XShares Getting In Shape With ETFs

April 25, 2007 at 1:09 am by Tom Lydon

3639513194 XShares Advisors has been busy launching new exchange traded funds (ETFs) targeting the health-care industry. This week the company filed with the SEC plans outlining two new funds focusing on health-care and fitness companies, the "health-lifestyle" ETF will focus on 30-40 companies that promote diet, nutrition, exercise and other preventative measures.  Other filings included ETFs that focusing on Brazil, Israel, China among other countries and seven with a real estate focus, reports Ian Salisbury for The Wall Street Journal. In addition to these, XShares recently filed for a family of ETFs targeting companies based on their relationships with the U.S. states and a family that resembles life-cycle mutual funds.

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