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June ETF Roundup: Launches, Filings, and Closures

Jared Cummans — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:00:09 +0000

June was another interesting month for markets around the world as a number of important events transpired over the past few weeks. The Federal Reserve meeting came and went without much of a hitch as Bernanke called for the end of QE at the end of the month but suggested that the economy was still too weak to consider raising rates any time soon. While this was undoubtedly an important event, investors focused in on the euro zone and the ongoing debt crisis rocking many of the peripheral members. The focus was especially on Greece, as Athens debated on the merits of another round of austerity measures before voting them in by a slim five vote margin in the final days of June. This helped to ease investor concerns heading into the second half of the year, allowing the S&P 500 to gain back much of the losses that it [...]

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EGShares Launches Suite Of Emerging Market Sector ETFs

Eric Dutram — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:00:42 +0000

Emerging Global, the New York City-based ETF issuer best known for its funds that target consumers and infrastructure in developing nations, rolled out the latest addition to its product lineup Thursday with the debut of nine GEMS (Global Emerging Markets Sectors) funds. The lineup offers investors the chance to buy some of the largest companies in the world that are based in emerging markets in each of the ten market sectors, as well as a composite fund that represents all of the individual market segments. In total, the lineup consists of 11 ETFs; three are rebranded products and eight are brand new ETFs, nearly doubling the total number of funds that the company is offering. All of the eleven funds will track Dow Jones Emerging Markets Titans indexes, which are benchmarks that include the 30 largest companies in each sector across various emerging nations. Investors should also note that these [...]

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Emerging Global Splits Shares On Four Emerging Markets ETFs

Jared Cummans — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 17:00:43 +0000

Economic growth in the U.S. in recent years has been virtually non-existent, prompting more and more investors to turn to emerging markets, whose economies–as well as overall populations–are growing at an exponential rate. With the majority of growth occurring overseas, ETF issuers were soon to follow, now offering a wealth of funds to track these booming nations. Relatively new to the emerging market space is Emerging Global Shares, who issued their first ETF in early 2009. Since then, the company has released eight funds to help investors to target developing markets [see also Sector Investing With Emerging Markets ETFs]. Earlier this week, EG Shares announced that four of its most popular funds will undergo splits. Two-for-one splits will occur in EEO, EFN, and EEG, while EMT will split three-for-one. The splits will be effective for all shareholders of record on September 13th, with the actual split payout coming after market [...]

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Three ETF Ideas For The Third Quarter

Michael Johnston — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:40:47 +0000

The first half of 2010 is officially in the books, but few of the questions on investors’ minds at the start of the year have been answered. When 2009 drew to a close, few expected the remarkable rally to continue into the new year. The consensus was that the easy gains had been made since the bear market lows last March, and that markets would demand more concrete evidence of improving economic fundamentals if the bull run were to continue. The first six months of the year have given investors several reasons to be optimistic; the emerging markets of the world continue to expand at impressive rates, while many advanced economies–including some of those hit hardest by the recent downturn–have halted contraction and begun growing again. Factories are coming back on line, and demand for raw materials has jumped considerably from 2009 lows. But signs of trouble are abundant as [...]

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Energy ETFs: Six Very Different Ways To Play

Jared Cummans — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:00:28 +0000

Volatility is nothing new for the energy sector. Recent years have seen the price of crude oil skyrocket to $150 before plummeting to $30, taking the profitability and outlook for an entire industry along for the ride. Outrage at elevated gas prices has sparked intense scrutiny in the past, and clashes between Big Oil and Capitol Hill have become as American as baseball and apple pie. But the uncertainty of the backdrop against which energy stocks are currently positioned is perhaps unprecedented. The energy sector has been battered since the Deepwater Oil rig exploded in late April, sparking one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history and casting British oil giant BP as a corporate villain. The Obama administration has come down hard on BP, pressuring the company to establish a $20 billion escrow fund for all claims and suspend upcoming dividend payments (see Seven ETFs For Investors Mourning [...]

