S&P Global 1200 Materials Sector Index ETF Channel

The Market Vectors Steel (AMEX: SLX) turned in the best first-halfperformance of any exchange-traded fund (ETF), posting a 42.46 percentrise since January. That easily topped the nearest competition, theiShares Brazil (NYSE: EWZ) fund, which turned in a 30.8% return.Clearly, metals, energy and emerging markets were the places to be forthe first half of this year.

Largest New ETFs Sorted By Total Net Assets in $US millions
Covers funds launched July 1, 2006 - March 21, 200

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Covers funds launched September 1, 2006 - February 16, 2007

Go-Go GSCI

BGI launched its long-awaited commodities ETF onto the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The new iShares GSCI Commodity- Indexed Trust trades under the ticker symbol "GSG," and tracks the performance of the GSCI Excess Return Index.