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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>Technology ETFs and Black Friday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technology exchange traded funds may get a boost from digital sales, but this year  technology may also be doing the shopping. Smartbook, Facebook, and  Apple apps may turn out to be a shopper&#8217;s best friend.
&#8220;It&#8217;s no longer &#8220;Black Friday, it&#8217;s going to be Black Thanksgiving from here on out,&#8221; Marshal Cohen, chief industry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retail ETF Leadership Wanes as Deflation Scare Persists</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/11/retail-etf-leadership-wanes-as-deflation-scare-persists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael A. Gayed CFA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With U.S. markets giving back half of the gains made in October and international equities erasing nearly all of the move higher, investors are understandably nervous about the prospects for any kind of Santa Clause rally into the final stretch of the year.
As I wrote earlier, Italy changed market internals just enough to shift sentiment [...]]]></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>These ETFs Have Doubled in Price the Past Three Years</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/10/these-etfs-have-doubled-in-price-the-past-three-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Market volatility has been ratcheting up on economic uncertainty, and many investors are heading for the safety of the sidelines in cash.
Choppy markets can be frustrating for investors, who are hearing calls that buy-and-hold investing is dead.
With triple-digit gains and losses becoming the rule rather than the exception, it&#8217;s difficult to stick with long-term positions.
However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Goldman Sachs Trader Charged with Insider Knowledge of ETF Trade</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/09/ex-goldman-sachs-trader-charged-with-insider-knowledge-of-etf-trade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/09/ex-goldman-sachs-trader-charged-with-insider-knowledge-of-etf-trade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Securities and Exchange Commission charged an ex-Goldman Sachs employee for abusing knowledge of confidential information on the bank&#8217;s trading system on a retail exchange traded fund (ETF).
Former Goldman trader, Spencer Mindlin, was charged with insider trading after tipping off his father, Alfred Mindlin, about Goldman&#8217;s hedging plays pegged to the SPDR S&#38;P Retail ETF [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Spotlight: SPDR S&amp;P Retail (XRT)</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/09/etf-spotlight-spdr-sp-retail-xrt-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ETF Spotlight on SPDR S&#38;P Retail ETF (NYSEArca: XRT), part of an ongoing series. U.S. retail sales were unchanged in August, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. The report was weaker than expected.
Assets: $558.03 million.
Objective: The SPDR S&#38;P Retail ETF tries to reflect the performance of the companies in the retail sub-sector.
Holdings: Top holdings include: Pricesmart [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/07/target-sales-adp-report-fire-up-retail-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<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>Jobless Claims Weigh Down ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/06/jobless-claims-weigh-down-etfs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stock exchange traded funds (ETFs) are mixed early Thursday as investors digest the Labor Department jobless claims data that came in short of expectations.
New claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, but not enough to assuage fears the labor market recovery has taken a step back. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits slipped 6,000 to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guess, Tiffany Results Boost Retail ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/05/guess-tiffany-results-boost-retail-etfs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 13:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retail exchange traded funds were higher Thursday as they caught a tailwind from rallies in Tiffany (NYSE: TIF) and Guess (NYSE: GES) shares after strong quarterly results.
Tiffany shares rallied 6% on Thursday while Guess jumped 12%.
Tiffany’s earnings “brings a conclusion to what has been one rather intriguing reporting period for retailers,” said analysts at Wall [...]]]></description>
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