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		<title>Stock ETFs Choppy on Europe Debt, Facebook Fallout</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/stock-etfs-choppy-on-europe-debt-facebook-fallout/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 10:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. equity ETFs were poised to reverse a three-week slide in afternoon trading Friday as investors looked ahead to the long holiday weekend that unofficially kicks off the summer.
However, stocks were choppy this week on lingering speculation that Greece is preparing an exit from the euro. Traders appeared hesitant to hold long positions going into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iShares Sees Growing Demand for ETF Managed Portfolios</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/ishares-sees-growing-demand-for-etf-managed-portfolios/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 19:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The exchange traded fund investment strategies, or ETF managed portfolios, segment of the market is quickly growing as advisors outsource fund portfolio services and cater to the greater demand for retirement and financial advice.
According to a press release, iShares research found that ETF Investment Strategies (EIS) &#8211; registered investment advisors (RIAs) or asset managers using [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FOX Interview: Tom Lydon Says Facebook to Join These ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/fox-interview-tom-lydon-says-facebook-to-join-these-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/fox-interview-tom-lydon-says-facebook-to-join-these-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 18:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ETF Trends in the Press]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the controversial Facebook (NasdaqGS: FB) IPO, the social networking company &#8220;is not going away,&#8221; said ETFtrends editor Tom Lydon in a FOX Business interview Thursday. [Social Media ETF Down on Facebook IPO]
Tom pointed out that Facebook will soon be placed in major indices, and some specialized ETFs are poised to add Facebook to their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vanguard Cuts Fund Redemption Fees</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/vanguard-cuts-fund-redemption-fees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/vanguard-cuts-fund-redemption-fees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 16:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vanguard on Wednesday eliminated or reduced so-called contingent redemption fees for more than 30 of its mutual funds.
“Because we have other measures in place to protect the interests of long-term investors and to discourage frequent trading, we determined that we no longer needed this fee,” the company said in a press release.
Vanguard continues to lower [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Merrill Strategist Bernstein Launches ETF Model Portfolios</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/ex-merrill-strategist-bernstein-launches-etf-model-portfolios/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/ex-merrill-strategist-bernstein-launches-etf-model-portfolios/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 14:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richard Bernstein Advisors has launched several model strategies using exchange traded funds as more advisors utilize ETFs to build model portfolios.
CEO Richard Bernstein is the former chief investment strategist at Merrill Lynch and noted market commentator.
The model portfolios are called Sector Model Rotation, or SMRT, and will use the First Trust AlphaDEX sector ETFs. [Should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETFs for &#8216;Alternative&#8217; Asset Classes</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/etfs-for-alternative-asset-classes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/etfs-for-alternative-asset-classes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 13:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ETF 101]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ETFs have allowed advisors and investors to get more sophisticated in their investment objectives, branching out from traditional stock and bond picks. Consequently, &#8220;alternative&#8221; assets and exchange traded funds now make up a larger portion of investment portfolios.
Fund providers, like BlackRock, Eaton Vance, Forward and OppenheimerFunds, are catering the growing interest in alts as alternative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dent Tactical ETF Throws in the Towel</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/dent-tactical-etf-throws-in-the-towel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/dent-tactical-etf-throws-in-the-towel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 14:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feature Stories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An active exchange traded fund managed by HS Dent Investment Management is merging into another fund after the ETF failed to attract significant assets.
AdvisorShares said AdvisorShares Dent Tactical ETF (NYSEArca: DENT) will be reorganized into the AdvisorShares Meidell Tactical Advantage ETF (NYSEArca: MATH).
DENT had less than $10 million in assets and was launched in 2009. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Vanguard is Leading ETF Inflows for 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/why-vanguard-is-leading-etf-inflows-for-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/why-vanguard-is-leading-etf-inflows-for-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vanguard has a huge lead in exchange traded fund sales so far in 2012 as the firm best known for its index funds continues to focus on core-holding ETFs and very low fees.
One of every three dollars invested in mutual funds and ETFs through the first four months of the year went to Vanguard, reports [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stock ETFs Holding Slim Gains for Year</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/stock-etfs-holding-slim-gains-for-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/stock-etfs-holding-slim-gains-for-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 12:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Weisbruch, Street One Financial</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[IVV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This past week resulted in a handful of small early morning and intra-day rallies in equities that were met with selling, pressing the indexes lower, and lower each day, with a trend that resembled &#8220;closing at or near the lows, instead of rallying into the market closes.&#8221;
If one went on sabattical at the very end [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why More Institutional Investors are Using ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/why-more-institutional-investors-are-using-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/why-more-institutional-investors-are-using-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 11:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ETF 101]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded funds are valuable and versatile tools in diversifying and managing an investment portfolio. This particular aspect has not gone unnoticed among institutional investors as they have quickly adopted the investment vehicles, increasingly putting more assets to work in ETF products.
According to a press release, a Greenwich Associates study found that a significant number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eurozone Fears Weigh on ETFs, Confidence</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/eurozone-fears-weigh-on-etfs-confidence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/eurozone-fears-weigh-on-etfs-confidence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 10:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Investors are still feeling bearish about the stock market, evidenced by large outflows from domestic stock mutual and exchange traded funds. Recent evidence suggests that investors are staying on the sidelines not because of the market volatility, rather, due to deep mistrust of the stock market. [Tom Lydon Talks Markets and Investor Confidence on CNBC]
&#8220;American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stocks Down for Third Week Amid Facebook Frenzy</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/stocks-down-for-third-week-amid-facebook-frenzy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/stocks-down-for-third-week-amid-facebook-frenzy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 10:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. stocks were lower for the third straight week on Greece and European debt worries while Facebook&#8217;s (NasdaqGS: FB) highly anticipated IPO was a disappointment in the first day of trading Friday.
A social media ETF fell sharply on Friday amid the Facebook IPO. [Social Media ETF Down as Facebook Begins Trading]
Stepping back, U.S. stocks continue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vanguard to Introduce ETFs in Britain</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/vanguard-to-introduce-etfs-in-britain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/vanguard-to-introduce-etfs-in-britain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After successfully attracting assets through its low-cost fund products in the U.S., Vanguard is looking across the pond to England and launching its first Britain-listed exchange traded fund investments.
Vanguard Asset Management will list five ETFs on the London Stock Exchange, reports Anjuli Davies for Reuters. The company first offered its index funds to Europe back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Leveraged ETFs Too Dangerous for Individual Investors?</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/are-leveraged-etfs-too-dangerous-for-individual-investors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/are-leveraged-etfs-too-dangerous-for-individual-investors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Inverse ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leveraged ETFs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Leveraged ETFs that magnify the market’s performance are facing more scrutiny. There are calls they should come with warnings or even that individual investors should be prohibited from buying the complex products.
“The starting point for regulators is to consider whether individuals should be able to buy a leveraged ETP [exchange traded product] with just a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stock ETFs: Brief Pullback or Serious Correction?</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/stock-etfs-brief-pullback-or-serious-correction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/stock-etfs-brief-pullback-or-serious-correction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 11:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the most recent high in April, the equities market and stock exchange traded funds have been slowly receding. Analysts are now worried that the tepid decline may snowball into a full-blown corrections as scared investors exacerbate the drop.
As of the April 2, 2012 market high, the S&#38;P 500 has diminished 4.6%, a little short [...]]]></description>
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