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Small-Cap ETFs For Many Types Of Investors

Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by David Bettencourt.

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Exchange Traded Funds, or ETFs, are one way you add exposure to small caps without having to concentrate all of your investments in individual stocks. And there are a number of options that small-cap investors should be aware of and have in their potential investment quiver. “There are ETFs that cover the full spectrum of potential investment [...]

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ETF Radar Magazine Releases Issue No. 5 Jan 2010 International Edition

Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by David Bettencourt.

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ETF Radar Magazine has just released Issue No. 5 (1st Quarter 2010). We have attached a snapshot of the issue and you can view the current issue by downloading the magazine from the link below.     Issue No.5 // 1st Quarter 2010 International Edition   Direct download of the current issue: http://www.etf-radar.com/ETFRadarMagazine_Q12010.pdf (Adobe PDF file, 3.2 MB)     This issue includes the following content:   + [...]

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Investors Will Continue To Pour Money Into Commodity Related ETFs

Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by David Bettencourt.

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Lara Crigger From Hard Assets Investor Writes:  2009 may not have been quite the crazy commodities barnburner 2008 was, but it’s safe to say that commodities investors did, in general, just fine. And there’s little doubt that “commodities investor” is increasingly becoming synonymous with “ETF investor.” By the end of 2009, 924 exchange-traded products had hit [...]

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China Materials ETF (CHIM) Added to Family of China Sector ETFs

Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by David Bettencourt.

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New York-based asset manager Global X Management Company today launched the Global X China Materials ETF (NYSE Arca: CHIM), the first ETF offering targeted access to the China Materials sector. CHIM is the latest addition to the comprehensive family of China sector ETFs offered by Global X Funds. The Global X China Materials ETF seeks to [...]

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Schwab Introduces Two New Low-Cost ETFs Focused on Emerging Markets and International Small-Cap Equities

Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by David Bettencourt.

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Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (CSIM) has launched its seventh and eighth exchange-traded funds with low operating expense ratios and commission-free online trading in Schwab accounts. The latest two are the Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF (SCHE) and the Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF (SCHC) and they begin trading on Jan. 14th, 2010. “These two new [...]

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Successful First Trading Day for ETF Securities Platinum and Palladium Exchange-Traded Funds

Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by David Bettencourt.

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We are delighted with the successful launch and first trading day of PPLT and PALL. The asset and trading numbers posted on the first day validate investor’s appetite to gain physical exposure into the underlying precious metals via an exchange traded investment product.” The objective of the ETFS Platinum Trust’s (PPLT) shares reflect the performance of the price [...]

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Claymore ETFs Receive 5- and 4-Star Morningstar Ratings upon Reaching Three-Year Milestones in 2009

Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by David Bettencourt.

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Claymore Securities, Inc., a leading provider of innovative ETFs with over $3 billion in ETF assets, is pleased upon reaching their three-year milestones in 2009, four of Claymore’s ETFs received either 4- or 5-stars from Morningstar. “We believe in the fresh approaches of our ETF’s underlying indices and their ability to analyze the market. Utilizing unique metrics [...]

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Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP Commences Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of Direxion Energy Bear 3X Shares Fund Investors

Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by David Bettencourt.

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Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP today filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, on behalf of all persons who purchased or otherwise acquired the shares of Direxion Energy Bear 3X Shares Fund (“the Energy Bear Fund”) [NYSE:ERY] (ERY) an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) offered by Direxion [...]

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Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP Commences Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of Ultra Basic Materials ProShares Fund Investors

Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by David Bettencourt.

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Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP today filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, on behalf of all persons who purchased or otherwise acquired the shares of Ultra Basic Materials ProShares Fund (“the UYM Fund”) [NYSE:UYM] (UYM) an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) offered by ProShares Trust (“ProShares” or [...]

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RevenueShares Rebalances ETFs After Year of Strong Performance

Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by David Bettencourt.

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The exchange-traded funds (ETFs) delivered by RevenueShares Investor Services, LLC were rebalanced in late December, the company announces today. The rebalance was accomplished by weighting the constituent stocks of each Fund’s S&P benchmark by the revenue generated in the prior four quarters. “Rebalancing the S&P® indexes annually by company revenue reinforces the conventional wisdom of reallocating assets from [...]

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