AfterNoon Report - SPY - SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) PriceWatch Alert Shows Changes in Stock - Sourced WhisperFromWallStreet.com
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ETF BASIC NEWS June 22, 2009 3:31pm
AfterNoon Report – SPY – SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) PriceWatch Alert Shows Changes in Stock – Sourced WhisperFromWallStreet.com
Even when down, bet on the best
Burned on foreign stocks by a surging loonie, Canadian investors have been retrenching to domestic securities, even though the local market is notoriously concentrated in materials, energy and financial services.
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ETF BASIC NEWS June 22, 2009 3:29pm
The Alternative Energy Market: Bullish & Bearish Scenarios For NYSE: PBW
When oil prices moved over $30 a barrel in the mid 1980s, it was considered a significant event. It also signaled the birth of small ethanol companies in the Midwest. Many of them managed to hang around long enough to get a second wind when Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait and the ensuing Gulf War pushed oil prices pushed past $40.
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ETF BASIC NEWS June 22, 2009 3:27pm
(Natural) Gas Pains?
Has the U.S. Natural Gas ETF (NYSE Arca: UNG) gotten almost too big for its britches? The fund, which began trading two years ago, has generated so much interest that it has had to ask the SEC for permission to expand, not once, but twice since the beginning of the year. As you'd expect with any growing ETF, trading volumes have also skyrocketed. But the timing seems odd, if you check out the chart, as interest seems to have increased in the fund after the price of natural gas dropped last summer. Now we're in a period of low natural gas prices and interest has skyrocketed.
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ETF BASIC NEWS June 22, 2009 3:26pm
Net inflows in gold ETFs after 3 months
After three months of outflows, gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw net inflows in May, primarily due to the decline in gold prices. According to data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi), gold ETFs witnessed net inflows of Rs 113 crore.
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ETF BASIC NEWS June 22, 2009 3:23pm
Marker Briefing For Monday: June 22 2009
Clearly, the economy has sidestepped a prolonged economic disaster, but the strong recovery in the stock market has brought hopes that growth will return to historical norms. One day it may, but not for another year or more.
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ETF BASIC NEWS June 22, 2009 3:21pm
What Retirement?
Bad news for anyone who works for a living: Chances are, you’re gonna be working even longer.
Sure, things are tough all over, but this little tidbit from Charles Schwab is particularly depressing (via Reuters).
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ETF BASIC NEWS June 22, 2009 3:20pm
S&P Equity Research Services Unveils New Tools on MarketScope Advisor(R) at the SIFMA Technology Conference in New York
NEW YORK, June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's Equity Research Services continues to expand coverage across the wealth management spectrum of products and assets classes with its MarketScope Advisor(R) (MSA) platform. The MSA platform provides actionable investment intelligence on multiple asset classes including stocks, ETFs, mutual funds and variable annuities. With its latest release, S&P has added to its repertoire of advisor tools with the newly introduced HoldingScan tool and Alerts functionality. HoldingScan provides a detailed look at portfolios and analyzes contents to show exposure to various asset classes, regions, sectors, and individual holdings. Alerts and Watchlists provide the ability to keep abreast with specific securities and market activity. Besides multi-asset class research and tools, MarketScope Advisor provides an independent source for intra-day market commentary and news.
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ETF BASIC NEWS June 22, 2009 3:18pm
ProShares Expands ETF Lineup
SAN DIEGO (ETFguide.com) – ProShares has just introduced four leveraged ETFs designed to increase in value when stocks fall in Europe, the Pacific Ex-Japan region, Brazil and Mexico.
“ProShares now offers a large selection of 14 ETFs that offer short or leveraged exposure to a variety of regions and countries,” said Michael L. Sapir, ProFunds Group Chairman and CEO. “With this broad line-up, investors can make tactical shifts as conditions change in markets around the world.”
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ETF BASIC NEWS June 22, 2009 3:16pm
GETTING PERSONAL: Finra Reminds Firms On Leveraged ETF Sales
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Regulators appear to be turning a critical eye to sales of leveraged and inverse exchange-traded funds, complex instruments which can magnify not only investors' returns, but their risks as well.
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ETF BASIC NEWS June 22, 2009 2:29pm
Investor Taking Profits In Emerging Markets ETF (VWO, TIP, CSJ)
Emerging Markets have enjoyed some strong gains since the March lows, and one investor is starting to take some of the gains off the table. IndexUniverse.com reports that "Mike Bayer The Toronto, Canada-based adviser and president of Strategic Analysis Capital Management says he prefers to buy exchange-traded funds Invesco Considers Australian ETF’s
Invesco is considering some of its PowerShares suite of ETFs for the Australian market, Invesco Australia chief said. Global asset manager Invesco is considering bringing some of its PowerShares suite of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to the Australian market, Invesco Australia chief executive Mick O'Brien told InvestorDaily. 3 Great ETF’S You Should Know About (MXI, IEZ, IYW)
Louis Navellier from MoneyShow.com reports that "Buying specific sector ETFs will allow us to capitalize on [an] Advanced Sector Alert when an industry is just breaking out, helping us profit much earlier in the market cycle. Three years of back-testing clearly show that our Advanced Sector Alert identifies sectors coming into favor an average of four months in advance of individual stock winners. Demand In Silver Investments To Overtake Gold In 2009? (SLV)
Demand for silver investments is heating up in 2009. "The rise in silver prices has also been largely thanks to a fresh wave of investment demand, as funds and other investors buy into silver futures and physically backed exchange-traded funds (ETFs), WisdomTree ETFs Declare Quarterly Distributions
WisdomTree announced today that WisdomTree Trust declared distributions for the following WisdomTree ETFs. Rates are listed below: 
