Foreign

Claymore Investments has issued a new ETF on the Toronto Stock Exchange designed to follow the infrastructure industry. The new ETF, known as Claymore Global Infrastructure ETF (CIF), tracks the performance of the MFC Global Infrastructure Index, according to the CNW press release. Infrastructure is characterized in the article as the “physical assets that a [...]

Delta Global Indices, LLC has developed a global index comprised of developed markets in the maritime shipping industry, and Claymore has just released an ETF to track the performance. The Webwire article identifies the new ETF as Claymore/Delta Global Shipping Index ETF (SEA), which has just begun trading on the NYSE Arca. The index focuses [...]

The trading volume of currency ETFs has increased substantially as the U.S. dollar is making strides. In recent weeks, the dollar has climbed to a five-month high, and foreign currency investors have responded by selling large amounts of their ETF shares. Trang Ho of Investor’s Business Daily highlights the performance of PowerShares DB U.S. Dollar [...]

The ETF trading volume on the NASDAQ exchanges during July 2008 proved to be a record performance. The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. has provided statistics for the U.S. and Nordic exchanges in the Prime Newswire press release. The NASDAQ exchange in the U.S. carried more ETF volume than any other U.S. exchange in the month [...]

The countries of South Africa, Brazil, and Mexico have each experienced an increase in its currency ETF over the month of July. Other foreign currencies have shown year-to-date strength against the U.S. dollar. In an article from Investor’s Business Daily, Jesse Emspak writes that South Africa’s currency ETF had the strongest performance with an increase [...]

The first ETF to focus solely on wind energy has been bolstered with the addition of a new company central to the industry. The ETF, known as First Trust ISE Global Wind Energy Index Fund (FAN), was introduced in June of 2008 and follows the International Securities Exchange Global Wind Energy Index. PR Newswire reports [...]

Zurich’s Cantonal Bank saw its palladium ETF (ZPLA) grow significantly over the past month. Since June 17, 2008, Reuters reports that the metal has jumped 17% to 418,000 ounces. The metal has benefited from a couple international supply factors. Reuters points out that Russian supply of palladium is nearly depleted. In addition, South Africa is [...]

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) is expanding its brand of SPDR ETFs as ten newly released international sector ETFs hit the American Stock Exchange today. Senior managing director for SSgA, James Ross, explains the reasoning for developing the new funds by saying, “Developed in response to demand from investors seeking targeted exposure to sectors that [...]

The Dow Jones GCC Titans 40 Index has now been introduced, and Van Eck Global will issue the first ETF to follow the Gulf Cooperation Council member states. Market Watch reports that the new index is made up of 40 components that trade in five out of the six GCC member states of Bahrain, Kuwait, [...]

As the leading issuer of exchange-traded funds, Barclays Global Investors has announced the split of shares on fifteen different iShares ETFs. The process of adjusting the shares will be completed by the close of trading on July 23, 2008, and iStockAnalyst reports that the split-adjusted share totals will be open for trading July 24, 2008 [...]