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Investors now have access to higher-yielding companies in commodity-rich Australia, Brazil and Canada with the release of a new ETF from Guggenheim Funds Distributors, Inc. The new international fund, identified in the press release as Guggenheim ABC High Dividend (NYSE Arca: ABCS), will track the BNY Mellon ABC Index made up of 30 of the [...]

Global demand for food is on the rise, and as a result, demand within the fertilizer industry has strengthened. Investors now have the ability to easily track the performance of this fertilizer industry with the release of another new ETF from Global X Funds, known as Global X Fertilizers/Potash ETF (ticker: SOIL). SOIL is the [...]

The first automobile manufacturing ETF gets the green light to begin trading May 10, 2011 on the NASDAQ Stock Market. First Trust Advisors L.P. will sponsor the new fund, known as First Trust NASDAQ Global Auto Index Fund (ticker: CARZ). According to the press release, CARZ will track the NASDAQ OMX Global Auto Index, which [...]

Investors now have the ability to easily track the performance of small-cap companies in Mexico with the release of a new ETF by Global X Funds. The new fund is known as Global X Mexico Small-Cap ETF (ticker: MEXS) and is the first of its kind. According to Bruno del Ama, chief executive officer of [...]

A new oil tracking ETF is about to slide onto the scene. The fund, known as IQ Global Oil Small Cap ETF (ticker: IOIL), will track smaller oil companies in more than ten countries around the world. The U.S. will carry the biggest weight with nearly half of the companies while Canada and Thailand round [...]

A reputed name in index based investment solutions with focus on liquidity, IndexIQ, now has more than $100 million worth assets under management of its IQ Canada Small Cap ETF (CNDA). This milestone was reached in less than 12 months after the fund was launched in March 2010. This ETF is the only fund providing [...]

ETF issuers are cashing in on China’s growth by offering China centric funds. FTSE China 25 Index Fund (FXI) offered by iShares has assets spread over 20 big firms in China which do business in huge volumes and enjoy good brand recall in the market. The fund has invested in top companies in the cell [...]

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) today announced that the iShares Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business, the world’s largest provider of ETFs, launched three new iShares emerging markets ETFs on the NYSE Arca. The new funds are the iShares MSCI Brazil Small Cap Index Fund (EWZS), iShares MSCI China Small Cap Index Fund (ECNS) and the iShares [...]

Claymore has rolled out another exchange-traded fund to expand its exclusive relationship with Wilshire Associates Indexes. The latest fund is size-specific, capturing nearly 1,600 micro-cap companies. The new ETF from Claymore, known as Wilshire Micro-Cap ETF (WMCR), tracks the Wilshire US Micro-Cap Index, according to the press release. WMCR joins three other Claymore-Wilshire related ETFs, [...]

Investors will now have another ETF available to capture India’s small cap equity market with the launch of a new ETF by Van Eck. Last month, EG Shares introduced the first small cap ETF for India. The new ETF from Van Eck, known as Market Vectors India Small-Cap Index ETF (SCIF), will track the Market [...]