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		<title>BATS Exchange Seeks to Expand ETF Listings</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/bats-exchange-seeks-to-expand-etf-listings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bats Global Markets, the third-largest U.S. exchange, has received SEC approval to initiate a new program that could create more efficient trades on exchange traded funds and promote future ETF product launches on its own exchange.
The exchange is seeking to entice market makers with its &#8220;competitive liquidity program,&#8221; which fosters greater competition among market makers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Spotlight: Low-Volatility Funds</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-spotlight-low-volatility-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-spotlight-low-volatility-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded funds hitched to low-volatility indexes continue to be a popular trend in 2012 as more providers roll out ETFs with conservative equity strategies.
However, investors need to do their homework and research the ETFs’ tracking indexes because different approaches can affect risk and performance.
Last week, Invesco PowerShares listed two international low-volatility ETFs in an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETFs&#8217; Impact on Individual Stock Prices</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etfs-impact-on-individual-stock-prices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etfs-impact-on-individual-stock-prices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded funds have grown to become an important cog in the global financial system, averaging more than 30% of total trading volume in the markets.
With about $1 trillion in assets, a common argument is just how much ETFs are influencing the markets they track.
A new report attempts to quantify the impact that the low-cost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guggenheim Plans to Manage Its Own ETF Indices</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/guggenheim-plans-to-manage-its-own-etf-indices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/guggenheim-plans-to-manage-its-own-etf-indices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guggenheim Investments, the wealth management firm behind the Claymore and Rydex&#124;SGI exchange traded fund brands, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch its own line of indices.
According to the exemptive relief filing, investors will benefit from the flexibility, traceability, availability, certainty of purchase price and tax efficiencies offered.
&#8220;Equally of interest to investors will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Spotlight: Equal-Weight S&amp;P 500</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/etf-spotlight-equal-weight-sp-500/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/etf-spotlight-equal-weight-sp-500/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much has been made of the &#8220;lost decade&#8221; in stocks with the S&#38;P 500 suffering a pair of major sell-offs in the dot-com bubble bursting in 2008 followed by the more recent credit meltdown. However, an exchange traded fund that equal-weights the S&#38;P 500 has held up much better than the market-cap index that many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changes In Underlying Indices and ETF Expenses</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/11/changes-in-underlying-indices-and-etf-expenses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/11/changes-in-underlying-indices-and-etf-expenses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded funds (ETFs) have some of the lowest expense ratios in the market. The low costs can be attributed to their passive indexing methodologies, but different indices will create varying cost structures.
At the end of October, State Street Global Advisors switched the underlying benchmark for its Bank ETF to Standard &#38; Poor&#8217;s, an equal-weighted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Index ETFs with Active Strategies</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/11/index-etfs-with-active-strategies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/11/index-etfs-with-active-strategies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some exchange traded funds blur the line between active and passive management. For example, many ETFs track hand-tailored indexes that incorporate active strategies in an effort to produce superior performance.
The new &#8220;strategy-based&#8221; ETFs, not unlike actively managed funds, will be based on benchmarks that use various factors to identify stocks, writes Ari I. Weignberg for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raymond James Wants to Offer Commission-Free ETF Trades</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/10/raymond-james-wants-to-offer-commission-free-etf-trades/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/10/raymond-james-wants-to-offer-commission-free-etf-trades/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Raymond James (NYSE: RJF) wants to begin offering free trades on some exchange traded funds as part of its plan to boost its custody unit, according to a report.
Mike DiGirolamo, who heads the Investment Advisors Division&#8217;s custody business, told Investment News that Raymond James is in talks with Invesco PowerShares Capital Management and BlackRock, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEC Reviewing ETF Volatility Link, Disclosure</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/10/sec-engaged-in-general-review-of-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/10/sec-engaged-in-general-review-of-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting a broad review of exchange traded funds, the SEC’s director of the division of investment management said Wednesday.
The SEC is “currently engaged in a general review of exchange traded products, which includes gathering and analyzing detailed information about specific products,” Eileen Rominger said at a Senate subcommittee hearing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ProShares Balks at Proposed ETF Classification System</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/10/proshares-blasts-blackrock%e2%80%99s-etf-classification-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/10/proshares-blasts-blackrock%e2%80%99s-etf-classification-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leveraged and inverse exchange traded fund provider ProShares on Wednesday lambasted an ETF classification system proposed by BlackRock at a Senate subcommittee hearing.
“We were disappointed when one of the witnesses used today’s hearing as a platform to promote its own agenda,” said Michael Sapir, ProShares chief executive. “The classification system recommended by BlackRock is arbitrary, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>These ETFs Earn A+ Ratings from TheStreet</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/10/these-etfs-earn-a-ratings-from-thestreet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/10/these-etfs-earn-a-ratings-from-thestreet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded funds that invest in inflation-protected bonds, U.S. Treasuries and Indonesian stocks earn top marks in the TheStreet’s latest ETF rankings.
The financial news and data website has assigned 16 newly rated ETFs  a &#8220;buy&#8221; rating based on a sufficient track record of risk and performance data by the end of August 2011, reports Kevin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Short ETFs – These Funds Profit When Stocks Fall</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/10/short-etfs-%e2%80%93-these-funds-profit-when-stocks-fall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leveraged and inverse exchange traded funds have taken their fair share of abuse in the press lately, but the high-octane financial products fill a legitimate need for short-term traders, and they can also be used to hedge.
Leveraged products are always the largest percentage movers during the day, which emphasizes their volatility. The ETFs are doing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BlackRock&#8217;s iShares Wants to Manage Indexes</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/08/blackrocks-ishares-wants-to-manage-indexes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/08/blackrocks-ishares-wants-to-manage-indexes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world&#8217;s largest provider of exchange traded funds, BlackRock&#8217;s iShares unit, now wants to manage its own indexes, according to regulatory filings.
The move could mark a new direction for for iShares, which investment manager BlackRock agreed to purchase from Barclays about two years ago.
 
BlackRock could join other ETF providers such as WisdomTree, Van Eck [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Chart of the Day: Direxion Large Cap Bull 3X Shares (BGU)</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/08/etf-chart-of-the-day-direxion-large-cap-bull-3x-shares-bgu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/08/etf-chart-of-the-day-direxion-large-cap-bull-3x-shares-bgu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Weisbruch, Street One Financial</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) trading at inflated levels compared to where it was just 10 trading sessions ago, investors who may want to play a potential rebound, may find call options, and options in general, at significant premiums to where they would normally expect the options to trade.
This is because the market is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defensive Sector ETFs in Favor</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/08/defensive-sector-etfs-in-favor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nervous investors are tilting toward defensive sectors for their exposure to stock exchange traded funds.
For example, the Russell 3000 Defensive Index is up 2.4% year to date, compared with a 0.7% gain for the regular Russell 3000 Index, a benchmark for the total U.S. stock market.
“The Russell 3000 Defensive Index measures the performance of the [...]]]></description>
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