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		<title>ETF Spotlight: High-Yield Bonds</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/etf-spotlight-high-yield-bonds-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bond ETFs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ETF spotlight on SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond (NYSEArca: JNK), part of an ongoing series.
Assets: $11.1 billion.
Objective: The SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond tries to reflect the performance of the Barclays Capital High Yield Very Liquid Index, which follows publicly issued U.S. dollar-denominated high yield corporate bonds with above average liquidity.
Holdings: The fund holds industrial, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Chart of the Day: Dow Jones Transportation Average</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/etf-chart-of-the-day-dow-jones-transportation-average/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Weisbruch, Street One Financial</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday in options trading we saw an influx of bearish put buyers in iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average (NYSEArca: IYT) as the exchange traded fund itself traded very heavy volume over 1 million shares versus its typical average.
IYT has slightly lagged the broad U.S. equity market year to date, as the ETF is up 6.15% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Spotlight: Investment Grade Corporate Debt</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/etf-spotlight-investment-grade-corporate-debt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/etf-spotlight-investment-grade-corporate-debt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ETF Spotlight]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bond ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Bonds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ETF Spotlight on iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEArca: LQD), part of an ongoing series.
Assets: $18.5 billion.
Objective: The iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund tries to reflect the performance of the iBoxx $ Liquid Investment Grade Index, which holds U.S. dollar-denominated liquid investment grade corporate bond market.
Holdings: Top holdings include: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Chart of the Day: Poland</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/etf-chart-of-the-day-poland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/etf-chart-of-the-day-poland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Weisbruch, Street One Financial</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A &#8220;frontier&#8221; economy that likely flies under the radar but is now represented in two separate exchange traded fund is that of Poland.
Market Vectors Poland (NYSEArca: PLND) debuted in late 2009, and is composed of 25 equities that are headquartered or derive at least half of their revenues in Poland. The index is currently very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Spotlight: Emerging Markets</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/etf-spotlight-emerging-markets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/etf-spotlight-emerging-markets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ETF Spotlight]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[EEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global ETFs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ETF Spotlight on iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (NYSEArca: EEM), part of an ongoing series.
Assets: $37.1 billion.
Objective: The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets fund tries to reflect the performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which is a cap-weighted index that tracks publicly traded securities in the emerging markets.
Holdings: Top holdings include: Samsung Electronics 3.1%, Gazprom 1.8%, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Spotlight: U.S. Preferred Stock</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-spotlight-u-s-preferred-stock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ETF spotlight on iShares S&#38;P U.S. Preferred Stock (NYSEArca: PFF), part of an ongoing series.
Assets: $7.7 billion.
Objective: The iShares S&#38;P U.S. Preferred Stock Fund tries to reflect the performance of the S&#38;P Preferred Stock Index, which includes a selected group of preferred stocks listed on various exchanges, including the NYSE and Nasdaq. [Preferred Stock ETFs: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Spotlight: Vanguard High Dividend Yield</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-spotlight-vanguard-high-dividend-yield/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-spotlight-vanguard-high-dividend-yield/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ETF spotlight on Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index ETF (NYSEArca: VYM), part of an ongoing series.
Assets: $2.7 billion.
Objective: The Vanguard High Dividend Yield Fund tries to reflect the performance of the FTSE High Dividend Yield Index, which holds companies with a history of above average, high dividend yields.
Holdings: Top company holdings as of 12/31/2011: Exxon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Spotlight: IndexIQ Global Resources</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-spotlight-indexiq-global-resources/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-spotlight-indexiq-global-resources/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ETF spotlight on IQ ARB Global Resources ETF (NYSEArca: GRES), part of an ongoing series.
Assets: $66.8 million.
Objective: The IQ Global Resources ETF tries to reflect the performance of the IQ Global Resources Index, which holds global companies that operate in commodity sub-sectors based on momentum and valuation factors.
Holdings: Top holdings include: Invesco Treasury Institutional 7.3%, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Chart of the Day: Small-Cap Bear Funds</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-chart-of-the-day-small-cap-bear-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-chart-of-the-day-small-cap-bear-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Weisbruch, Street One Financial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ETF Spotlight]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Options trading in small-cap ETFs suggests some money managers are buying insurance against market pullbacks as U.S. stocks hit their highest levels since the summer sell-off.
On Friday, we observed a continuation of ProShares UltraShort S&#38;P 500 (NYSEArca: SDS) call buying, which has been a familiar “short” trade going into the recent run-up in equities.
Late last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Spotlight: Emerging Markets Dividend Fund</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-spotlight-emerging-markets-dividend-fund/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-spotlight-emerging-markets-dividend-fund/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[DEM]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ETF Spotlight on WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Yielding Equity (NYSEArca: DEM), part of an ongoing series.
Assets: $2.6 billion.
Objective: The WsidomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund tries to reflect the performance o fthe WisdomTree Emerging Equity Income Index, which holds the highest dividend yielding stocks from the WisdomTree Emerging Markets Dividend Index.
Holdings: Top holdings include: Taiwan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chart of the Day: Short Gold ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/chart-of-the-day-short-gold-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/chart-of-the-day-short-gold-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Weisbruch, Street One Financial</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday we saw evidence of options players looking to get short gold-related exchange traded funds, including SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEArca: GLD) and Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEArca: GDX).
Gold, as well as silver, have had impressive rallies the past several days and GLD itself for example is up 12% from its lows of late [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Spotlight: Broker-Dealers</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-spotlight-broker-dealers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-spotlight-broker-dealers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ETF spotlight on iShares Dow Jones US Broker-Dealers (NYSEArca: IAI), part of an ongoing series.
Assets: $57.8 million.
Objective: The iShares Dow Jones U.S. Broker-Dealers Index Fund tries to reflect the performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Investment Services Index, which includes companies from the investment services sector, such as financial services, brokers/dealers, online brokers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Spotlight: WisdomTree Dividend Fund</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-spotlight-wisdomtree-dividend-fund/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-spotlight-wisdomtree-dividend-fund/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ETF Spotlight on WisdomTree Dividend ex-Financials (NYSEArca: DTN), part of an ongoing series.
Assets: $1.15 billion.
Objective: The WisdomTree Dividend ex-Financials fund tries to reflect the performance of the company&#8217;s own Dividend ex-Financials Index, which holds the highest dividend-yielding companies in each sector among three hundred of the largest companies in the WisdomTree Dividend Index outside financials.
Holdings: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Chart of the Day: Small-Cap Growth</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-chart-of-the-day-small-cap-growth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-chart-of-the-day-small-cap-growth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Weisbruch, Street One Financial</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late last week in options trading we observed bearish put activity in generally lightly traded iShares Russell 2000 Growth (IWO) options as the exchange traded fund itself broke out to a recent high, its highest trading level since before last August&#8217;s steep equity sell-off.
It is likely that a long holder of the ETF is enacting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Chart of the Day: Russell Growth at a Reasonable Price</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-chart-of-the-day-russell-growth-at-a-reasonable-price/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-chart-of-the-day-russell-growth-at-a-reasonable-price/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Weisbruch, Street One Financial</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late last spring, a well-known index provider, Russell Investments, forayed directly into the exchange traded fund industry as an issuer and currently has 24 different strategies available to investors in ETF form. Russell is known by most as being the index provider for several popular funds that are run by other issuers, such as IWM [...]]]></description>
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