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New ETFs

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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