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Hitchhiker’s Guide To The ETF Galaxy

Michael Johnston — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:00:23 +0000

At times, it seems as if the number of ETFs available to U.S. investors will soon exceed the number of stars in the sky. That might be overstating things a bit, but the pace of expansion in the ETF industry has truly been impressive over the last several years. With multiple products seemingly debuting every week and very few shutting down (despite countless predictions to the contrary), the size of the ETF lineup has effectively doubled in a relatively short period of time. And there’s no indication that the product development front is going to be slowing down any time soon; issuers continue to file for both innovative and duplicative products, producing a pipeline full of hundreds of funds that could debut at some point in the next several months [see also 3 ETFs For A Euro Zone Double-Dip]. The proliferation of ETFs, ETNs, and other exchange-traded cousins of these [...]

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Daily ETF Roundup: VNQ Edges Higher, VXX Dips On Falling Volatility

Stoyan Bojinov — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:30:04 +0000

Equity markets drifted sideways for the most part on Tuesday, managing to post a positive performance as the trading session drew to a close, despite weaker-than-expected economic data. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average took the lead, gaining 0.58% on the day, while Apple’s lackluster pre-earnings performance dragged the Nasdaq down 0.30% on the day. Gold futures finished largely unchanged while crude oil crept higher, settling at $1,640 an ounce and $103.60 a barrel respectively [see Free Report: 7 Simple And Cheap ETF Model Portfolios]. Stocks were surprisingly positive on the day considering the shaky economic data. Consumer confidence came in at 69.2, falling short of the 70 estimate as well as last month’s reading of 69.5. New home sales data for March was also sour; the figure came in at 328,000, beating estimates of 325,000, but falling short of last month’s reading of 353,000. In international news, Australian CPI [...]

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Daily ETF Roundup: VNQ Creeps Higher, GDX Sinks

Stoyan Bojinov — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:10:24 +0000

Equity markets started off the week on a shaky note as investors digested a plateful of mixed earnings and economic data. Major indexes were able to regain most of the lost ground from the morning sell-off by the time the trading session drew to a close. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average came out on top, gaining 0.56% on the day, while profit taking in shares of Apple dragged the Nasdaq into red territory, ending 0.76% lower on the day [see ETF Insider: More Earnings, More Volatility]. The financials sector was bolstered by better-than-expected results from banking giant Citigroup; the firm reported a net income of $2.93 billion, or 95 cents a share. Despite optimism on the earnings front, investors fretted over worse-than-expected economic data releases. Retail sales in March grew by 0.8%, falling short of the previous reading of 1.0%, while data from the housing market also missed expectations; the home [...]

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Daily ETF Roundup: VNQ Runs Higher, FXI Slips On Data

Stoyan Bojinov — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:59:17 +0000

Stocks are off to a shaky start this week as investors digested discouraging economic growth expectations from China. The Asian behemoth cut its growth goal down to 7.5%, previously at 8%, which inevitably caused concerns that spilled over onto Wall Street. The Nasdaq led the way lower, shedding 0.86% on the day, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average held its ground best, losing only 0.11%. Gold prices regained a bit of lost ground as equities inched lower; futures prices for the precious yellow metal settled near $1,705 an ounce as the trading session drew to a close [see ETF Insider: Did Wall Street Forget About Greece]. News of slower growth in China stole the headlines and economic data releases on the home front took a backseat on Monday. Investors payed little attention to the better-than-expected ISM non-manufacturing index results; growth in the domestic service sector came in at 57.3%, beating estimates of 55.5%, and [...]

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Are U.S. REIT ETFs A Buy In 2012?

Stoyan Bojinov — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:00:13 +0000

After a tumultuous 2011 many investors are still finding their footing in the markets as confidence in the global economic recovery remains battered down. Despite persistent volatility in financial markets coupled with a looming debt crisis in Europe, the U.S. economy has demonstrated tremendous resilience; investors on the home front have digested platefuls of better-than-expected data releases from both the housing and labor markets over the past few months [see How To Invest Like UBS In 2012]. Encouraging economic data and signs of a labor market recovery have prompted many to overweight U.S. exposure in their portfolios going into 2012; likewise, the domestic real estate market has caught the attention of investors looking to favorably position themselves as the recovery at home picks up steam. Consistent increases in new home sales and improving confidence amongst homebuilders have been two signs of a slow, but steady, recovery in the beat down [...]

