Last month, Geary Advisors made its entrance into the ETF industry with the launch of the Oklahoma Exchange-Traded Fund (OOK), the first state-specific ETF available to U.S. investors. While the unique investment strategy of this ETF may have caught investors’ eyes initially, the truly interesting part of OOK is its risk and return profile. With a long history of outperformance of broad U.S. equity markets, the index underlying OOK might be worth a good look when making asset allocation decisions.
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The ETF industry picked up steam in November, with several highly-anticipated funds coming to market and multiple issuers disclosing new details on innovative products that could be launched in 2010. The biggest news for the month was the entrance of Charles Schwab into the industry with the launch of four ETFs in early November. Debuting [...]
Oklahoma City-based Geary Advisors, LLC announced today that they are in the process of reducing the fund fees for their two state-specific ETFs, including the TXF Large Companies Exchange-Traded Fund (TXF) and the Oklahoma Exchange-Traded Fund (OOK). When these ETFs were initially launched (OOK in late October and TXF in early November), both charged fees [...]
OOK Advisors announced the launch of its second exchange-traded fund on Wednesday as the TXF Large Companies Exchange-Traded Fund (TXF) began trading on the NYSE Arca Exchange. The new fund will track the SPADE Texas Index, a benchmark designed to measure the performance of the largest companies headquartered in the state. The index is up [...]
October was another busy month for the ETF industry, with the launch of several new funds, including a handful that will compete directly with well-established ETFs and some that seek to address potential regulatory issues facing traditional commodity products. Highlights from the month included:
OOK Advisors LLC has launched a new ETF that consists of companies based in the Sooner State of Oklahoma. The ETF, which will trade under the symbol OOK, is the first fund for OOK Advisors. A second ETF focusing exclusively on Texas companies is expected soon. The new ETF, which is the first to focus [...]
