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When analyzing the of the ETF industry, most investors highlight the cheap, liquid exposure to traditional asset classes as the main reason for the popularity of the exchange-traded structure. While ETFs have indeed provided a low-cost alternative to the traditional asset classes, they have also made it easier than ever to achieve exposure to “exotic” asset classes, geographies, and investment strategies. From Van Eck’s Vietnam ETF (VNM) to Direxion’s line of 3x leveraged ETFs to various physically-backed and futures-backed commodity products, ETFs have greatly expanded the investment universe available to all types of investors (see VNM’s fundamentals here). [click to continue…]

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ProShares 130/30 ETF Off To A Hot Start

by on October 5, 2009 | Updated October 7, 2009

ProShares is best known for its line of leveraged and inverse ETFs covering a variety of asset classes and benchmarks. But earlier this year, the firm made its initial foray beyond this space, launching a new category of ProShares ETFs called Alpha ProShares. The first installment in this series is the ProShares Credit Suisse 130/30 (CSM), an ETF implementing an innovative strategy that has many investors taking notice. [click to continue…]

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This Week in ETFs: September 18th Edition

by on September 18, 2009

It’s been an interesting week in the world of ETFs: The United States scrapped a missile defense system in Eastern Europe and gold is now holding steady above $1010/oz. Here are the ETF Database staff picks of the week’s most important and interesting stories from around the Web:

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Direxion Planning 130/30 ETF

by on July 30, 2009

Direxion, best known as the leading provider of 3x leveraged and inverse leveraged ETFs, is apparently planning to diversify its product line a bit. The Newton, Massachusetts-based ETF provider has amended a previous filing with the SEC, requesting regulatory approval to launch a 130/30 ETF. Leveraged ETFs have come under fire lately, and while there [...]

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