Powershares

Low volatility and high beta access to the S&P 500 index is now a reality with the listing of two new ETFs from Invesco PowerShares. The press release identifies the two new funds as PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio (ticker: SPLV) and PowerShares S&P 500 High Beta Portfolio (ticker: SPHB). SPLV’s underlying index consists [...]

The Nasdaq 100 index has been rebalanced, and Apple no longer represents 20.5% of the index. The index has reduced its weighting in Apple to 12.3% Powershares ETF, ticker QQQ, which tracks the Nasdaq 100 index has seen its weightings shift accordingly. In Monday’s trading, QQQ closed down slightly -.19 percent. For original article, click [...]

Green ETFs are investment options that track organizations that are involved in technologies that help protect the environment without affecting human development. These ETFs can help the investors come up with a green or environmentally friendly investment strategy. Alternative energy development and green tools, machines and equipments are tracked by such ETFs. There is no [...]

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management has announced that the PowerShares Senior Loan Portfolio ETF (BKLN) will begin trading from March 3rd, 2011. With more than $57 billion worth assets under management with the company, the new ETF is being closely followed by investors and analysts alike. The ETF will offer monthly dividend and will focus on [...]

The month of January, 2011 saw $9 billion excess inflow in to the market as compared to outflows in exchange traded funds in the USA. This is the fifth consecutive month where inflow exceeded outflow in America. The total assets invested in ETFs in American crossed $1 trillion in January. This figure is expected to [...]

PowerShares DB US Dollar Bullish Fund (trading symbol: UUP), which has roughly $1 billion in assets, has seen some sharp changes in 2010, but has settled within a narrower range since about the middle of August says John Spence of Dow Jones in a Wall Street Journal article.