Leveraged ETF

We all know about the major oil companies like Exxon (XOM), BP (BP) , Chevron (CVX) etc., with oil well above the century mark, they are expected to announced huge profits in the coming week and will likely put more pressure on Washington to seriously think about writing legislation for investment in alternative sources of [...]

State Street Global Advisors, the parent family behind the SPDR family of funds have announced the launch of the SPDR Nuveen S&P High Yield Municipal Bond Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) (HYMB). The new ETF will give investors access to the high yield municipal bond market which should start gaining attention again as the Government rolls [...]

In a sign that BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries are still in demand, Van Eck Global, the family of funds that manage the Market Vectors Family of Funds has introduced the Market Vectors Russia Small Cap ETF. Russia is unique as its one of the few emerging economies in which its stock market [...]

Someone’s trash could be another mans treasure. A very famous quote and a new ETF. Global X Management, the fund family that run the Global X Funds have introduced a new Trash ETF focusing on the waste management sector. The new Trash ETF started trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol [...]

This month Pro Shares launched two new inverse treasury ETFs. The new funds will allow investors to short U.S. Treasuries with a maturity dates of 3-7 Years and 7-10 years. It will give investors another option to short U.S. treasiries if they feel a treasury bubble is present. The two new inverse treasury funds are: [...]

Blackrock, owner of the iShares family of exchange traded funds launched the iShares MSCI Russia Capped Index Fund (ERUS). A new Russia ETF aimed at tracking a basket of 28 Russian stocks. As stated in a previous article, Russia has plenty of energy and material company’s that make the 12th largest economy attractive despite its [...]

Foreign companies are not new to the exchange traded fund scene. Barclay’s (England) and Claymore ETF Funds (Canada; now renamed Guggenheim Funds) were/are among the most prestigious names in the exchange traded fund world. Now, smaller outfits are popping up and are trying to make a name for themselves by offering niche ETF’s. The new [...]

ETF Securities will soon offer a new etf which will invest in physical white metals. What constitutes a white metal? White metals are considered to be silver, platinum (platinum etf), and palladium. The new ETF will trade in NYSE’s trading platform under the ticker symbol “WITE.” In their press release, ETF Securities highlighted the advantages [...]

ProShares introduced a new etf on Thursday which will track the Research Affiliate’s Fundamental Index (RAFI®). The RAFI approach focuses on sales, dividends, cash flow and book value opposed to the more commonly used “price” of a particular asset. The index goes long on companies with large RAFI weights and goes short on companies with [...]

I have a dream, I have a dream that one day there will be an exchange traded fund for every country, commodity and equity type ever imaginable. Exchange traded funds are making that dream come true each and every day as new exchange traded funds get launched on a daily basis, expanding there offerings and [...]