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Chinese Fixed Income ETFs May Be on the Horizon
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The demand for global fixed income ETFs in China is growing and Barclays is helping to make a launch of these funds a reality. Though China does not currently allow fund managers to offer this type of ETF, the press release reports that Barclays has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Shanghai Stock Exchange. [...] |
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KBW Restructuring its Capital Market Index ETF
Banking, Financials, Global, Index, Insurance, Issuers, KBW, KCE, KSX, Stifel Financial, Thomas Weisel Partners Group
Keefe, Bruyette, and Woods, Inc (KBW) is a firm that concentrates on the financial sector and represents ETF indices in Banking, Regional Banking, Capital Markets, Insurance, and Mortgage Finance. KBW has disclosed additional upcoming changes to its Capital Markets (KSX; ETF symbol KCE: Profile, Quote, Advanced Chart, News) index. According to the press release, Stifel Financial [...] |
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Huntington Asset Advisors Getting Active with New ETFs
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Two more actively managed ETFs have been filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Huntington Asset Advisors has developed the two funds, which are projected to be released during the first quarter of next year. The press release identifies the two actively managed ETFs as the Huntington Ecological Strategy Fund and the Huntington Global Rotating [...] |
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ETFs that Cook in the Summer Heat
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Some sectors are seasonal, and a few fare better in the summer than any other time during the year. Here is a brief list of the ETFs that heat up as summer begins. With oil on the top of everyone’s mind following a spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Claymore/Aphashares Global Solar Energy Index ETF [...] |
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World Cup Could Tip Over Platinum Supply
Commodity, Energy, ETF Securities, Global, Gold, Issuers, Mining, Platinum, PPLT, Precious Metals, South Africa
The World Cup trophy isn’t made of platinum, but gold. However, the World Cup games are still expected to crimp the flowing supply of platinum. The World Cup, which will be held in South Africa, is expected to drain the country of much of its electrical power supply. South African mining operations, which produce much [...] |
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Where’s Your ETF Gold Stored?
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With gold soaring due to fears about the economy, many investors are beginning to ask where exactly their gold is stored. Where is it? London. SPDR Gold Trust (GLD: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News) quickly became one of the top holders of physical gold in the world. Now with over $48 billion in assets, the [...] |
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Russell Capitalizes on its Own Indices and Files for 11 ETFs
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Russell Investments, the provider of the popular indexes, has filed with the SEC to offer 11 new funds based around its own indexes. The new funds will be the first from Russell Investments. The new funds are as follows: 1. The Russell Global 1000 ETF 2. Russell Global 1000 Growth ETF 3. Russell Global 1000 [...] |
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Gold Funds Build on 10 Years of Gains
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Building on a bull run that has now covered a full decade, gold prices have reached another record high. As investors’ concerns over government debt grow stronger, gold emerges as the safe haven investment. The bull run in gold appears far from over, with the yellow metal gaining ground even as stocks weaken. In the [...] |
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One Trust’s Fund of Funds Begins Trading
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US One Trust launched on Tuesday a new fund-of-funds, which seeks to provide returns similar to the S&P500 with a global investment perspective. The new fund will invest directly in other exchange-traded funds and be actively-managed. The One Fund (ONEF: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News) will be made up of small, medium, and large firms [...] |
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ETF Investors Grow Short in China
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Cumulative investments in China via exchange-traded funds are growing incredibly bearish. New data suggests investors are betting against what is the most resilient economy in the months following the credit crisis. According to Bloomberg, short selling in the iShares FTSE/Xinhua 50 China Index ETF (FXI: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News) has grown to 39% of [...] |