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Surprising ETF Standouts Of 2011

Michael Johnston — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:57:06 +0000

After a record-setting October gave investors hope that 2011 would finish on a strong note, the first couple weeks of November have effectively taken any wind out of those sails. The culprit–surprise, surprise–has been the cash-strapped PIIGS economies of Europe, with Italy now grabbing the spotlight as a serious credit risk and a grave threat not only to Europe but to global financial markets. And just like that, it appears as if we are heading to dismal end to a generally dismal year for many investors. The asset classes that had powered big recoveries in 2009 and 2010, such as commodities and emerging markets, have largely fallen flat this year. Most major benchmarks are in the red year-to-date, and it’s probably a safe bet that many investors have lost money this year. There are, of course, a few bright spots; certain asset classes always thrive in chaos and others manage [...]

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Talking Real Estate ETFs With IndexIQ’s Adam Patti

Eric Dutram — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:45:19 +0000

Adam Patti is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of IndexIQ, a New York-based ETF issuer behind several of the most innovative ETF products to hit the market in recent years including several hedge fund replication ETFs. A few weeks ago, we spoke with Adam Patti to get his thoughts on the current real estate market, investor sentiment in the space, as well as the pros and cons of looking at small caps in the sector. ETF Database (ETFdb): Thanks to the crash in 2008, many investors have shied away from real estate, is this still warranted? In other words, how does a real estate investment fit into a portfolio given current conditions? Adam Patti (AP): I think real estate generally is a core holding, well not core in terms of equity and fixed income clearly, but it’s something that I think every investor should have exposure to for the long [...]

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REZ: Crushing The Real Estate ETF Competition

Eric Dutram — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:00:40 +0000

With a weak consumer economy and a lack of job creation, concerns are once again beginning to return to the housing industry. For the 10 City Case-Shiller index, prices are down year-over-year in non seasonally adjusted terms for the most recent reading, leading to a dreaded double dip for many markets around the country. However, this doesn’t give investors the full picture of the real estate market in the country, as a number of other corners of the space have help up rather well in comparison. Stocks in some corners of the retail space, as well as those in the storage and medical sectors, have managed to do rather well in these difficult times and have given investors both solid gains and nice dividend yields. So, while overall the sector may still be facing some headwinds, most funds in the Real Estate ETFdb Category have performed rather well so far [...]

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Daily ETF Roundup: VXX Crashes On Equities’ Surge, VNQ Soars On Thirst For Yield

Eric Dutram — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:45:23 +0000

Tuesday was yet another roller coaster ride for markets as equities rose modestly to start the day, fell immediately following the FOMC statement, only to surge higher to close out the volatile session with multi-percentage point gains. The Dow finished the day higher by 430 points, a nearly 4% gain, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq posted even more robust gains of 4.7% and 5.3%, respectively. Commodity markets were also volatile on the day, as gold continued to surge, finishing around the $1,740/oz. mark, while oil which at one point fell all the way to $75.71 in Asian trading, closed the session at the $80.5 mark, a loss of about 1.0%. Other commodities were more mixed, as silver crashed by nearly 5.1% but copper gained close to 2.3%, while softs and other energy commodities finished the day close to breakeven for the most part. Treasury bonds and currency markets were also [...]

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First Small Cap REIT ETF Debuts: ROOF

Michael Johnston — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:42:26 +0000

IndexIQ, the issuer perhaps best known for its hedge fund replication ETFs, rolled out the latest addition to its growing suite of small cap lineup today: the IQ U.S. Real Estate Small Cap ETF (ROOF). The new product will be the first to offer exposure exclusively to small cap U.S. REITs, seeking to replicate the IQ US Real Estate Small Cap Index. That benchmark includes about 35 individual securities with a weighted average market capitalization of just over $1 billion; the underlying index is constructed by taking the bottom 10% of the market capitalization of U.S. REITs, subject to certain minimum market capitalization and average daily trading volume restrictions. ROOF becomes the 17th ETF in the Real Estate ETFdb Category, but the first to focus only on small cap stocks. That distinguishing feature may give the new ETF a unique risk/return profile; small cap REITs have put together an impressive [...]

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