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		<title>The Contrarian: Single-Country ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/08/the-contrarian-single-country-etfs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=61411</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many exchange traded funds that track individual countries have been beaten to a pulp in 2011. Some bargain hunters see cheap valuations in these hard-hit ETFs despite global debt and economic tensions.
Last week, we took a look at some of the most oversold ETFs measured by distance from the 50-day moving averages. [The Contrarian: Oversold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 ETF Lessons from Protests in Egypt</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/02/5-etf-lessons-protests-egypt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/02/5-etf-lessons-protests-egypt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asset Class ETFs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=46013</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Besides rattling investors, the recent protests in Egypt have provided a few other object lessons, particularly for investors in frontier market exchange traded funds (ETFs).
Tamer El Ghobasky and Christopher Rhoads for The Wall Street Journal report that daily life in Egypt and North Africa may be merging back to normal. The uprising is in its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 ETFs to Watch As Egypt Protests Intensify</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/02/5-etfs-watch-egypt-protests-intensify/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/02/5-etfs-watch-egypt-protests-intensify/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One day after luring investors in droves, sending trading volume through the roof, the Market Vectors Egypt (NYSEArca: EGPT) exchange traded fund (ETF) is sagging under the weight of increasingly violent protests.
EGPT is down more than 5% today as protests in Cairo turned violent. President Hosni Mubarak&#8217;s supporters are clashing with anti-government protesters, resulting in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pharmaceutical ETFs Look to the Future</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/01/pharmaceutical-etfs-look-future/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/01/pharmaceutical-etfs-look-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 09:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=45261</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical exchange traded funds (ETFs) are poised to come roaring back after a lackluster 2010. Just say&#8230;yes?
Last year, pharma underperformed as economic crisis and high joblessness led people to cut back on &#8220;non-essentials.&#8221; Unfortunately, prescriptions often got lumped into that class. Cost-consciousness will likely persist, but therein lies the opportunity.

Americans are forecast to fill up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETFs Move As Recession Declared Over</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/09/etfs-move-as-recession-declared-over/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/09/etfs-move-as-recession-declared-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recession that gripped the U.S. economy from December 2007 until June 2009 has been officially declared over. With that, exchange traded funds (ETFs) surged.
According to the ETF Dashboard, investors are looking abroad this morning despite reports that the U.S. recession is kaput. Leading the way is iShares MSCI Israel (NYSEArca: EIS), which is up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Health Care Reform Means to Israel ETF</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/03/what-health-care-reform-means-israel-etf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/03/what-health-care-reform-means-israel-etf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Israel&#8217;s country-specific exchange traded fund (ETF) may be an attractive international play, given that it performs like an emerging market. The country&#8217;s economy is actually considered to be developed, with strong biotechnology, technology and pharmaceutical sectors. Health care reform could be the tipping point.
Israel&#8217;s GDP diminished a scant 0.3% in 2009, compared to the 2.4% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETFs Turn Green on Jobs Report and Leading Indicators</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/03/etfs-turn-green-jobs-report-leading-indicators/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/03/etfs-turn-green-jobs-report-leading-indicators/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=26845</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After last night&#8217;s revelry, the markets and exchange traded funds (ETFs) this morning have health care, job numbers and leading indicators on the brain. In early trading, the markets are green (perhaps like many of us). 
The health care conversation continues along. House Democrats this morning are keeping on with their push to get health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons Israel ETFs Might Be the &#8216;Ideal Overlooked Destination&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2009/09/why-israel-etfs-might-be-ideal-overlooked-destination/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2009/09/why-israel-etfs-might-be-ideal-overlooked-destination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Israel and its related exchange traded fund (ETFs) has attracted a lot of foreign money and investors can&#8217;t seem to stay away from the country&#8217;s technology industry.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) has pushed Israel&#8217;s Tel Aviv 100 (TA100)  into positive territory in the past 12 months, and the index is now outperforming the S&#38;P 500 by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MSCI Puts Emerging and Frontier Markets Under Microscope, Affecting ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2009/06/msci-puts-emerging-frontier-markets-under-microscope-affecting-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2009/06/msci-puts-emerging-frontier-markets-under-microscope-affecting-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=11951</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Twice a year, MSCI reviews its indexes, and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index &#8211; the underlying index for the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (EEM) exchange traded fund (ETF) &#8211; is about to see more changes.
MSCI has announced they are upgrading Israel to developed markets status, upon recent market classification analysis. Five &#8220;bubble&#8221; countries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Ways to Access Middle East Growth With ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2009/06/10-ways-access-middle-east-growth-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2009/06/10-ways-access-middle-east-growth-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Middle Eastern region is influencing world affairs and exchange traded funds (ETFs) in a big way as global economic development becomes more and more tied to the region&#8217;s copious reserves of hydrocarbon resources.
Since 2000, the Middle East has seen growth above 5% and has become the second richest part of the emerging world, according [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETFs to Watch As the World Decouples</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2009/06/etfs-to-watch-as-the-world-decouples/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As emerging countries &#8220;decouple,&#8221; emerging economies and related exchange traded funds (ETFs) may outpace the markets of bulkier developed countries.
It is clear that the emerging market is recovering faster than developed ones, according to ETF Grind. While developed markets are spurred by consumption, emerging markets are driven by investments. ETF Grind provides some funds that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Makeover Eyed for Emerging Markets ETF&#8217;s Index</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2009/04/makeover-eyed-major-etf-benchmark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Changes in the world could soon be leading to changes in a major emerging markets index and its exchange traded fund (ETF).
MSCI Barra is thinking of switching up its country lineup in its emerging markets Index, reports Sam Mamudi for The Wall Street Journal. Some fund managers think the changes could create more volatility, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 ETFs That Hold Forward-Thinking Companies</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2009/02/7-etfs-that-hold-forward-thinking-companies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While a majority of companies are languishing in this economy, a select few are adapting and using the situation to their advantage, which has translated nicely to the shareholders of these company&#8217;s stocks and eventually could lift related exchange traded funds (ETFs).
The recession has provided a forum for companies playing out a Darwinistic-styled scenario of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 Reasons Fighting on Gaza Strip May Boost Israeli ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2009/01/6-reasons-fighting-on-gaza-strip-may-boost-israeli-etfs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Israel continued its bombing of the Gaza strip and it looks like it may not be as threatening to its economy as previous hostile situations and may actually benefit their economy and the exchange traded funds (ETFs) that track the market. 
How?

For starters, an increase in government spending will most likely boost the economy which has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Van Eck Dives Into The Gulf With New ETF</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2008/07/van-eck-dives-into-the-gulf-with-new-etf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Van Eck is trekking out into frontier markets with the launch of their exchange traded fund (ETF). 
Market Vector Gulf States (MES) gives easy access to the gulf states of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Katar and United Arab Emirates.
The fund&#8217;s expense ratio is 0.50%, with total net expenses at 0.98%. The ETF tracks the Dow Jones [...]]]></description>
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