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		<title>ETF Chart of the Day: Retail Sector</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/etf-chart-of-the-day-retail-sector/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Weisbruch, Street One Financial</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An exchange traded fund tracking the retail sector is among the industry-specific ETFs that have seen bearish put activity recently in options markets.
This options activity in SPDR S&#38;P Retail ETF (NYSEArca: XRT) is interesting given the fact that XRT has seen extremely strong inflows in the past several days on heavy trading volume.
Over $300 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six HOLDRS Become Van Eck ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/six-holdrs-become-van-eck-etfs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six Merrill Lynch HOLDRS exchange traded securities stopped trading as planned on Tuesday. The funds were officially transferred and changed into Van Eck Global exchange traded funds, and the new funds will begin trading Wednesday.
Trading in the biotech, banking, oil services, pharmaceuticals, retail and semiconductor HOLDRs halted on Tuesday, according to Van Eck. [HOLDRS Making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retail ETFs Boosted by Black Friday, Cyber Monday Sales</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/11/retail-etfs-boosted-by-black-friday-cyber-monday-sales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded funds tracking the retail sector are rising this week on brisk sales on Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
&#8220;This is the largest year-over-year gain&#8230;for Black Friday since the 8.3% increase we saw between 2007 and 2006,&#8221; Bill Martin for ShopperTrak said, on NPR. &#8220;Still, it&#8217;s just one day. It remains to be seen whether [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HOLDRS Making Transition to Market Vector ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/11/holdrs-making-transition-to-market-vector-etfs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Van Eck Global and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) subsidiary Merrill Lynch reached an accord on six HOLDRs in August, and now, the transition from the Merrill Lynch HOLDRs to Market Vector exchange traded funds is underway.
An exchange offer for the HOLDRS commenced on Nov. 11 and will run till 11:00 am Eastern time on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Spotlight: Retail Sector and the Holiday Shopping Season</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/11/etf-spotlight-retail-sector-and-the-holiday-shopping-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retail exchange traded funds have outperformed the S&#38;P 500 by a wide margin this year and recent data show retail sales started the fourth quarter with a gain.
SPDR S&#38;P Retail (NYSEArca: XRT) is up 8.4% year to date, while the S&#38;P 500 is flat. Other retail ETFs include Retail HOLDRS (AMEX: RTH) and PowerShares Dynamic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Spotlight: Retail Sector</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/11/etf-spotlight-retail-sector/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded funds tracking the retail sector are coming off a solid month and have been outperforming the broader market by a wide margin in 2011.
Analysts will be watching retail ETFs to help judge the strength of the holiday shopping season and the U.S. economy.
SPDR S&#38;P Retail (NYSEArca: XRT) is up 10.3% year to date, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Chart of the Day: Retail</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/11/etf-chart-of-the-day-retail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Weisbruch, Street One Financial</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are now in November and many are preparing for the &#8220;Black Friday&#8221; pre-holiday rush at retail stores. On that note, a retail exchange traded fund, SPDR S&#38;P Retail (NYSEArca: XRT), has been very active lately with a great deal of selling pressure in the marketplace in the ETF.
After trading at multi-month highs late last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Van Eck, Merrill Lynch in Agreement Over HOLDRS</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/08/van-eck-merrill-lynch-in-agreement-over-holdrs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Van Eck Global and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) subsidiary Merrill Lynch have reached a deal in which Van Eck plans to offer investors in six HOLDRS the chance to swap for shares of new exchange traded funds.

Van Eck filed for six sector-specific ETFs with the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue the Merrill-Lynch HOLDRs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Target Sales, ADP Report Fire Up Retail ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/07/target-sales-adp-report-fire-up-retail-etfs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retail exchange traded funds were the strongest sector performers in Thursday’s nearly 100-point Dow rally on blowout sales from Target (NYSE: TGT) and a better-than-expected report on private payrolls.
SPDR S&#38;P Retail ETF (NYSEArca: XRT) and Retail HOLDRS (AMEX: RTH) climbed about 3% on Thursday, while consumer discretionary ETFs also jumped. Target was among the retailers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retail ETFs Mixed on Walgreens, Best Buy</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/06/retail-etfs-mixed-on-walgreens-best-buy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retail exchange traded funds were mixed after quarterly earnings from Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) while Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) on Tuesday raised its dividend and announced a $5 billion share buyback.
Walgreens shares slipped 5% in early trading Tuesday. The drugstore chain reported higher quarterly profit but said it is ending its relationship with pharmacy benefit manager [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kroger Lifts Retail ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/06/kroger-lifts-retail-etfs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stock exchange traded funds reversed early losses Thursday while retail ETFs gained ground after store operator Kroger (NYSE: KR) reported better-than-expected quarterly results.
Kroger shares rallied 4%. “Overall, first-quarter results looked solid, as rising food inflation appears to be getting passed through [to consumers],” Deutsche Bank analysts said in a note Thursday. They have a buy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retail ETFs in Spotlight on May Sales, Best Buy Results</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded funds tracking the retail sector rose on Tuesday following a report on May sales and a strong quarter from Best Buy (NYSE: BBY).
Best Buy shares rallied 7% after the electronics retailer reported better-than-expected first-quarter earnings.
“The beat was on sales, with both domestic and international better than expected,” Deutsche Bank analysts said. “By category, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>M&amp;A Deals Lift Stock ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/06/ma-deals-lift-stock-etfs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stock exchange traded funds rose Monday morning after a six-week losing streak as several corporate deals helped lift equities.
VF Corp. (NYSE: VFC) announced a $2 billion deal for Timberland (NYSE: TBL). VF shares vaulted about 11% while Timberland surged more than 40% on the news.
The deal implies a 43% premium to the Friday closing price, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gap, Ulta Salon in Focus in Faltering Retail ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/06/gap-ulta-salon-in-focus-in-faltering-retail-etfs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retail exchange traded funds that have been hit hard by worries over a slowing economy were looking for a boost Wednesday from solid earnings from Ulta Salon, Cosmetics &#38; Fragrance (NasdaqGS: ULTA).
The company late Tuesday said first-quarter net sales rose nearly 21% from the year-ago period.
“Ulta continues to defy gravity, posting strong results quarter after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retail ETF Shakes Off Pep Boys, Talbots Declines</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A retail sector exchange traded fund rose more than 1% Tuesday despite the sell-off in shares of holdings Talbots (NYSE: TLB) and Pep Boys (NYSE: PBY).
Retail HOLDRS (AMEX: RTH) added 1.1% at last check even though Talbots shares plunged nearly 40% and Pep Boys slid almost 20%.
Investors punished Talbots after the women’s clothing retailer reported [...]]]></description>
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