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		<title>Sector Rotation Favors Riskier ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/sector-rotation-favors-riskier-etfs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buying and selling patterns in sector exchange traded funds provide more evidence that investors are taking on more risk and chasing the stock rally in 2012.
For example, investors are shying away from ETFs tracking more conservative sectors such as utilities and healthcare, and moving into riskier areas of the market such as financial stocks.
“Consumer Staples [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Street Lowers Expenses on Sector ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/state-street-lowers-expenses-on-sector-etfs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the exchange traded fund industry continues to expand and attract more assets, fund providers have been able to lower expenses, often undercutting the competition. State Street Global Advisors recently lowered its fees by 1 basis point on all its sector ETFs in what appears to be a growing competitiveness in garnering a greater piece [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worst to First: Financial, Materials ETFs Lead Market</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/worst-to-first-financial-materials-etfs-lead-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/worst-to-first-financial-materials-etfs-lead-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An analysis of exchange traded fund performance so far this year reveals that investors are piling into riskier sectors and moving away from conservative, dividend-paying ETFs that were the top performers in 2011.
Some experts think defensive plays like utilities and consumer   staples  have become expensive after an impressive run in 2011, reports [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investors Rotate Away from Utilities ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/investors-rotate-away-from-utilities-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/investors-rotate-away-from-utilities-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of last year’s top-performing exchange traded funds are the laggards so far in 2012 and utilities ETFs are a prime example of the reversal.
Utilities Select Sector SPDR (XLU) was down 3.4% year to date as of Jan. 23, compared with a 4.8% gain for the S&#38;P 500, according to Morningstar. The fund rose nearly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defensive ETFs for a Volatile Market</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/defensive-etfs-for-a-volatile-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/defensive-etfs-for-a-volatile-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Market volatility scared investors into high-quality, defensive asset classes and exchange traded funds in 2011. As investors fork over a premium for the added safety, some defensive plays have become quite expensive.
Last year, defensive plays like utilities, consumer staples, healthcare and telecoms, were strong performers, but utilities are looking rather expensive relative to their historical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AdvisorShares Launches Active ETF</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/advisorshares-launches-active-etf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/advisorshares-launches-active-etf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AdvisorShares, an exchange traded fund provider of actively managed strategies, recently launched a long/short, fund-of-funds ETF that tries to provide investors with stable and consistent returns.
The AdvisorShares Rockledge SectorSam ETF (NYSEArca: SSAM) began trading last week. SSAM tries to provide consistent performance as the active managers use a sector rotation process to maximize potential gains. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utilities ETFs Fall as Investors Embrace Riskier Sectors</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/utilities-etfs-fall-as-investors-embrace-riskier-sectors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/utilities-etfs-fall-as-investors-embrace-riskier-sectors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=73379</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Utilities exchange traded funds were the worst-performing sector this week with the “risk-on” trade out in force to start 2012.
Utilities Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLU) and Vanguard Utilities (NYSEArca: VPU) were on track for losses of more than 3% this week despite the move higher in the S&#38;P 500.
Conservative utilities funds were among the top [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Payback Time: Dividends Power Utilities ETFs in 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/payback-time-dividends-power-utilities-etfs-in-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=72562</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Utilities exchange traded funds led the way among U.S. sector ETFs in 2011 as investors flocked to dividend-paying stocks and more conservative industries that tend to be less volatile than the overall market.
Among S&#38;P 500 sectors, utilities were the top-performing slice of the index with a 14.5% price return, or a gain of 19.4% when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Winter Resolution of 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/the-winter-resolution-of-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael A. Gayed CFA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we close the books on 2011 it&#8217;s now time to turn our attention to the fist quarter and what winter has in store for markets.
I believe we are on the cusp of a major turning point, and that markets will definitively trend (either up or down) in the next few months in what I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utilities, Consumer and Pharma ETFs Lead 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/utilities-consumer-and-pharma-etfs-lead-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/utilities-consumer-and-pharma-etfs-lead-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disruptions in the global economy have kept international equities suppressed, with a devastating Japanese earthquake crippling the normal supply chain between the Asia economies and escalating concerns over the Eurozone financial debt crisis. However, investors who opted to stick it out in domestic equity markets and exchange traded funds fared much better.
According to an S&#38;P [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/etf-spotlight-equal-weight-sp-500/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=71121</guid>
		<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>Utilities ETF Challenges All-Time High</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/utilities-etf-challenges-all-time-high/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/utilities-etf-challenges-all-time-high/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=71172</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The largest exchange traded fund indexed to the U.S. utilities sector has rallied close to its record high, and some technical analysts think the ETF has more upside heading into the end of 2011.
Utilities Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLU) has risen 15.1% year to date, compared with a 1.9% gain for the broader market as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utilities ETFs Broadcast Improved Sentiment</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/utilities-etfs-broadcast-improved-sentiment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/utilities-etfs-broadcast-improved-sentiment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael A. Gayed CFA</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=71122</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I wrote that the relative underperformance of financial exchange traded funds was suggesting the U.S. stock market could have a rough December, with investors getting a lump of coal rather than a Santa Claus Rally. [Financial ETFs Not Sending Good Signals]
My thinking was that the fall melt-up in stocks was over after yields [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dividends, Safety Drive 2011 Sector ETF Winners</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/dividends-safety-drive-2011-sector-etf-winners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With less than a month left in 2011, the best performers in sector exchange traded funds this year track industries known for dividends and some insulation from economic cycles. They include ETFs tracking utilities, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, and consumer staples.
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEArca: XLU) is up 14.2% year to date while the S&#38;P [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumer Staples, Utilities ETFs Reward Defensive Investors</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/11/consumer-staples-utilities-etfs-reward-defensive-investors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded funds that track consumer staples and utilities stocks are among the best sellers in ETFs this year, and their outperformance has rewarded investors who looked for safety in the defensive sectors.
Utilities Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLU) and Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLP) have raked in $2.6 billion and $2.3 billion of [...]]]></description>
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