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Van Eck Debuts Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:33:23 +0100

Van Eck announced today the debut of an exchange-traded fund that offers exposure to companies employing “unconventional” approaches towards producing energy commodities such as crude oil and natural gas. The new Market Vectors Unconventional Oil Gas ETF (FRAK) will seek to replicate an index comprised of companies operating in segments such as coalbed methane, coal seam gas, shale...

Goldman Plans Low Beta US Equities ETF

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:22:24 +0100

Goldman updates ETF plans, saying its first fund would focus on low beta U.S. equities. read full article (http://www.indexuniverse.com/hot-topics/9820-goldman-plans-low-beta-us-equities-etf.html)

EGShares Launches Suite Of Emerging Market Sector ETFs

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:54:29 +0100

Emerging Global, the New York City-based ETF issuer best known for its funds that target consumers and infrastructure in developing nations, rolled out the latest addition to its product lineup Thursday with the debut of nine GEMS (Global Emerging Markets Sectors) funds.

ETF Fund Flows: SPY Bleeds $1.44 Billion

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:54:29 +0100

SPY lost $1.44 billion on Friday, June 24 as stocks pulled back on more Europe debt concerns. read full article (http://www.indexuniverse.com/hot-topics/9423-etf-fund-flows-spy-bleeds-144-billion-.html)

Direxion Details Three Non-Leveraged ETFs

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:38:53 +0100

Direxion, the Boston-based ETF issuer best known for its suite of 3x and -3x products, continues to expand its platform to include non-leveraged ETFs. The firm has already rolled out a non-leveraged airline ETF (FLYX), and earlier this year detailed plans for a suite of targeted Indian equity funds.

Deutsche Bank Debuts Suite Of Currency Hedged Equity ETFs

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 03:48:42 +0100

Deutsche Bank rolled out the latest additions to an ETP lineup that is rapidly approaching 1,300 on Thursday, debuting five ETFs that offer exposure to international equity markets while stripping out the impact of fluctuations in value of the U.S. dollar and non-U.S. currencies. Each of the new products are linked to MSCI indexes, offering exposure to the same basket...

Dividend ETF On Steroids: Global X Debuts “SuperDividend” Fund

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:06:20 +0100

Global X added another product to a growing lineup of ETFs focusing on dividend-paying equities on Thursday, rolling out its SuperDividend ETF (SDIV). The new fund, the 35th from the New York-based issuer, will seek to replicate the Solactive Global SuperDividend Index.

PIMCO Planning Foreign Currency Strategy ETF

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:06:20 +0100

PIMCO, the California-based ETF issuer best known for its active bond funds, has put another active product into its exchange-traded pipeline. The latest proposal from the bond fund giant is the PIMCO Foreign Currency Strategy Exchange-Traded Fund, which would would give investors exposure to foreign currencies through an actively-managed ETF.

Direxion Introduces 1x Short Bond ETFs

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:48:14 +0100

Think interest rates are headed higher? A new batch of ETFs from Direxion Shares allows traders and investors to capitalize on that trend. The new Direxion ETFs are focused on the U.S. bond and...

Van Eck Introduces Colombia ETF

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:48:14 +0100

Van Eck Global has just launched a new ETF with market exposure to publicly traded companies in the South American country of Colombia. The new ETF will...

FaithShares To Close Doors On Four ETFs

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:48:12 +0100

Heading in to 2011, many had predicted that a wave of closures would sweep over the ETF industry, the result of overly ambitious growth in recent years and the introduction of increasingly targeted exchange-traded products.

Russell Introduces 10 Specialized ETFs

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 04:57:48 +0100

SAN DIEGO (ETFguide.com) - Russell Investments launched the Russell Factor ETFs, a series of 10 U.S. equity ETFs, designed to deliver focused large cap and small cap exposure to five significant risk factors - high beta, low beta, high volatility, low volatility and high momentum.

Guggenheim Launches Pair Of Active Bond ETFs

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 04:57:46 +0100

Guggenheim became the latest ETF issuer to roll out actively-managed products on Wednesday, raising the curtain on a pair of funds that offer exposure to bond markets. The company completed the active ETF introduction by overhauling a pair of indexed bond funds, changing names and ticker symbols and dropping the target index altogether.

PowerShares Plans RAFI ETF Push

Tue, 31 May 2011 04:40:20 +0100

PowerShares, the Chicagoland ETF issuer behind the ultra-popular QQQ that has expanded its presence in the alternative weighting arena in recent years, has plans to significantly expand its partnership with Research Affiliates, the firm that developed the RAFI methodology.

First Trust Adds 13 New AlphaDEX Funds to the Fam

Tue, 31 May 2011 04:40:20 +0100

First Trust Advisors announced last Tuesday that they have added thirteen new Funds to their AlphaDEX lineup. The ETFs within the AlphaDEX fund family track the performance of a group of custom enhanced indexes with a proprietary rules-based fundamental selection method.

PowerShares Debuts Convertible Bond ETF (CVRT)

Fri, 27 May 2011 12:55:39 +0100

The latest addition to PowerShares’ ETF lineup is a fund focusing on convertible bonds, a unique asset class that maintains characteristics of both fixed income and equity securities. The new PowerShares Convertible Securities Portfolio (CVRT) will seek to replicate the performance of the BofA Merrill Lynch All U.S. Convertibles Index,

Direxion Launches Leveraged Russia, Agribusiness ETFs

Thu, 26 May 2011 04:02:59 +0100

Direxion rolled out the latest additions to its lineup of leveraged and inverse ETFs today, introducing products that offer 3x daily exposure to Russian equities and the global agribusiness sector. The new ETFs include: Daily Russia Bull 3x Shares (RUSL) Daily Russia Bear 3x Shares (RUSX)

Global X Debuts First Canada Preferred Stock ETF (CNPF)

Thu, 26 May 2011 04:02:59 +0100

Wednesday marks the first day of trading for another Global X ETF, as the company introduced a fund offering exposure to a basket of preferred stocks from Canadian issuers that trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The Global X Canada Preferred ETF (CNPF) seeks to replicate the Solactive Canada Preferred Index, a benchmark that includes nearly 60 different preferred stock...

Russell Debuts New Lineup of Strategy ETFs

Tue, 24 May 2011 01:52:18 +0100

Russell Investments introduced a new lineup of ETFs focused on specific investment strategies.read full article (http://www.etfguide.com/news/835/Russell-Debuts-New-Lineup-of-Strategy-ETFs/)

Van Eck Plans Mongolia ETF

Tue, 24 May 2011 01:52:17 +0100

Van Eck, the issuer behind a number of country-specific emerging markets ETFs, recently laid the groundwork to launch what would be the industry’s first Mongolia ETF. In an SEC filing last week, the company outlined an ETF that would seek to replicate a to-be-determined index that would consist of companies domiciled and primarily listed on an exchange in Mongolia or...