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OOK Advisors filed with the SEC in January 2009 to provide investors with a new exchange-traded fund that invests only in companies based in Texas. The new fund will be named simply Texas Exchange-Traded Fund (TXF: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News), and it shall trade on the NYSE Arca exchange. EarthTimes.org reports that the Texas [...]

Twenty days after the successful launch of its first hedged exchange-traded fund, IndexIQ plans to introduce 15 additional hedged funds allocated by category. The new funds will maintain a similar hedging strategy as its first fund, IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF (QAI: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News), which trades on the NYSE Arca exchange. The [...]

Van Eck seeks to open the gates of China’s Class-A shares to the foreign public through a new fund. Van Eck intends to file to obtain QFII certification, which is offered to foreign money managers as a way to access Chinese stocks. According to the SEC filing, Van Eck will move forward on the fund [...]

Pax World Management Corp., the first company to bring socially responsible funds to investors, has recently filed to create three new environmentally-friendly exchange-traded funds to be listed on the NYSE Arca exchange. According to the SEC filing, the three ETFs to be named sShares FTSE KLD North America Sustainability Index ETF, sShares FTSE KLD Europe [...]

IndexIQ has released its first NYSE Arca-listed ETF, which is also the very first index that corresponds with the trading strategies of other hedge funds. IndexIQ hopes it can maintain hedge fund returns, while only charging fees that are a fraction of those in the hedge fund industry. The new fund, known as IQ Hedge [...]

Vanguard will be diversifying investment choices by offering its very first passively managed international small cap fund. As a nod to the popularity of ETFs, the fund will be offered through three different share classes, including ETF Shares, Investor Shares, and Institution Shares. The new fund will be the first to offer to investors international [...]

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW), manager of several US exchange-traded funds, has announced dramatic changes to a number of its funds. As a strategy to replace under-performing holdings, KBW hopes this revision will strengthen three of their ETFs. The KBW Capital Markets Index (KCE: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News), KBW Regional Banking Index (KRE: [...]

Palladium, a critical component in the production of combustion-driven automobiles and one of the rarest precious metals, is rising in 2009, even as lower auto sales stifle industrial demand. Investment demand for store-of-value commodities are driving palladium higher amid a bear market. As reported by Reuters, palladium trades in line with platinum, which has been [...]

The American Stock Exchange closed its doors on Friday after being purchased by NYSE Euronext in 2008, according to Barron’s. The exchange will be transferred to the new Arca system, built to bring the NYSE up to par with NASDAQ electronic trading. The American Stock Exchange has been the little brother to the NYSE for [...]

One of the leading providers of exchange-traded funds has responded to increasing investor demand for cost-efficient, investment grade credit bonds. With an annual expense ratio of only 0.15 percent, State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has just released the SPDR Barclays Capital Intermediate Term Credit Bond ETF (ITR: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News) on the NYSE [...]