Timber ETFs?

April 28th, 2011

So far, 2011 has been a pretty good time to be a commodity producer, as most natural resource firms have risen substantially to start the year. While some sectors of the market, such as rare earth Read more…

NASDAQ:WOOD, NYSE:CUT

Investors: The Year’s Best Gold Miner Bet (GDX, MFN, GRS, SSRI, HMY, GG)

April 25th, 2011

Brad Zigler:  Last week, we looked at the trailing performance of gold mining shares, as a class, vs. bullion, using the indexes underlying the Market Vectors gold miners ETFs as our benchmarks. Read more…

NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ

Certain Claymore-Advised ETFs Announce Adjournment of Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders

March 31st, 2010

The Claymore-advised exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) listed below have announced that the reconvened Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders, scheduled for March 30, 2010, has been Read more…

NYSE:SEA, NYSE:TAN, ROB

(Canada) BetaPro Management Completes Investment in Australian ETFs Company

March 1st, 2010

jovian-capitalJovian Capital Corporation (“Jovian”) (JOV:TSX) and its subsidiary BetaPro Management Inc. (“BetaPro”), the manager of the Horizons BetaPro exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), are pleased Read more…

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Pro-Financial Asset Management’s Fundamental Index(R) Mutual Funds Outperform ETFs in 2009

February 12th, 2010

pro-financialPro-Financial Asset Management’s lineup of FTSE RAFI(R) Fundamental Index mutual funds outperformed their ETF competitors in 2009 by between 4.16% to 11.38% Read more…

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