From the category archives:

New ETFs

New Summer ETF Launches – Leveraged, Commodities, Emerging Markets and More

July 19, 2010

It’s been a busy couple weeks for new ETF launches so I thought I’d highlight some of the newest to the crowd: Leveraged ETFs Direxion has launched 4 new leveraged ETFs focusing on natural gas and retail. Direxion Daily Retail Bull 2X Shares (RETL) Direxion Daily Retail Bear 2X Shares (RETS) Direxion Daily Natural Gas [...]

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Hedge Fund ETF – Main Street’s Ticket to Performance or Marketing Hype?

March 15, 2010

The first Hedge Fund ETF launched in 2009. While even many of the most popular hedge funds took it on the chin during the financial collapse, the lure of double-digit market returns with low correlation to conventional asset classes makes the sound of a “Hedge Fund ETF” appealing. In 2009, IndexIQ launched the IQ Hedge [...]

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6 Precious Metals ETFs to Play a Weak Dollar Secular Trend

March 12, 2010

Precious Metals ETFs may play an important role in this environment. After years of a slowly deteriorating US dollar, the greenback found some footing during the financial crisis and is now benefiting from the financial woes in Greece which may well boil over into other Euro-zone countries. However, this near term calamity doesn’t address the [...]

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16 New Proshares 3X Return ETFs Coming

February 11, 2010

Proshares, the company that initially brought us several 2X daily return ETFs, is launching 16 new ETFs that will now return 3 times the daily return of the underlying indices. The new launches will be comprised of both long and short 300% daily returns for major US indices, emerging markets and US Treasuries. Not all [...]

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New ETF Review: Wildcatters Exploration & Production ETF

January 24, 2010

Jefferies has brought forth an ambitious Wildcatters Exploration & Production ETF that will likely provide investors with a unique niche opportunity to play the small cap energy sector in a diversified manner without having to pick stocks individually. The can, however, expect more volatility than holding a broader market or large cap energy ETF. Name: [...]

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2009 New ETFs – A Look Back at Performance

January 19, 2010

With hundreds of ETFs being launched annually, the inevitable question is whether we’re getting quantity over quality. As such, it is instructive to review some new ETF launches from 2009 and how they’ve done to date since launch. I’ve intentionally selected various sectors and strategies. I’ve included ticker, launch date and performance relative to the [...]

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ETF Review: New China Tech Fund Looks Promising

December 9, 2009

This newly launched ETF will be extremely volatile for two reasons: Tech and China, each of which carry high Beta on their own in contrast to US equities at large. This fund will perform well as long as the long term economic growth and prosperity in China continues, coupled with rising speculative stock purchases in [...]

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8 New 300% Leveraged ETFs Coming to Town

December 2, 2009

Direxion, currently the only outfit offering 3X daily return ETFs, is launching 4 new ETFs with the following ticker symbols already registered: Daily China Bull 3X Shares (CZM) Direxion Daily China Bear 3X Shares (CZI) Direxion Daily Latin America Bull 3X Shares (LBJ) Direxion Daily Latin America Bear 3X Shares (LHB) In addition to these, [...]

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