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VelocityShares Launches 8 Leveraged ETNs

Michael Johnston — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:00:43 +0000

VelocityShares has significantly increased its leveraged ETP lineup, recently announcing eight new products that offer amplified exposure to various natural resources. The new ETNs will offer 3x and -3x exposure to natural gas, crude oil, and Brent crude, as well as 2x and -2x products targeting indexes comprised of copper futures. The new ETNs will join a VelocityShares lineup that already includes products offering leveraged exposure to gold (UGLD, DGLD), silver (USLV, DSLV), platinum (LPLT, IPLT), and palladium (LPAL, IPAL). Each of the products will be lined to indexes comprised of futures contracts on the underlying commodities, and each will be structured as exchange-traded notes issued by Credit Suisse. That means that investors will be exposed to the credit risk of the issuing institution, but will avoid the tracking error that can become significant in futures-based products that utilize leverage. Ticker Name DOIL 3x Inverse Brent Crude ETN linked to [...]

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Global X Debuts First “Permanent ETF”

Michael Johnston — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:30:44 +0000

Global X announced today the launch of the Permanent ETF (PERM), a new fund that will offer one stop exposure to a number of core asset classes. The new ETF will be linked to the Solactive Permanent Index, a benchmark that includes three major asset classes: stocks, Treasuries, and precious metals. Each of those broad categories includes multiple layers; the equity component includes both domestic and international stocks, while the Treasuries allocation is split evenly between long-term and short-term securities. The precious metals allocation includes both gold and silver. At each rebalance, the underlying index will allocate 25% to each of stocks, short-term Treasuries, long-term Treasuries, and precious metals. The rough breakdown by asset class for PERM will be as follows: Asset Weight Physical Gold 20% Physical Silver 5% Long-Term Treasuries 25% Short-Term Treasuries 25% Large Cap U.S. Stocks 9% Small Cap U.S. Stocks 3% International Stocks 3% Natural Resources [...]

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First Ex-Japan Small Cap ETF Debuts

Michael Johnston — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:00:13 +0000

iShares continued its torrid pace of product development with yet another first-to-market ETF, rolling out a fund targeting small cap Asian stocks excluding Japan. The new iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Small Cap Index Fund (AXJS) is the first to specifically target small cap stocks in that geographic segment, though a handful of other exchange-traded products offer exposure to larger Asian companies while explicitly excluding Japan [see also Five New Features On ETFdb.com] . Under The Hood Linked to the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Small Cap Index, AXJS consists of more than 800 individual holdings from various developed and emerging markets. The largest country allocations go to Taiwan (21%), South Korea (20%), and China (17%), with Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia also represented in the underlying index. From a sector perspective, AXJS is pretty well balanced; no one corner of the market makes [...]

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iShares Rolls Out Another India ETF

Michael Johnston — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:00:42 +0000

iShares continued to debut new products at an impressive pace on Friday with the introduction of another India ETF. The new MSCI India ETF (INDA) will list on the BATS, joining several other iShares funds on the third-largest U.S. exchange. Last month iShares became the first ETF issuer to list on the BATS, spurning the NYSE and NASDAQ for a newcomer that has been aggressively competing for new listings with dramatically lower fees [see also The Ten Commandments of Commodity Investing]. The new ETF is linked to an index that consists of about 72 Indian stocks, many of which are large caps. INDA makes its largest allocations to the financials (25%), technology (19%), and energy (12%) sectors. Underweight from a sector perspective are telecom (3%), utilities (5%) and health care (5%). The biggest individual weights are afforded to Infosys (11%) and Reliance Industries (9%) [see the INDA fact sheet]. India [...]

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January Roundup: Launches, Filings, and Closures

Daniela Pylypczak — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:00:47 +0000

The coming of the new year hasn’t slowed down the rapid pace of the ETF industry, with January showing high levels of activity on the product development front. The first month of the year witnessed the debut of a number of first-to-market products as well as several long-anticipated funds from both large and small issuers [for updates on all new ETFs, sign up for the free ETFdb newsletter]: New ETFs New exchange-traded products that began trading in January include: Direxion introduced three new volatility ETFs that offer dynamic exposure to U.S. and Latin American equity markets by shifting allocations between stocks and cash based on market volatility. The Direxion S&P 500 RC Volatility Response Shares (VSPY) consists of exposure to T-bills and large cap U.S. stocks. The second U.S. ETF, VSPR, offers exposure to small, mid, and large cap stocks which make up the S&P Composite 1500 Dynamic Rebalancing Risk Control Index. The [...]

