ETF News

The news below covers the overall ETF market and eight ETFs tracking some of the biggest market indexes.¹

Hoenig: If U.S. stocks tumble, foreign firms will follow suit.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6614905. Filed on: November 19, 2009.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6614902. Filed on: November 19, 2009.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6614901. Filed on: November 19, 2009.

11/17/09 -- Invesco PowerShares, a leading provider of exchange-traded funds, announced the PowerShares Build America Bond Portfolio began trading today on the NYSE Arca under the ticker symbol BAB.

Investors are pulling money out of small-cap exchange-traded funds as the group shows signs of weakening, and that could spell trouble for the U.S. market overall. Small-cap stocks and other riskier sectors that fell hardest in the market meltdown have regained the most ground in the powerful rally that kicked off in March.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6598042. Filed on: November 12, 2009.

11/12/09 -- Green Energy Live, Inc. (GELV) has released a research report by Grass Roots Research and Distribution, Inc. with a "BUY" Recommendation and a long term price target of $.41. Green Energy Live (GELV) is a revolutionary bio-conversion technology engineering company for fuel farming and waste management.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6595347. Filed on: November 10, 2009.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6592579. Filed on: November 9, 2009.

Exchange-traded funds continue to spread and they have many investor-friendly features, but the growing array of products and complex strategies means investors and financial advisers need to do extra homework when choosing ETFs.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6583116. Filed on: November 4, 2009.

The offerings hint at a trend of low fees on broad-market funds.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6582997. Filed on: November 4, 2009.

Charles Schwab Corp. (SCHW) on Tuesday launched its first exchange-traded funds, a move that could alter the landscape of the fastest-growing segment of the asset-management business. The financial-services giant, which boasts nearly 8 million brokerage accounts, listed four ETFs on the NYSE Arca exchange.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6579541. Filed on: November 3, 2009.

Volatile session ends with varied gains in late rally.

The growing popularity of exchange-traded funds is expanding beyond the U.S. stock market's official hours, with investors in pre-market and after-hours sessions using the securities as a way to play broader-sector trends.

Investors fretting over a weaker U.S. dollar and the outlook for inflation have been stuffing cash into exchange-traded funds following commodities, foreign stocks and inflation-protected bonds, industry data show.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6550993. Filed on: October 13, 2009.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6550992. Filed on: October 13, 2009.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6550990. Filed on: October 13, 2009.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6549551. Filed on: October 9, 2009.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6549550. Filed on: October 9, 2009.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6546049. Filed on: October 7, 2009.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6546047. Filed on: October 7, 2009.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6546045. Filed on: October 7, 2009.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6546043. Filed on: October 7, 2009.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6546041. Filed on: October 7, 2009.

Markets hold on despite poor jobs and orders data.

10/01/09 -- Invesco PowerShares, a leading provider of exchange-traded funds, announced today that on Friday, September 25, the PowerShares VRDO Tax-Free Weekly Portfolio (PVI) surpassed $1 billion in assets under management. Launched in November of 2007, the PowerShares VRDO Tax-Free Weekly Portfolio (PVI) was the first ETF to provide investors access to the variable rate demand obligation market.

Surprising housing report obscured by spending and job worries.

Exchange-traded funds pose a growing threat to the entrenched supremacy of mutual funds as more investors are drawn to these low-cost, passively managed vehicles, analysts say. ETFs will continue to challenge the dominance of mutual funds, "the undisputed heavyweight of investment products," said Cary Stier, leader of Deloitte & Touche's U.S. asset-management services, in a recent report.

The Health Care Select Sector SPDR® Fund, announced today that the Fund received a payment as an authorized claimant from a class action settlement related to Cardinal Health, Inc. The total amount payable to the Fund is listed below. Fund SettlementPayment SharesOutstanding as ofSeptember 25, 2009 Per ShareAmount The Health CareSelect SectorSPDR® Fund.

Few winners emerge from range-bound trading day.

The assault on the U.S. dollar has investors looking to hedge exposure to further weakening in the world's reserve currency, and some are turning to exchange-traded funds for support. Most individual investors should leave currency trading to speculators, but extremely modest allocations to foreign currencies can act as a hedge for dollar-denominated stocks, bonds and other assets.

Ben Bernanke says the worst is over; data strengthen.

Investors worried about inflation and the headwinds facing the global economy have been stuffing cash into a growing list of gold exchange-traded funds with the metal's price again topping $1,000 an ounce. SPDR Gold Shares, a huge ETF that holds more gold than many nations have in their reserves, has seen its assets climb toward $35 billion, just shy of a record set in June.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6509315. Filed on: September 10, 2009.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6509305. Filed on: September 10, 2009.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6505505. Filed on: September 8, 2009.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6505504. Filed on: September 8, 2009.

Emerging-markets stocks have cooled as concern over China's economic growth halted a robust rally, but this volatile sector still has a place in most investors' portfolios. Adding exchange-traded funds that track emerging markets to portfolios in small amounts can diversify exposure to international stocks, some financial advisers say. Financial advisers are some of the biggest users of ETFs.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6504467. Filed on: September 4, 2009.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6503812. Filed on: September 4, 2009.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6503649. Filed on: September 4, 2009.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6503577. Filed on: September 4, 2009.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6502507. Filed on: September 3, 2009.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6502513. Filed on: September 3, 2009.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=6489905. Filed on: August 27, 2009.