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		<title>Why You Should Pay Attention to Materials ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/why-you-should-pay-attention-to-materials-etfs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 16:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Basic Materials]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded funds tracking the basic materials sector often broadcast strength or weakness in the broader market because the highly cyclical industry is sensitive to the global economy, energy prices and emerging markets.
Materials ETFs have been lagging the S&#38;P 500 the past year and have often faltered before the overall market.
The iShares Dow Jones US [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Materials, Copper ETFs are Saying About the Market</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/03/what-materials-copper-etfs-are-saying-about-the-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/03/what-materials-copper-etfs-are-saying-about-the-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commodity ETFs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Base Metals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Basic Materials]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The S&#38;P 500 is trading above the key 1,400 level and on track for a 12% gain for the first quarter, but ETFs that invest in the basic materials sector and copper are flashing weakness.
The $1.8 billion Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEArca: XLB) is actually down 2% over the past month, while iPath Dow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freeport and Materials ETFs Hit by China, Growth Concerns</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/03/freeport-and-materials-etfs-hit-by-china-growth-concerns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/03/freeport-and-materials-etfs-hit-by-china-growth-concerns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commodity ETFs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Basic Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copper Miners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COPX]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent weakness in Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) and China lowering its economic growth forecast have weighed on exchange traded funds that invest in the materials sector and copper miners.
Freeport shares are down 13% over the past month. Analysts keep an eye on the materials-sector bellwether and copper prices to help gauge the strength of the global [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/tough-year-for-basic-materials-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lead]]></category>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/10/etf-chart-of-the-day-materials/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Weisbruch, Street One Financial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ETF Spotlight]]></category>
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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>ETF Manager Profile: First Trust</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/06/etf-manager-profile-first-trust/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/06/etf-manager-profile-first-trust/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ETF 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commodity ETFs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=47803</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The exchange traded fund business is dominated by the &#8220;Big Three&#8221; of BlackRock&#8217;s iShares, State Street and Vanguard in terms of assets under management.
However, many smaller firms are carving out a successful niche with specialized ETFs or by focusing on overlooked markets.
First Trust is one of the smaller firms that offers ETFs off the beaten [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stock ETFs Rise on Mixed Economic Data</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/04/stock-etfs-rise-on-mixed-economic-data/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/04/stock-etfs-rise-on-mixed-economic-data/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asset Class ETFs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stock exchange traded funds (ETFs) were higher Friday as increased factory production and rising consumer sentiment was offset by rising inflation around the world.

Rising food and gasoline prices lifted U.S. consumer inflation as expected in March, but underlying inflation pressures remained contained, a government report showed on Friday. The mild rise in core CPI &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PowerShares ETFs Get New Tickers</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/03/powershares-etfs-get-new-tickers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/03/powershares-etfs-get-new-tickers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The PowerShares Small-Cap Sector exchange traded funds (ETFs) will begin trading under new tickers today. PowerShares has elected to change the tickers of some of their ETFs to help investors differentiate their product from the SPDRs. [Asset Class ETFs: Small, Medium and Large.]  In addition, the ETF tracking Nasdaq 100 index, known as the &#8220;Cubes&#8221;, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have You Considered The Equal-Weight ETF Style?</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/03/have-you-considered-the-equal-weight-etf-style/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/03/have-you-considered-the-equal-weight-etf-style/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=47582</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most Index exchange traded funds (ETFs) hold specific weightings of underlying securities based on market capitalization. Market cap weighting has been the cornerstone of index construction &#8211; look at the Dow Jones Industrials and the S&#38;P 500 Index.  Today investors are warming up to other forms of index construction, like equal-weight indexing the the  ETFs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PowerShares to Change Tickers on Small-Cap ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/02/powershares-change-tickers-small-cap-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/02/powershares-change-tickers-small-cap-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 09:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Invesco PowerShares and Select  Sector SPDRs have reached a deal that would further differentiate their lineup of sector exchange traded funds (ETFs)

A settlement has been reached under which PowerShares will voluntarily change  the ticker symbols of its nine S&#38;P SmallCap Sector ETFs. The changes are aimed at making the PowerShares S&#38;P SmallCap Sector [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cotton ETN Lifted by Flooding</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/02/cotton-etn-lifted-flooding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/02/cotton-etn-lifted-flooding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cotton prices were already sky-high when flooding ravaged Australia, and they&#8217;re still rising. The cotton exchange traded note (ETN) isn&#8217;t the only way to get your fix, though.
Investors have been betting on continued gains in iPath Dow Jones-AIG Cotton Total Return Sub-Index ETN (NYSEArca: BAL). Considering that in the last year it&#8217;s gained more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Questions About Fed&#8217;s Plan Sinks ETFs Early</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/10/questions-about-feds-plan-sinks-etfs-early/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/10/questions-about-feds-plan-sinks-etfs-early/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are headed down in early trading, driven by a published report that is raising questions concerning scope of the proposed new monetary stimulus program expected to be unveiled by the Federal Reserve next week.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Fed will probably unveil a program of U.S. Treasury bond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETFs Stay Flat After Drop in Jobless Claims</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/08/etfs-stay-flat-after-drop-in-jobless-claims/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/08/etfs-stay-flat-after-drop-in-jobless-claims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weary markets kept their response to the drop in jobless claims this week tepid, despite the fact that the news comes on the heel&#8217;s of last week&#8217;s shocking report. Exchange traded funds (ETFs) and stocks were flat on the report.
The ETF Analyzer shows a mix of asset classes moving higher today, lead mostly by clean [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 ETFs to Play the Potash Wars</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/08/6-etfs-play-potash-wars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a brief lull in corporate takeovers, the market is seeing some renewed activity in mergers and acquisitions. One of the most contentious is a bid to buy out a major &#8220;potash&#8221; producer, which has given agriculture exchange traded funds (ETFs) a growth spurt.
Ultimately, BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE: BHP) failed to provide an adequate number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Materials ETFs Move Ahead of Europe&#8217;s &#8216;Stress Tests&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/07/materials-etfs-move-ahead-europes-stress-tests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Materials exchange traded funds (ETFs) are leading the way early in what are otherwise choppy, flat markets. Traders appear to be wary of making any big moves ahead of the eagerly-awaited results of the European bank &#8220;stress tests,&#8221; which are due out today.
A look at the top ETF winners and losers on our Dashboard shows [...]]]></description>
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