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iShares Rolls Out Commodity-Focused Equity ETFs

Michael Johnston — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:25 +0000

iShares, the largest U.S. ETF issuer in terms of both assets and number of funds, continued the aggressive expansion of its product lineup this week with five new products offering exposure to commodity-related stocks. Each of the new ETFs will compete with existing products offering indirect exposure to natural resources through stocks of companies that are engaged in the exploration, production, and sale of various commodities [for updates on all new ETFs, sign up for the free ETFdb newsletter]. MSCI Global Agriculture Producers Fund (VEGI) This ETF seeks to replicate a benchmark that consists of global agribusiness stocks, including fertilizer and chemical companies, farm machinery manufacturers, and food and meat packagers. The underlying index consists of about 170 different stocks from a number of developed and emerging markets, with the top country allocations being the U.S. (42%), Canada (14%), and Switzerland (8%). Agribusiness stocks have seen significant interest in recent [...]

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ProShares Launches German Bond ETF

Michael Johnston — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:00:25 +0000

ProShares announced the launch this week of its German Sovereign/Sub-Sovereign ETF (GGOV), which will offer U.S. investors exposure to one of the world’s largest bond markets. The new ETF is linked to the Markit iBoxx EUR Germany Sovereign & Sub-Sovereign Liquid Index, a benchmark that consists of debt issued by the German government or by local governments and entities guaranteed by various German governments. To be eligible for inclusion in the underlying index, bonds must have a minimum time to maturity of one year and meet certain minimum principal outstanding guidelines as well. The launch of GGOV is part of a larger trend in the ETF industry that has emerged over the last year; U.S. investors have shown increased interest in diversifying their fixed income portfolios internationally, and ETFs have emerged as a favorite tool for doing so. With interest rates in the U.S. now expected to remain near record lows through [...]

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Industry Firsts: Denmark ETF (EDEN), Finland ETF (EFNL) Debut

Michael Johnston — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:00:09 +0000

After recently becoming the first issuer to list products on the BATS Exchange, iShares followed up with six more international equity products on Thursday. Three of the ETFs that began trading are the first of their kind, offering exposure to asset classes not previously accessible in the ETF wrapper: MSCI Denmark Capped Investable Market Index Fund (EDEN): This ETF is linked to the MSCI Denmark 25/50 Index, which caps the weighting to any one security at 25%. The index has about 38 holdings in total, with the largest allocations to Novo Nordisk (24%). EDEN has a unique sector breakdown; about 35% of the portfolio is in health care stocks, with another 25% allocated to industrials companies. Energy stocks, which usually make up a big portion of international equity ETFs, are not represented [see EDEN fact sheet]. MSCI Finland Capped Investable Market Index Fund (EFNL): This ETF is the first to offer [...]

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AdvisorShares Rolls Out Global Opportunities ETF (ACCU)

Michael Johnston — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:33:22 +0000

AdvisorShares added to its rapidly-growing lineup of active ETFs today with the debut of the Accuvest Global Opportunities ETF (ACCU), which utilizes country-specific ETFs with the goal of generating excess returns relative to benchmarks such as the MSCI All Country World Index. Accuvest, the portfolio manager of the new ETF, utilizes a proprietary country ranking model that considers nearly 40 different factors to rank countries from least attractive to most attractive. The new ETF will consist of the five or six country ETFs representing the most attractive markets on a monthly basis [see also Global Titans ETFdb Portfolio]. ACCU is the first ETF to implement that type of “country rotation” strategy. “In an environment where disciplined investors and advisors are searching extensively for alpha, we believe the turmoil in global markets is providing opportunity at a country level,” said David Garff, CIMA, co-Portfolio Manager of ACU. “Our benchmark agnostic approach of using the [...]

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iShares Rolls Out Norway ETF (ENOR)

Michael Johnston — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:24:45 +0000

As expected, iShares became the first ETF issuer to list a product on the BATS Exchange today, debuting the MSCI Norway Investable Market Index Fund (ENOR) on the third-largest U.S. exchange. ENOR becomes the second pure play Norway ETF available to U.S. investors, following the launch of the Global X FTSE Norway 30 ETF (NORW) last year. iShares is expected to launch seven additional international equity ETFs on the BATS Exchange later this week, including small cap funds targeting stocks in India and the United Kingdom. Under The Hood ENOR is linked to the MSCI Norway IM 25/50 Index. The name of that benchmark reflects the capping methodology used to limit the allocation to any one component to 25% and the total of individual companies representing 5% or more to 50%. The capping feature of ENOR results in a slightly less top-heavy portfolio than NORW. The Global X Norway fund has [...]

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