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SOCL Quietly Adds An 8.8% Facebook Weight

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:43:25 +0000

Global X’s SOCL becomes the first ETF to take on Facebook, botched IPO notwithstanding.A week after one of the most infamous initial public offerings in history, Facebook quietly made its first d...

Beyond Poor GREK

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:47:43 +0000

European officials have been kicking the can down the road for years.

USCF’s Hyland: Copper ETF Hoopla Silly

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:05:00 +0000

The alarmist talk about physically backed copper ETFs is much ado about nothing, John Hyland says. The JP Morgan XF Physical Copper Trust—a fund that is currently in registration at the Securiti...

USCF Copper ETF To Get Cheaper

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:36:26 +0000

John Hyland’s firm decides it’s time for its copper ETF to compete on price.United States Commodity Funds, the firm behind the $1.2 billion Unites States Oil Fund , is cutting th...

Avoiding JP Morgan In ETFs

Fri, 25 May 2012 14:27:24 +0000

Trading losses at J.P.

Weekly ETF Fund Flows: Into Bonds We Go

Fri, 25 May 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Fixed-income funds turned sticky in the past week, as the eurozone's debt crisis took a turn for the worse.Investors poured more than $1.4 billion into fixed income exchange-traded funds in the pas...

Best/Worst Daily ETF Returns: DBEF Up 6.69%

Fri, 25 May 2012 08:00:00 +0000

DBEF was the top-performing ETF on Thursday, May 24 as markets looked past the eurozone mess for a day and moved higher.The db-X MSCI EAFE Currency Hedged Equity ETF was the top-pe...

Best/Worst Weekly ETF Returns: Gold Miners Shine

Fri, 25 May 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Gold-miner ETFs were the top performers in the past week, while the troubled ETN 'GAZ' ended up being the worst.Gold-linked equities exchange-traded funds were among the best-performing ETFs in the...

ETF Fund Flows: SPY Gathers $1.55 Billion

Fri, 25 May 2012 08:00:00 +0000

SPY added $1.55 billion in assets on Thursday, May 24, as net inflows and rising stocks lifted total U.S.-listed ETF assets to $1.135 trillion.Investors plowed $1.55 billion into the SPDR S'P 5...

AdvisorShares Launches Cousteau-Linked ETF

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:11:23 +0000

AdvisorShares rolls out green multi-asset-class ETF with charitable Cousteau tie-in.AdvisorShares, the Bethesda, Md.-based fund provider known for its active ETFs, today launched a broad ETF—in p...

Best/Worst Daily ETF Returns: Gold Miners Shine

Thu, 24 May 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Gold miner funds bounced back on Wednesday, May 23, as the markets mostly took a breather from recent selling.ETFs focused on gold miners were among yesterday’s top-performing ETFs—a day when S...

ETF Fund Flows: GLD Adds $135.3 Million

Thu, 24 May 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Investors put $135.3 million back into GLD on Wednesday, May 23, as total ETF assets dip to about $1.131 trillion.Investors put $135.3 million back into GLD on Wednesday, May 23, as total ETF asset...

AdvisorShares To Roll DENT Into MATH

Wed, 23 May 2012 22:18:06 +0000

AdvisorShares plans to roll its poor-performing ETF, DENT, into a better-performing strategy called MATH.AdvisorShares, the Bethesda, Md.-based fund provider known for its actively managed ETFs, pl...

Short-Seller’s Guide To GLD

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:34:56 +0000

Gold, despite its recent rebound, has gotten clobbered over the past three months.Many people are calling for the end of the secular gold bull market that started at the beginning of the last decad...

UBS Launches Geared Dividend ETNs

Wed, 23 May 2012 10:18:34 +0000

The dividend-ETF bonanza takes a leveraged turn with two new UBS ETNs.UBS, the Swiss-based bank known for its private banking unit, today launched two leveraged dividend-focused ETNs, the latest to...

Looking Beyond VWO And EEM

Wed, 23 May 2012 09:52:46 +0000

Broad-based, cap-weighted ETFs were the way to play emerging markets over the past decade.

ETF Fund Flows: GLD Drops $891 Million

Wed, 23 May 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Investors dumped $891 million of GLD on Tuesday, May 22, as total U.S.-listed ETF assets edged down to below $1.137 trillion.Investors pulled $891 million from the SPDR Gold Shares ,...

Best/Worst Daily ETF Returns: Commodities Fall

Wed, 23 May 2012 08:00:00 +0000

CRUD fell 6.89 percent on Tuesday, May 22, the leading edge of a broad decline in commodities prices.The Teucrium WTI Crude Oil Fund was the worst-performing ETF yesterday, losing 6...

Pimco’s BOND Becomes A $1 Billion Fund

Tue, 22 May 2012 18:08:22 +0000

Bill Gross adds another $1 billion to his smile, as BOND crosses the $ 1 billion threshold.The Pimco Total Return ETF , the exchange-traded-fund version of Bill Gross’ flagship ...

Choose The Right Payout ETF

Tue, 22 May 2012 10:22:14 +0000

With the equity market plunging this month and interest rates so low, it’s no wonder investors are piling into dividend ETFs to supplement their incomes.However, it would be a mistake to assume a...

Best/Worst Daily ETF Returns: Energy Shines

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:00:00 +0000

CRUD was the best-performing ETF on Monday, May 21, boosted by policymakers’ search for ways to support the global economy.

ETF Fund Flows: SPY Loses $1.23 Billion

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:00:00 +0000

SPY bled $1.23 billion on Monday, May 21, as rising stocks offset net inflows and lifted total U.S.-listed ETF assets to more than $1.137 trillion.Net outflows were $2.25 billion; however, the mark...

Hothouse ETFs: Homebuilders

Mon, 21 May 2012 16:40:55 +0000

Homebuilder ETFs have outperformed the broad market by double digits year-to-date, which merits a closer look.Some of last week’s headlines highlight the reasons: rising confidence in the space a...

iShares Plans LatAm Bond ETF

Mon, 21 May 2012 14:17:06 +0000

New iShares ETF Takes aim at relatively untapped Latin American bond space.iShares, the world’s biggest exchange-traded fund firm, filed regulatory paperwork to bring to market a dollar-denominat...

First Trust Plans Broad Futures ETF

Mon, 21 May 2012 12:54:32 +0000

First Trust plans broad futures ETF, though it doesn’t lay out strategies for dealing with contango.First Trust, the Wheaton, Ill.-based fund provider known for niche strategies, filed paperwork ...