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	<title>ETF Trends &#187; Basic Materials</title>
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		<title>Tough Year for Basic Materials ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/tough-year-for-basic-materials-etfs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been a frustrating 2011 for exchange traded funds that invest in materials stocks, which have been hurt by Europe’s relentless debt crisis and questions over the global economic recovery.
Materials Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLB) is down about 14% year to date. Other ETFs for this sector include iShares DJ US Basic Materials (NYSEArca: IYM), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Chart of the Day: Materials</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/10/etf-chart-of-the-day-materials/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Weisbruch, Street One Financial</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded funds tracking the U.S. materials sector have been relatively active during a week of mostly subdued volumes.
Generally, &#8220;materials&#8221; relates to companies that are involved in industries including chemicals, construction materials, containers and packaging, metals and mining, and paper and forest products, so it is indeed a diverse group of subsectors.
Materials Select Sector SPDR [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Basic Materials Shares, ETFs Led Losses After China&#8217;s Report Thursday</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/09/basic-materials-shares-and-etfs-led-losses-after-chinas-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/09/basic-materials-shares-and-etfs-led-losses-after-chinas-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sector ETFs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Basic materials shares and exchange traded funds (ETFs) took a dive on Thursday, as a preliminary gauge of China&#8217;s manufacturing report indicated a slower growth rate.
The Market Vectors Steel Index Fund (NYSEArca: SLX) plunged almost 9% on Thursday due to the negative global market sentiment. The fund was slightly up 0.52% last check Friday.
The HSBC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playing a Weaker Dollar Without Currency ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/06/playing-a-weaker-dollar-without-currency-etfs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global ETFs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bearish sentiment against the dollar remains strong even with the Eurozone debt crisis as investors continue to fear challenges in the U.S. on debt and spending.
There are other ways to profit from a weaker greenback than just currency ETFs, some analysts point out. Certain exchange traded funds can help diversify U.S. dollar exposure.
Inflationary pressure is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America Lead Stock ETFs Lower</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/06/jp-morgan-chase-bank-of-america-lead-stock-etfs-lower/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All the major stock index exchange traded funds (ETFs) slumped more than 2% in their worst day in more than two months today, led lower by financial shares JPMorgan Chase &#38; Co (NYSE: JPM) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC).
The S&#38;P financial sector slumped 2.6% with JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, Dow components, among [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freeport-McMoRan Leads Materials ETFs Deep Into Red</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/05/freeport-mcmoran-leads-materials-etfs-deep-into-red/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/05/freeport-mcmoran-leads-materials-etfs-deep-into-red/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 19:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Basic materials exchange traded funds were crushed Wednesday along with energy-sector ETFs as commodities sold off and key component Freeport-McMoRan (NSYE: FCX) dropped more than 5%.
The iShares Dow Jones US Basic Materials (NYSEArca: IYM) was down 3% while silver and oil led the decliners in the commodities complex. The $1.2 billion ETF has about 9% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freeport-McMoRan Leads Materials ETFs Lower</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/05/freeport-mcmoran-leads-materials-etfs-lower/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 19:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded funds tracking basics materials stocks were among Wednesday’s worst-performing sector ETFs as Freeport-McMoRan Copper &#38; Gold (NYSE: FCX) lead the way lower.
Shares of the miner were down 4% late Wednesday. Freeport rallied last month on solid quarterly earnings and a special dividend, but the stock has been weak so far in May.
Freeport accounts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WisdomTree Swings to Slight Quarterly Profit</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/05/wisdomtree-swings-to-slight-quarterly-profit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/05/wisdomtree-swings-to-slight-quarterly-profit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 13:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded fund (ETF) provider WisdomTree (Pink Sheets: WSDT) said it swung to a slight quarterly profit, which could boost interest in the stock, which trades on the pink sheets, following a recent run.
The firm reported net income of $0.2 million for the first quarter of 2011, compared with a net loss of $3.6 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stock ETFs React To Earnings Uncertainty and Japan Crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/04/stock-etfs-react-to-earnings-uncertainty-and-japan-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/04/stock-etfs-react-to-earnings-uncertainty-and-japan-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. stock exchange traded funds (ETFs) were sharply lower early Tuesday in the wake of concerns about companies&#8217; earnings and Japan&#8217;s upgrade of the severity of its nuclear crisis.

Japan&#8217;s nuclear safety agency raised the severity of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant incident by two notches to level 7, the highest on the scale and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Higher Oil Prices Hold Back ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/03/higher-oil-prices-hold-back-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/03/higher-oil-prices-hold-back-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are mixed early Wednesday, casting doubt on any follow-up on the previous session’s gains, as Wall Street marked the second anniversary of the bull market.

Applications for home mortgages jumped to the highest level in three months last week, buoyed by improvements in the job market, an industry group said on Wednesday. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Are ETFs on Jobs, Manufacturing and Home Data?</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/12/where-are-etfs-jobs-manufacturing-home-data/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/12/where-are-etfs-jobs-manufacturing-home-data/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ETFs are flat on Thursday as data pointing to slowing manufacturing growth in China was offset by but a better-than-expected data on U.S. jobless claims, manufacturing, and home sales.

The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for jobless benefits fell below the key 400,000 level in the most recent weekly data, in a signal that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why the Timing Is Good for an Aluminum ETF</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/11/why-timing-is-good-aluminum-etf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Investors are salivating at the prospect of a physical aluminum exchange traded fund (ETF),  aluminum producers have said they&#8217;re in favor of such a fund and there&#8217;s a race to be first to market with one. So, where is it?

The chief executive of Alcoa (NYSE: AA) says he’s had talks with ETF sponsors about supplying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 ETFs to Play Manufacturing Growth</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/10/5-etfs-play-manufacturing-growth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. manufacturing continued to grow through September, although at a slower pace. Regardless of that, industrial exchange traded funds (ETFs) have kept their appeal for investors thanks to decent dividends.
Two words: &#8220;less bad.&#8221; That&#8217;s what the manufacturing numbers were last month, and that&#8217;s enough for optimism these days, reports Ilya Leybovich for Industry Market Trends. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aluminum ETF: Supply vs. Demand</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/10/aluminum-etf-supply-vs-demand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Right now, there are just a few ways to get exposure to aluminum via exchange traded products. They&#8217;re not physically-backed, however, and to some that spells opportunity.
A large aluminum producer announced they would supply this base metal if a sponsor was interested in creating an aluminum-backed ETF. Murray Coleman for Barron&#8217;s reports that analysts believe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Would-Be Aluminum ETF May Have a Supplier</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/09/would-be-aluminum-etf-may-have-supplier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 08:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world&#8217;s top aluminum producer announced that it will consider supplying the metal to a physically-backed aluminum exchange traded fund (ETF), but it won&#8217;t sponsor the fund.
Donny Kwok for Reuters reports that Rusal is an aluminum producer and doesn&#8217;t intend to get into the business of launching financial products.
Investment banks are seeking a company that [...]]]></description>
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