April Showers Helped ETFs Grow
April 30, 2007 – Markets continued to climb higher this month with many exchange traded funds (ETFs) reaching new highs.  Domestic large-cap advances helped pushed the Dow above 13,000 for the first time ever.  Global markets also rose... Continue Reading »

Will Vanguard be First with Actively Managed ETF?
April 30, 2007 – It looks as if Vanguard may be the first to offer an actively managed exchange traded fund (ETF). As of February, they were the second fund firm to file for an active bond ETF... Continue Reading »

Tech ETF Revival
April 30, 2007 – Apple and Amazon have ignited interest in technology exchange traded funds ETFs). Thanks to Amazon (AMZN), Internet HOLDRs (HHH) was up 7.8% for the week.  Apple (AAPL) went up 3.7% on a great earnings... Continue Reading »

Claymore ETFs Going Mainstream?
April 30, 2007 – Claymore Securities launched two new exchange traded funds (ETFs) that seem like plain vanilla compared to their other 18 funds, according to Lawrence Carrel of TheStreet.com . Last year, Claymore made heads turn when they... Continue Reading »

The Russians Are Coming to ETFs
April 29, 2007 – Van Eck Global will launch an exchange traded fund (ETF) that invests in Russian companies. The Market-Vectors Russia ETF (RSX) launches Monday, April 30th and will be the first Russian ETF listed in America.  The... Continue Reading »

ETFs Go Platinum
April 29, 2007 – A platinum-back exchange traded fund (ETF) could soon be launched by a large U.S. bank with the potential to be quite larger than the two European products.  Allan Seccombe for Miningmx.com writes the main concern... Continue Reading »

Islam Friendly ETFs
April 28, 2007 – Two major index providers are launching new Islamic equity indexes which could be the basis for a future exchange traded fund (ETF). Both MSCI Barra  and Standard and Poor’s are moving into the Shariah-compliant... Continue Reading »

Barclays ETFs Rooted In Japan
April 28, 2007 – Barclays Global Investors is going to more than double the number of foreign-registered exchange traded funds (ETFs) they sell in Japan. There are 14 different iShares ETFs waiting for clearance, bringing the total number... Continue Reading »