S&P Asia 50 Index ETF Channel

Samsung's stock gets trashed after losing its patent case with Apple, and a number of ETFs follow suit.

ETF-land warily awaits reverberations of a federal court's ruling in the Apple-Samsung patent suit.

Can I take a moment to be indignant, to be infuriated at where we find ourselves?

A Different Kind Of Total Market

The new Claymore U.S.-1 Capital Markets Index ETF (AMEX: UEM) seeks to cover most investable stocks traded in America and almost every investment-grade bond traded in the U.S. The portfolio provides access to Treasuries, investment-grade corporates as well as federal mortgage-sponsored assets and agency issues. The ETF’s expense ratio is capped at 0.37% annually through 2010.

Claymore Says Timberrr!

Claymore is offering investors access to a market segment that they may not have been able to access before. The Claymore/Clear Global Timber ETF (AMEX: CUT) is the first U.S.-listed timber fund. Previously, timber was largely restricted to institutional investors because of the high costs associated with acquiring timber land.

Index provider eyes expansion in future.

Five of the funds are the first iShares to trade on the NASDAQ.

John Bogle is the founder of The Vanguard Group and president of the BogleFinancialMarketsResearchCenter.