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	<description>Setting the Pace for Exchange Traded Funds</description>
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		<title>What is an ETF? &#8212; The Arbitrage Mechanism</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/what-is-an-etf-the-arbitrage-mechanism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded funds have a so-called arbitrage mechanism that helps keep share prices in line with the value of the underlying securities or assets.
Arbitrage is the practice of taking advantage of a  price difference between two or more markets.
Three points about ETFs and the arbitrage trading mechanism:

Shares of ETFs can be created or redeemed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are ETFs? &#8212; The Benefits of Transparency</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the aftermath of the credit meltdown and the more recent implosion of MF Global, many investors are putting a premium on transparency. They want to know exactly what they own.
Transparency in an exchange traded fund involves the disclosure of the funds&#8217; holdings every day, unlike mutual funds, which provide periodic disclosures. [5 Things Financial [...]]]></description>
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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>Global X Launches an Economic All-Season ETF</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/global-x-launches-an-economic-all-season-etf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/global-x-launches-an-economic-all-season-etf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[New ETFs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global X, a provider of niche and alternative exchange traded fund products, this week launched a diversified ETF that holds various assets in an attempt to perform in any market condition, providing investors with a market agnostic tool during volatile times.
Global X Permanent ETF (NYSEArca: PERM) tries to reflect the performance of the Solactive Permanent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Are ETFs Cheaper Than Mutual Funds?</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/why-are-etfs-cheaper-than-mutual-funds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded funds and mutual funds have differences when it comes to the costs associated with overseeing the fund and tax efficiency. The reason there are cost differences is due to the differences in structure of these tools and the way they are managed.
The management fees are the main cost difference between an ETF and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vanguard Investment Chief Bullish on ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/vanguard-investment-chief-bullish-on-etfs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vanguard Group saw the highest inflows among exchange traded fund providers in 2011 and the firm’s chief investment officer says the company remains upbeat on the growth prospects of the ETF business.
“ETFs are 15% of the assets in the mutual fund industry,” Vanguard CIO Gus Sauter told CNBC’s Bob Pisani in an interview this week. [...]]]></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>
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		<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>ETF Chart of the Day: Fisher-Gartman E-TRACS</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-chart-of-the-day-fisher-gartman-e-tracs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-chart-of-the-day-fisher-gartman-e-tracs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Weisbruch, Street One Financial</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the very end of November of last year, UBS E-TRACS rolled out two ETNs that are geared towards the &#8220;risk on&#8221; and &#8220;risk off&#8221; concepts in the marketplace, and from our viewpoint, these products were well timed given the volatility and “macro” type movements that we experienced through much of 2011.
ONN (E-TRACS Fisher-Gartman Risk [...]]]></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>
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		<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>Fidelity Files To Launch More ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/fidelity-files-to-launch-more-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/fidelity-files-to-launch-more-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financial-services and mutual-fund giant Fidelity Investments is reportedly getting ready to launch new index exchange traded funds after sitting quietly on its only ETF offering, Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index (NYSEArca: ONEQ), for over eight years.
Last week, Fidelity filed for exemptive relief from the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch index-based ETFs for retail and institutional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETFs as Tactical Investing Tools</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/etfs-as-tactical-investing-tools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The exchange traded fund business is seeing activity rise due in part to the growth of tactical investing as more individuals move away from buy-and-hold strategies, according to a recent report.
With market volatility and correlations rising, investors have been seeking out alternative ETFs to freely move around the markets and reduce risk, taking away business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Van Eck Launches Index Unit</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/van-eck-launches-index-unit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Van Eck Global, the money managing firm behind the Market Vectors exchange traded funds, announced it will launch the Market Vectors Index Solutions unit after acquiring 15 indices from Germany-based 4asset-management, which develops, markets and licenses the benchmark indices the Van Eck&#8217;s ETFs are based on.
According to a press release, MVIS&#8217;s indexing methodology emphasizes investability, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>S&amp;P 500 ETFs Struggle to Break 200-Day Average</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/11/sp-500-etfs-struggle-to-break-200-day-average/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stock exchange traded funds have rallied sharply from the October low but the S&#38;P 500 hasn’t been able to make a sustained push over its 200-day average, a closely watched technical indicator.
“The S&#38;P 500 failed to break the 200-day and Italy’s debt yields really blew out, so you have a panicky reaction in the marketplace,” [...]]]></description>
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