Inverse ETF's allow investors to profit from the market going down. These ETF's make it easier to trade versus playing the complex options market. There is a wide range of inverse ETF products to choose from, betting against the market. Profit From The Next Leg Down In The Market With Inverse ETF’S (DOG, SH, RWM)
Inverse ETF's allow investors to profit from the market going down. These ETF's make it easier to trade versus playing the complex options market. There is a wide range of inverse ETF products to choose from, betting against the market. Direxion Daily Mid Cap Bear 3X Shares (MWN) Trades At New Price Today After Reverse Split
Direxion Daily Mid Cap Bear 3X Shares (MWN), whose investment strategy to replicate, net of expenses, 300% of the inverse daily performance of the Russell MidCap Index, executed a 1-for-2 reverse split after the closing of the markets on Wednesday, June 24, 2009. MWN shares began trading on a split-adjusted basis on This morning. As a result Invesco Trimark postponing listing of seven PowerShares ETFs on the TSX until credit markets improve
This story is directed to our Canadian neighbors. Apparently, market conditions are standing in the way of seven new PowerShares ETF's listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Preliminary prospectus were submitted in August of last year, and were approved this March. After approval, Invesco Trimark had 90 days (JUNE 17th) to file the final prospectus. ProShares Jumps Into 3x Leverage ETFs
ProShares has officially joined the exchange-traded funds 3x party.
The leader in leveraged ETFs launched Thursday a pair of portfolios that will put it into a different sort of niche market. Each of the new ETFs will aim at providing 300% exposure -- both inverse as well as leveraged -- to the S&P 500 index.
The new ETFs are the: ProShares UltraPro S&P 500 (NYSE Arca: UPRO) and ProShares UltraPro Short S&P 500 (NYSE Arca: SPXU).
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ETF BASIC NEWS June 25, 2009 11:49am
Invest In Alternative Energy With This Wind Power ETF (FAN)
Wind power is a great way to obtain energy through mother nature. It provides clean energy to produce electricity using turbines. Wind power is gaining popularity and several wind farms are now in existence. Wind power today only accounts for 1.5 % of global energy consumption. This provides substantial room for growth in future years ahead. Preferred Stock ETFs Gaining Popularity
These days, it’s good to be a hybrid. In an increasingly eco-friendly environment, you can’t drive a block in most cities without coming across a hybrid car. Hybrid clubs are the latest golf fad, with every amateur hacker out there scooping up one of these ‘wonder clubs’ to take a few strokes off their game.
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ETF BASIC NEWS June 25, 2009 11:18am
ProShares Launches First ETFs to Provide Triple Exposure to S&P 500
ProFunds Group, the world’s largest manager of short and leveraged funds1, announced today that it is launching the first ETFs designed to seek triple exposure to the S&P 500 on a daily basis. ProShares UltraPro S&P500 (UPRO) seeks 300% of the performance of the S&P 500 for a single day, while ProShares UltraPro Short S&P500 (SPXU) seeks 300% of the inverse performance of the S&P 500 for a single day (before fees and expenses). The new ETFs will be listed on NYSE Arca today.
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ETF BASIC NEWS June 25, 2009 11:16am
Iraq Opens Its Door to Foreign Investors: Eye on Oil ETFs
Big oil is turning its attention to Iraq once again. But this time, instead of fear and dread, oil companies are looking to the Gulf state with hope and optimism. In recent years, the Iraqi oil industry usually made the news for all the wrong reasons: sabotages of pipelines, bomb attacks at drilling sites, employee kidnappings, and government corruption. But U.S. and international oil firms are now focusing on the oil-rich nation as the site of expansion efforts that could prove to be very profitable.
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ETF BASIC NEWS June 25, 2009 11:14am
Leveraged ETFs: Comprehension Is Key
The controversy surrounding ultra long, ultra short and other leveraged ETFs has reached a fever pitch while the funds, particularly the Direxion Financial Bear 3x ETF(FAZ Quote) and Direxion Financial Bull 3x ETF(FAS Quote), continue to grow in trading volume.
While leveraged ETF funds are not a new phenomenon, they have hit the mainstream and have drawn the attention of regulatory agencies like FINRA and commentators asserting that investors should be protected against these products. Like all financial tools, the power of leveraged ETFs is truly in the hands of the investor, and the danger lies in an investor's unwillingness or inability to understand them.
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ETF BASIC NEWS June 25, 2009 11:10am
Seeds of Growth for Monsanto
We talk about ag futures and ETFs, we talk about investing in the fertilizer market, but there is another aspect to the supply chain in the agriculture market we haven't touched on lately - the seed business. Unlike, say, gold and oil, where simply buying one or two companies gets you huge exposure to the entire supply chain, with ags, the chain is a lot more disjointed.
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ETF BASIC NEWS June 25, 2009 11:09am
iShares iBoxx High Yield ETF to Be Managed in Accordance With Index Changes
Barclays Global Investors, N.A. (BGI), the world's largest Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) provider(1), announced today that Markit Group has announced changes to the iBoxx® $ Liquid High Yield Index. Barclays Global Fund Advisors (BGFA) intends to continue to manage the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund (NYSE Arca: HYG) so as to seek investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the U.S. dollar denominated high yield corporate bond market as defined by the iBoxx® $ Liquid High Yield Index. BGFA also intends to manage the Fund in a manner designed to minimize turnover and maximize cost- and tax-efficiencies.
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ETF BASIC NEWS June 25, 2009 11:04am
Asset Flows Illustrate Why ETFs Are the Go-To Investment
Asset flows into certain market sector ETFs illustrate that more and more investors are getting hip to their benefits and realizing the positive role they can serve in their portfolios.
ETFs are designed to mimic the index that they track, which also gives investors the flexibility to invest by single country or region, not just a particular industry. ETFs are also bought and sold throughout the day, so they have the ease of a single stock rather than closing once at the end of the trading day.
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ETF BASIC NEWS June 25, 2009 11:01am
Direxion Shares Announces Reverse Share Split of ETF
Direxion, a pioneer in providing alternative investment strategies to sophisticated investors, announced today that it will execute a 1-for-2 reverse split of the shares of Direxion Daily Mid Cap Bear 3x Shares after the closing of the markets on Wednesday, June 24, 2009. MWN shares will begin trading on NYSE Arca, Inc. (NYSE Arca) on a split-adjusted basis on Thursday, June 25, 2009.
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ETF BASIC NEWS June 25, 2009 10:59am
Real Estate ETF Falls 82% in Three Months
Eight of the 10 exchange traded funds with the worst grades from TheSteet.com Ratings rise at twice the pace of their underlying indexes' declines. Even this week's dip in stocks hasn't come close to bringing the funds into the black. But they could jump back quickly if equities extend their declines.
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ETF BASIC NEWS June 25, 2009 10:55am
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Urges Caution On Leveraged ETF’S (FAZ, FAS)
FINRA- The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has urged caution to the financial industry on leveraged and inverse ETF's. FINRA warned financial brokers and advisers about their responsibilities to retail investors on how these inverse and leveraged ETF's are difficult to understand and are not meant to be held for long periods of time. 
