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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>
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		<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>Polo Ralph Lauren to Weigh on Consumer Discretionary ETFs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 12:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A plunge in Polo Ralph Lauren (NYSE: RL) shares on Wednesday after disappointing quarterly results provided a headwind for exchange traded funds tracking the consumer discretionary sector.
Polo Ralph Lauren said its fiscal fourth-quarter net income fell to $73 million from $114 million in the year-ago period. The stock was down more than 10% in premarket [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<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>4 Consumer ETFs for Renewed Confidence</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/02/4-consumer-etfs-renewed-confidence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They&#8217;re down sharply today, but retail exchange traded funds (ETFs) could get a shot in the arm from the latest consumer confidence numbers.
Consumers are feeling the most confident about the U.S. economy than they have in three years, when the recession was at full bore.
It&#8217;s encouraging that American shopper feel that way, considering that oil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There&#8217;s No Chill In Retail ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/12/theres-no-chill-retail-etfs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retail spending was on a tear this December until the East Coast got smacked by a blizzard. Will the snow stop consumer exchange traded funds (ETFs) in their tracks?
This holiday season, the shoppers came back out in force. Total consumer spending excluding autos, rose 5.5% to $584.3 billion from Nov. 5 through Dec. 24, compared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday Rush Sends Retail ETFs on a Tear</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/12/holiday-rush-sends-retail-etfs-tear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the holiday shopping season officially kicked off on Black Friday, retail exchange traded funds (ETFs) have built on the gains they&#8217;ve made for much of this year. But what&#8217;s left when the rush wears off?
Consumers are certainly feeling positive about the strides the economy has made in recent weeks as a gauge of U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Metals ETFs Lifted by Tax Break Extension</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/12/metals-etfs-lifted-tax-break-extension/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The markets and exchange traded funds (ETFs) are up modestly after Congress agreed to a tax extension that many hope will be the saving grace of the economic recovery.

The Bush-era tax cuts will be extended for both the wealthy and the middle class. The breaks will put cash in America&#8217;s pockets and, it&#8217;s hoped, encourage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETFs and Indexing: Beyond Market-Cap Weighting</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/08/etfs-indexing-beyond-market-cap-weighting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded funds (ETFs) come in all different shapes, sizes and indexing strategies. While weighting by company size is one of the most commonly used methods, there are other indexing strategies worth a look, too.
Quantitative Indexing. &#8220;Smart indexing&#8221; ETFs are designed to outperform the broad market. Don Dion for The Street says that one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Indexing: The Benefits of Equal and Revenue Weighting</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/04/etf-indexing-benefits-equal-revenue-weighting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most exchange traded funds (ETFs) are weighted by market capitalization. It sounds logical enough, giving weight to the biggest and supposedly strongest companies. But history shows that weighting by market cap may not always be the best method.
Over the past year, ETFs using equal- and revenue-weighted methods actually outperformed market cap-weighted funds, reports Will McClatchy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Strategies for the Retail Rebound</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/04/etf-strategies-retail-rebound/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[March was good. Very good. Consumers shopped more than they have in several years. Sure, they&#8217;re not flinging Benjamins with abandon, but the signs of a turnaround are there. Retail exchange traded funds (ETFs) come in several varieties for you to play along at home.

 SPDR S&#38;P Retail (NYSEArca: XRT) is trending higher, up 16% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Equal-Weight ETFs Can Enhance Your Portfolio Now</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2009/06/how-equal-weight-etfs-can-enhance-your-portfolio-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Many investors have entrusted the plain vanilla index fund as a steady and reliable investment strategy, but there are other takes on indexing can add some spice to many portfolios and add a certain appeal to some exchange traded funds (ETFs).
Equal weighting is an indexing strategy that gives every holding or company in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETFs Higher With Consumers Mood</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2008/08/consumer-confidence-improves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The slowing of commodity prices eased cost pressures on households, companies and helped the markets and exchange traded funds (ETFs).  According to the Reuters/University of Michigan survey, consumers&#8217; sentiment improved slightly in August. 
Timothy R.  Homan and Courtney Schlisserman of Bloomberg report that in the last month, gasoline is down 6%, copper is down 14% and corn 26%.  [...]]]></description>
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