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		<title>Basic Materials ETFs Lag Market on Economic Woes</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/10/basic-materials-etfs-lag-market-on-economic-woes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded funds that track the basic materials sector have been hit hard in the market pullback the past few months, highlighting investor concerns over the global recovery.
Materials Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLB) is down 27.6% over the last three months, iShares Dow Jones US Basic Materials (NYSEArca: IYM) is down 31.5%, iShares S&#38;P Global [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America Lead Stock ETFs Lower</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/06/jp-morgan-chase-bank-of-america-lead-stock-etfs-lower/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[All the major stock index exchange traded funds (ETFs) slumped more than 2% in their worst day in more than two months today, led lower by financial shares JPMorgan Chase &#38; Co (NYSE: JPM) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC).
The S&#38;P financial sector slumped 2.6% with JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, Dow components, among [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Higher Oil Prices Hold Back ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/03/higher-oil-prices-hold-back-etfs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bond ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commodity ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Long-Short ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sector ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Basic Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gasoline]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are mixed early Wednesday, casting doubt on any follow-up on the previous session’s gains, as Wall Street marked the second anniversary of the bull market.

Applications for home mortgages jumped to the highest level in three months last week, buoyed by improvements in the job market, an industry group said on Wednesday. [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[All]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Currency ETFs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Staples]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Material ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail]]></category>
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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>Gold ETFs Look for Next Move</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/10/gold-etfs-look-next-move/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Commodity ETFs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[GLL]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although physically-backed gold exchange traded funds (ETFs) are raking in assets and making gains left and right, many are beginning to wonder where the top is for this metal&#8217;s meteoric rise.
Last week, gold  hit its 10th record high in the past 12 trading days, rising above $1,310 an ounce in New York. A BlackRock [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is It Time to Short Gold With ETFs?</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/09/time-short-gold-etfs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trend Following]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DGZ]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ETNs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, gold has surged to a record high as the U.S. dollar weakens. As the prices climb, more skeptics are asking the question: is now the time to short gold? If your answer is yes, you have several exchange traded fund (ETF) options.
Gold has hit yet another record today, touching on $1,284.50. With fast-rising [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leveraged ETFs: Useful, But Be Careful</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/07/leveraged-etfs-useful-but-be-careful/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/07/leveraged-etfs-useful-but-be-careful/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[DIG]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=33042</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Leveraged exchange traded funds (ETFs) allow investors to achieve outsized returns. Unfortunately, those outsized returns can be in either the positive or negative direction. That’s why it’s important to understand exactly what a leveraged ETF is and the different options that are available.
Todd Shriber of Investing Answers describes leveraged ETFs as controversial trading instruments. Although [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Are ETF Values In a Market That Makes No Sense?</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2009/03/where-are-etf-values-in-a-market-that-makes-no-sense/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2009/03/where-are-etf-values-in-a-market-that-makes-no-sense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know that this recession is a deep one; the mystery here is how deep. Will the markets begin to make sense again for exchange traded fund (ETF) investors anytime in the near future?
The power of this recession has made much of the market incomprehensible and the market has long since stopped making sense. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETFs Feel the Fall Chill In September</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2008/10/etfs-feel-fall-chill-september/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2008/10/etfs-feel-fall-chill-september/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asset Class ETFs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The chill in September that was felt among the markets also filtered into exchange traded funds (ETFs).
Citigroup Global Markets conducted the research and found that the average ETF was down 9.3%, while the S&#38;P 500 was down 8.9% for the month.
Eric Rosenbaum for Index Universe reports that the number one best-performing ETF was the ProShares [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Short ETFs One of the Few Movers This Week</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2008/10/shorts-one-few-movers-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commodity ETFs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the market continues its sharp declines, there is still a way that investors can profit from exchange traded fund (ETF) investing. Short-selling, or betting against the market, has become a strategy for many who want to hedge their losses in the current market conditions.
Sam Patel for TheStreet reports that the top ETF performers for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Europe to Follow U.S. Trends in Leveraged and Inverse ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2008/07/europe-to-follow-us-trends-in-leveraged-and-inverse-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2008/07/europe-to-follow-us-trends-in-leveraged-and-inverse-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leveraged and inverse exchange traded funds (ETFs) are two sectors in the U.S. ETF market that have experienced a boom over the past couple of years.
According to a report on &#8220;ETF Liquidity Trends&#8221; filed by Deutsche Bank on July 22, inverse (short) and leveraged ETFs generated the third- and sixth-highest turnover levels respectively.
Paul Amery of [...]]]></description>
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