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
S&P Equity Research Services Unveils New Tools on MarketScope Advisor(R) at the SIFMA Technology Conference in New York
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: iShares Announces Launch of iShares MSCI All Peru Capped Index Fund (EPU)
The iShares MSCI All Peru Capped Index Fund (EPU) began trading today on NYSE Arca. iShares currently offers the most extensive line of international ETFs with more than 70 global, international and emerging market ETFs out of over 180 iShares funds listed in the U.S.
The fund will track the MSCI All Peru Capped Index, holding the top 25 Peruvian equity securities by free-float adjusted market cap, including iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund ETF Gets Competition
Roger Nusbaum from thestreet.com compares the iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (EFA) which is known for giving investors affordable easy access to foreign stocks, to the SPDR S&P International Mid Cap ETF (MDD). EFA investments mostly in mega cap stocks, while MDD leans towards mid cap's and has been "on a tear" lately. “Hedge Fund-Like” ETF’s QAI, and MCRO
Adam Patti CEO of Index IQ spoke with Bloomberg about his line of hedgefund replicating etf's amid hedgefunds outperforming their benchmarch indexes for the first time following their worst year in 2008. Adam talks about John Hofmeister Talks About Where He Thinks Oil Is Headed (ETF: USO)
Crude oil slid last week and is continuing its slide this week, but the commodity is up more than 50 percent so far this year. John Hofmeister, CEO of Citizens for Affordable Energy and former CEO of U.S. operations for Shell Oil, shares his insight in the video below. John thinks that we have passed the top of a reasonable range of oil. Get Ready For A Market And Gold Stock Correction Ahead (GDX)
"I am a big time Gold stock bull based on the deflationary depression that I believe has already begun (for those who don’t understand why deflation is good for Gold miners, look here). The stock market is a dangerous place to be right now and there’s no rush to speculate on the upside right now. If You’re Hungry For Risk, Emerging Market ETF’s Are On The Menu (FXI, HAO, BRF, EEM)
"This year, emerging markets mutual funds are up an enticing 54 percent, according to Lipper Inc. That indicates developing nations have the capacity to survive global economic trauma and investors are regaining an appetite for risk," Reports Andrew Leckey from stltoday.com. Do’s And Dont’s For Fighting Inflation
"If there's one thing money managers agree on, it's that the U.S. is headed toward a higher rate of inflation." Start's Paul Katzeff in a recent article for IBD. What does he say to do about it? 
