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	<description>Setting the Pace for Exchange Traded Funds</description>
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		<title>Preferred Stock ETFs Enjoy Fat Yields, Capital Appreciation</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/preferred-stock-etfs-enjoy-fat-yields-capital-appreciation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preferred stock exchange traded funds have offered investors the best of both worlds so far in 2012 &#8212; higher prices and a nice dividend stream to boot.
Preferred shares and ETFs that hold them could get see a further spike in popularity as investors search for yield.
Preferred shares have been outperforming for most of 2012, especially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bank Rally Lifts Preferred Stock ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/bank-rally-lifts-preferred-stock-etfs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The financial sector’s rally to start the year has provided a boost to exchange traded funds tracking preferred stock, which already pay hefty yields.
The $7.2 billion iShares S&#38;P U.S. Preferred Stock (NYSEArca: PFF) has jumped nearly 4% over the past week. The ETF is yielding about 7%. [Search for Yield Leads Some to Preferred Stock [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BlackRock Lists International Preferred Stock ETF</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/11/blackrock-lists-international-preferred-stock-etf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/11/blackrock-lists-international-preferred-stock-etf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded fund providers continue to roll out new products designed to satisfy investors’ craving for yield.
BlackRock’s iShares has launched the iShares S&#38;P International Preferred Stock Index Fund (NYSEArca: IPFF). It has an expense ratio of 0.55%.
“The fund is the first ETF that offers access to local currency, preferred securities that are offered in developed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High Five: Dividend ETFs with Juicy Yields</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/11/high-five-dividend-etfs-with-juicy-yields/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dividend ETFs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dividend exchange traded funds have been big sellers in 2011 as investors seek a conservative approach to stocks and extra income as 10-year Treasury yields again dip below 2%.
ETFs have been a good tool for dividend seekers to hunt for yield because they can invest in a basket of stocks rather than researching individual companies.
Dividend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dividend ETFs Without the Label</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/10/dividend-etfs-without-the-label/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/10/dividend-etfs-without-the-label/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many investors are exploring dividend exchange traded funds as a way to play defense in their stock portfolios and earn yield in a low-interest-rate environment for bonds.
What some investors may not realize, however, is that there are plenty of dividend-focused ETFs trading that don&#8217;t have the &#8220;dividend&#8221; label. [Dividend ETFs See Performance Diverge on Sector [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preferred Stock ETFs Lure Yield Hunters</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/08/preferred-stock-etfs-lure-yield-hunters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/08/preferred-stock-etfs-lure-yield-hunters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After getting pummeled in the swift market correction, preferred stock exchange traded funds have staged a comeback as investors seeking attractive yields and low valuations pounce on the ETFs.
On Monday, bank preferred stocks experienced their worst single-day sell-off since 2009, with big losers like Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) seeing common shares down 20% during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High-Yield ETFs Hit as Investors Flock to Treasuries</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/08/high-yield-etfs-hit-as-investors-flock-to-treasuries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Investors have been selling high-yield corporate bonds and running to the perceived safety of Treasury bonds amid the recent blast of risk aversion in markets.
“Junk” bond exchange traded funds such as SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF (NYSEArca: JNK) and iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond Fund (NYSEArca: HYG) have sold off in August [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Spotlight: PowerShares Preferred Portfolio (PGX)</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/07/etf-spotlight-powershares-preferred-portfolio-pgx-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/07/etf-spotlight-powershares-preferred-portfolio-pgx-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ETF Spotlight on PowerShares Preferred Portfolio (NYSEArca: PGX), part of an ongoing series.
Assets: $1.4 billion.
Objective: The PowerShares Preferred Portfolio tries to reflect the performance of The BofA Merrill Lynch Core Fixed-Rate Preferred Securities Index, which holds a diversified group of investment-grade preferred securities.
What You Should Know:

PGX has an expense ratio of 0.50%.
The fund has 81 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preferred Stock ETFs Fall Along with Market</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/06/preferred-stock-etfs-fall-along-with-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asset Class ETFs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded funds that track preferred shares have been popular in recent years with income-starved investors, but the ETFs have pulled back over the past month along with the stock market.
Preferred shares and ETFs that invest in them had been performing well before June&#8217;s slide.
The $7.9 billion iShares S&#38;P U.S. Preferred Stock Index Fund (NYSEArca: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Spotlight: PowerShares Preferred Portfolio (PGX)</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/03/etf-spotlight-powershares-preferred-portfolio-pgx/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/03/etf-spotlight-powershares-preferred-portfolio-pgx/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ETF Spotlight on PowerShares Preferred Portfolio (NYSEArca: PGX), part of a weekly series.
Assets: $1.4 billion
Objective: Tracks the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Core Fixed Rate Preferred Securities Index.
Holdings: Barclays, HSBC, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo and General Electric are among the largest holdings in PGX
What You Should Know

PGX owns preferred stock, which is a special equity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preferred Stock ETF 101</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/09/preferred-stock-etf-101/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preferred stock carrying exchange traded funds (ETFs) may attract investors&#8217; attention, especially as the bond markets cool off. Preferred stocks usually have a fixed dividend and carry no voting rights, among other things.
Even though preferred stocks are listed as equity on the balance sheet, they should be viewed more like bonds than common stocks, says [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SSgA Launches New Preferred Share ETF</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2009/09/ssga-launches-new-preferred-share-etf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2009/09/ssga-launches-new-preferred-share-etf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Investors will soon have another preferred share exchange traded funds (ETFs) to consider now that State Street Global Advisors has launched its new specialty ETF.
This week, State Street launched its latest ETF, SPDR Wells Fargo Preferred Stock ETF (NYSEArca: PSK), that invests in nonconvertible preferred stocks, according to IndexUniverse. The fund has an annual expense [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Preferred Share ETFs Right for You?</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2009/08/are-preferred-share-etfs-right-for-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For an investor who seeks income streams, there are a variety of avenues when it comes to exchange traded funds (ETFs). One such way is through preferred shares, or better yet, preferred share ETFs.
Why would preferred shares being appealing?

Right now, several preferred share ETFs are yielding around 8% or more.
Preferred shares have guaranteed priority over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Bank Bailouts Mean for Preferred Financial ETF</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2009/05/what-bank-bailouts-mean-preferred-financial-etf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2009/05/what-bank-bailouts-mean-preferred-financial-etf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 18:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What impact has the government&#8217;s purchase of preferred financial shares in the country&#8217;s major banks had on the financial preferred exchange traded fund (ETF)? 
Preferred stock was purchased by the government to the tune of $100 billion when the Troubled Asset Relief Plan was unveiled late last year. Preferred shares are a higher class of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stocks, ETFs Reverse Course After Bailout Agreement Reached</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2008/09/stocks-etfs-reverse-course-after-bailout-agreement-reached/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) reversed three days of losses today after lawmakers agreed on an outline for a bailout plan.
But while stocks rose, credit markets are still nervous, says Tim Paradis for the Associated Press. This is evidenced by the fact that demand for safe, short-term Treasuries is still high.
The plan will go [...]]]></description>
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