New York-based asset manager Global X Management Company today launched the Global X China Energy ETF (NYSE Arca: CHIE), the first ETF Read more…

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Fund.com, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: FNDM), an exchange traded fund and education provider, announced today that its subsidiary, AdvisorShares Investments, LLC, will launch the WCM/BNY Mellon Focused Growth ADR ETF Read more…

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“Investors seeking exposure to Egypt or Kuwait have typically obtained it through Middle East or frontier-country funds, but two Read more…

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(BUSINESS WIRE)–IndexIQ, a leading developer of index-based alternative investment solutions, has introduced the first merger arbitrage Read more…

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(BUSINESS WIRE)–First Trust Advisors L.P. (“First Trust”) today announced the anticipated launch of the First Trust NASDAQ^® Clean Edge^® Smart Grid Infrastructure Read more…

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(BUSINESS WIRE)–New York-based asset manager Van Eck Global today launched Market Vectors™ Junior Gold Miners ETF (ticker: GDXJ) on the NYSE Arca Read more…

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“A new ETF is being introduced to the investing community by Van Eck Global, the same corporation that is behind a number of ETFs, including the Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX Read more…

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Jim Cramer host of Mad Money is seeing much investor interest in the country of Iraq.  ”A lot of Mad Money investors are looking for ways to trade the country’s currency, the dinar Read more…

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Burton Malkiel, Princeton University economics professor, and Christian Magoon, president of Claymore Securities, discuss the launch of a new ETF that tracks a basket of Chinese companies. ETF: Read more…

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New Fund Expands Access to Emerging Markets and Complements Current Family of ETFs Read more…

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(BUSINESS WIRE)–State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), today announced that the SPDR^® S&P^® VRDO Municipal Bond ETF (Symbol: VRD) began trading on the NYSE Read more…

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BOSTON — September 17, 2009 — State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), today announced that the SPDR® Wells Fargo® Preferred Stock ETF (PSK) began trading Read more…

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Emerging Global Advisors, LLC, a leading provider of sector-based emerging markets Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), has added a new ETF to its lineup, it was announced today: the Dow Jones Emerging Markets Read more…

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The first-ever emerging market sector family of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) has been introduced by Emerging Global Advisors, LLC, (EGA) it was announced today.

The new Emerging Global Shares (EGS) family of ETFs is based on the Dow Jones Emerging Markets Sector Titans Indexes and is designed to provide institutional investors with broad-based exposure to leading emerging market companies across multiple industry sectors. The initial funds will focus on Energy and Metals & Mining. All the ETFs will be listed on the NYSE Arca electronic exchange.

“For the first time, institutional investors will have a transparent vehicle for gaining sector-based exposure to the emerging markets,” said Robert Holderith, chief executive officer at Emerging Global Advisors. “Our family of ETFs will provide the market access and liquidity to allow institutions to execute trading and investment strategies that have not been previously possible.” Read more…

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Even the worst economy since the Great Depression and a president who chastises white-collar financial workers for not “making anything” hasn’t stopped the intense pace of innovation in the ETF space, where no fewer than 250 funds await regulatory approval. These aren’t the usual bevy of large-cap lookalikes full of Exxon Mobil (XOM: 66.67, -1.77, -2.58%) and Google (GOOG: 395.97, +4.50, +1.14%). Previously unattainable markets, from commodities, currencies and real estate will soon be as easy to trade as General Electric (GE: 12.65, +0.43, +3.51%)… if the SEC ever gets around to permitting them to list. Here are a few of the upcoming products I’m anticipating the most.

1. ETFs Palladium Trust (No Ticker Yet)
Palladium, a sister metal to platinum, is used extensively in auto catalysts, which accounts for roughly 55% of the total demand. It’s also used in dentistry, electronics and jewelry, giving it somewhat of a split personality. It’s an industrial metal that’s often closely correlated with gold and silver. The majority of supply comes from Russia and South Africa, where disruptions in production can often lead to sharp spikes in price.

Longtime readers know I’ve had some success in the past with palladium-related equities such as North American Palladium (PAL: 1.81, +0.07, +4.02%) and Stillwater Mining (SWC: 4.51, +0.01, +0.22%). Not unlike SPDR Gold Trust (GLD: 87.27, -1.06, -1.20%) or iShares Silver Trust (SLV: 12.21, -0.34, -2.70%), the ETFs Palladium Trust will aim to simply track the price of palladium, less expenses, making it easier and less cumbersome to trade than futures contracts or actually taking physical delivery. A small and comparatively illiquid market, palladium likely will move quite quickly once signs of an economic recovery begin to appear. For those interested in this unusual opportunity, the prospectus is an informative read.

Full Story:  http://www.smartmoney.com/Investing/ETFs/Three-New-ETFs-Worth-Waiting-For/

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