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Five ETFs To Hedge Against Skyrocketing Gas Prices

Michael Johnston — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:45:45 +0000

Warm weather across much of the U.S. in recent weeks has marked the end of winter and the start of spring. It also signals that the summer driving season is quickly approaching, and kicks off a period of time when oil prices are closely scrutinized. Last year saw below average oil demand as consumers tightened their budgets in the midst of a still uncertain economic environment. With a recovery now well underway, estimates for the upcoming vacation season have been all over the board; some analysts expect a surge from consumers while others anticipate another year of conservative budgeting and relatively empty freeways. On Tuesday, the Paris-based International Energy Agency warned that rising oil prices could hinder recovery efforts in developed nations. The IEA also raised its 2010 global oil demand forecast by about 30,000 barrels a day, citing increased consumption primarily in China and Saudi Arabia. Global oil demand [...]

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ETF Plays For $100 Oil: USO, EEO, and IEZ

Michael Johnston — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:10:19 +0000

After surging from about $35 per barrel at the end of 2008 to $70 at the halfway point of 2009, crude oil traded within a relatively tight range of $70 and $80 for the last eight months. But many analysts have become bullish on oil prices in recent weeks, anticipating a rally spurred by seasonal factors, strong demand from emerging markets, and an uptick in manufacturing and factory activity in the U.S. Oil prices cracked through the $80 level on Monday, but that threshold has proven to be a difficult resistance level, and prices retreated to finish below $79. Crude once again teased the $80 mark on Tuesday, crossing over during morning trading. Some analysts who correctly called the breach of the $80 level anticipate crude prices going considerably higher, predicting prices of $100 per barrel by the summer. Two major banks recently joined the crowd predicting $100 oil some [...]

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Five Energy ETF Options For Bargain Hunting Investors

Michael Johnston — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:16:12 +0000

The first six weeks of 2010 have been a bit on the tumultuous side, as equity markets that came flying out of the gate have done a complete reversal, heading lower and erasing large chunks of the gains recorded in 2009. While the rocky start has been unnerving for investors anxious over the possibility of a double dip recession, others have found a silver lining in the recent pullback, as some big losses have created attractive entrance points in sectors that now appear to be bargains. The energy sector sector has been one of the hardest hit in recent weeks, as disappointing earnings reports and concerns over job growth have spooked investors. Unexpected increases in oil inventories and a surprisingly strong dollar have also weighed on the sector in the early part of the year. But after dropping as much as 20% from 2010 highs, some energy ETFs seem to [...]

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EFN vs. EMFN: Emerging Markets Financial ETFs Head-To-Head

Michael Johnston — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:41:37 +0000

Emerging markets ETFs represent the crossroads of two of the hottest investment trends of recent years. As the U.S., Japan, and developed European economies struggled to pull out of recessions and avoid a double dip, the world’s emerging economies raced ahead, led by the BRIC bloc of nations. According to the International Monetary Fund, the economies of China and India are expected to increase by 10.0% and 7.7% in 2010, compared to 2.7% for the U.S. and 2.1% for developed economies in aggregate. ETFs have also seen their popularity surge. More than 100 new funds were launched in 2009, bringing the total above 900. ETFs saw almost $120 billion in cash flows as investors continue to embrace the exchange-traded structure in favor of traditional mutual funds. So it is not surprising that ETF options for gaining exposure to emerging markets have begun to multiply, with new innovations offering investors more [...]

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Checking In On Ten Major ETF Launches From 2009

Michael Johnston — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:15:20 +0000

Last year saw more than 100 new product launches, ranging from plain vanilla equity and bond funds to ETFs offering exposure to exotic new investment strategies and asset classes previously available only to a limited slice of the investing community. The innovation that has made ETFs a popular alternative to mutual funds seems ready to continue through2010. Based on discussions with industry executives and others covering the industry, it seems like a safe bet that 2010 will shatter existing records for new ETF launches. But there has also been some concern over saturation in the ETF industry, as well more than 100 funds currently have less than $10 million in assets. Hype around the launch of new products doesn’t always translate into sustained investor demand. While many investors and advisors are looking forward to some of the exciting products in the pipeline for 2010, we take a look back, checking [...]

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