PowerShares 1-30 Laddered Treasury Portfolio is an exchange-traded fund incorporated in the USA. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond to the price and yield of the Ryan/Mergent 1-30 Year Treasury Laddered Index.

Performance

Technical

• Treasury ETFs: A Stellar First Half

  07-01-2010 02:00 PM by Tom Lydon

  Only a couple of months ago, investors were putting their faith in stocks. But now, the bears are rearing their heads once more, as evidenced by the surge in Treasury bonds and related exchange traded funds (ETFs). It has led to some of the best performance in Treasuries in years...

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• Treasury ETFs Step Back; What Next?

  06-20-2010 01:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  Investors have been flocking to long-term Treasuries and related exchange traded funds (ETFs) as a haven from the uncertainties of the euro debt crisis. As a result, long-term Treasuries have outperformed all other fixed-income securities for the year. But can the rally be sustai...

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• Volatile Markets Renew Bond ETF Bubble Concerns

  06-16-2010 11:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  A record number of assets is expected to continue flowing into bonds and related exchange traded funds (ETFs) this summer, renewing fears that there's a bubble in this market. A projected $380 billion will pour into bond funds this year, more than went into domestic stock fun...

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• European Debt Woes Create ETF Winners and Losers

  05-26-2010 06:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  This week, Spain decided to bail out a small savings bank called CajaSur for around $750 million. The head of the European Commission knocked Germany's proposals for the debt crisis as naive. There have been winning and losing exchange traded funds (ETFs) as a result. First of...

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• Market Concerns Push Treasury Bond ETFs Upward

  05-25-2010 12:00 PM by Tom Lydon

  Many exchange traded funds (ETFs) are feeling some pain stemming from concerns about Europe and Korea, but there's one area that's reaping the benefits of save-haven dollars: Treasury bond ETFs. Low-risk government debt is back in style as Europe's banking woes, mixed in with ...

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• Europe's Crisis Makes Treasury Bond ETFs Winners

  05-20-2010 01:00 PM by Tom Lydon

  In market turmoil, there are several areas that tend to see greater investor interest. You can count Treasury bond exchange traded funds (ETFs) among them - especially in the last few days, which have seen down markets. The eurozone crisis has pushed Treasury prices higher as ...

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• Midday Market Update: Markets and ETFs Process Latest News

  03-13-2009 10:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  Can Wall Street make it four consecutive days of gains for stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs)? The markets still seem to be trying to figure that one out. The U.S. trade deficit narrowed 9.7% in January for a record sixth consecutive month to its smallest since October 20...

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• Best-Performing ETFs for 2008

  12-31-2008 02:53 PM by Tom Lydon

  2008 was the worst year for the stock market since 1931, and the worst year ever in the fifteen-year history of exchange traded funds (ETFs). The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 2008 with a two-day winning streak, but was still down for the year by 33.8%. It was the Dow's w...

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• After Closures, Ron Ryan Is Still Fond of ETFs

  08-16-2008 01:00 PM by Tom Lydon

  As the exchange traded fund (ETF) industry continues to proliferate, many will try their hand at creating and backing new products and portfolios. Ron Ryan is indispensable at creating some of the world's most renowned bond indexes when he worked at Lehman Brothers but went ou...

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