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ProShares, a leading provider of inverse and leveraged ETFs, has filed for approval on seven addition ETFs, including four “ultra” international ETFs and three products focusing on a popular regional bank index. The international ETFs complement four existing 200% inverse products, and include: [click to continue…]

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Seven Most Corrupt Country ETFs

by on February 17, 2010 | Updated June 9, 2010

Investing in emerging and frontier markets can often help investors to diversify equity holdings and provide exposure to growth opportunities not available in advanced economies. But with any opportunity for big gains often comes significant risk, including the potential for political instability, currency revaluation, and government intervention in the private sector. There’s also the issue of corruption in the world’s developing economies. While corruption exists everywhere, it is a way of life in some countries, and has the potential to significantly impact returns on both foreign and domestic investment.  [click to continue…]

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iShares ETFs Closing?

by on December 14, 2009

BlackRock’s acquisition of Barclays Global Investors and iShares seemingly went off without a hitch earlier this month. But certain actions required by terms of the deal have proven difficult to wrap up, resulting in a dozen iShares funds now operating under interim investment advisory agreements and potentially closing down.

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iShares Launches Peru ETF, Argentina Up Next?

by on June 24, 2009

Score one for Goliath. Three weeks after Global X announced that it would launch the first ETF investing exclusively in Peruvian equities, iShares beat its much smaller rival to the punch, launching the MSCI All Peru Capped Index Fund (EPU). EPU, which has an expense ratio of 0.63%, provides investors with an opportunity to invest in [...]

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Barclays Global Investors Purchases Mexico’s Naftrac ETF

by on May 15, 2009

Barclays Global Investors announced Thursday it has agreed to purchase the Naftrac ETF program from Mexico’s development bank Nacional Financiera. Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed. Daniel Gamba, chief executive for Latin America and the Carribean of Barclays Global Investors said the company is looking to expand its presence in the region, both through additional [...]

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