ETF | ETF Investors Concerned With Cost

May 5, 2012 – 11:06 am
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According to Morningstar research, investors have a strong preference for physically-backed exchange traded funds over the synthetic types. The fourth online survey focused in on investors in the United Kingdom, and their understanding and use of ETFs.”Despite the efforts made by providers of synthetic replication ETFs to improve the level of transparency and investor protection in their product

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ETF | ETF Insider: Opportunities In A Pullback

May 5, 2012 – 9:56 am
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U.S. stocks staged an impressive recovery last week as major indexes held above keytechnicalresistancelevels, 1,360 for the SP 500 Index, bolstered by upbeat earnings results. Investors also reacted positively following the latest FOMC announcement which reaffirmed the Fed’scommitmentto keeping interest rates low until late 2014. Confidence in the domestic recovery is growing judging from the

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ETFs | ETFs Growing Faster Than Mutual Funds

May 5, 2012 – 9:41 am
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NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire -05/01/12)- ETFs have been gaining popularity among investors as a result of the poor performance of actively managed funds. The low costs, transparency, liquidity, and better tax efficiency are some of the major reasons ETFs are being chosen over mutual funds . “That’s what makes us the best game in town for investors and it is the reason why ETFs are growing faster than

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ETFs | The Comprehensive Guide To Brazil ETFs

May 5, 2012 – 8:42 am
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In a climate of sluggish economic growth, investors have duly turned their attention to emerging markets. These markets, though growing slower than before, have shown more promise than the developed ones. One such nation that has attracted investor interest is Brazil . Brazil ‘s big and strong agricultural, mining, manufacturing, and service sectors have triggered the economy’s rise to a nearly

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ETFs | Seven Biggest International Equity ETFs

May 5, 2012 – 7:22 am
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Lingering economic concerns and a still high American unemployment rate are compelling investors to look outside the U.S. markets, which currently offer unique opportunities with higher returns and relatively low risks. Presently, the emerging markets are in the initial phase of growth and show the potential to outpace developed markets moving forward. Accordingly, the development of ETFs in these

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ETF | Daily ETF Roundup: VXX Surges, USO Capsizes

May 5, 2012 – 6:17 am
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Market swiftly moved south on the day as hiring slowed for the month of April, despite the dip in unemployment. What many realized was that the drop to 8.1% was not necessarily because of new hires, but because an increasing number of people have exited the labor force, as finding a job has been too difficult a task for many. All in all, the Dow shaved off about 170 points while the SP 500 lost

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ETFs | Oil ETFs Drop After Soft US Jobs Data

May 5, 2012 – 4:29 am
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Oil ETFs, such as the United States Oil Fund ( USO – News ), dropped sharply on Friday after the U.S. government reported that employment in April expanded less than had been forecast, fueling views that the economic recovery is losing steam and that oil demand is likely to soften.The U.S. economy generated 115,000 nonfarm jobs in April”below the 168,000 forecast by economists, according to a

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Price Of Copper | Canada Stops Making Cents As Flaherty Lets Penny Drop

May 5, 2012 – 3:05 am
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Canada minted its final penny today asFinance Minister Jim Flaherty said the coin was too expensive toproduce and no longer needed for business. “The real issue was that people weren’t using them, theywere putting them in jars at home, and we were doing the samething at my house,” Flaherty said. He spoke today at the RoyalCanadian Mint in Winnipeg, Manitoba, before pushing a buttonthat stamped the

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ETF | ETF Stats For April 2012: Listed Count At 1,457

May 5, 2012 – 2:36 am
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By Ron Rowland : Eighteen new ETFs and two ETNs came to market in April. The twenty new product introductions places the year-to-date launch count at 105, but the net increase is only 88 as a results of the 17 closures. The number of listed products was 1,457 at month-end, consisting of 1,243 ETFs and 214 ETNs.Assets under management slipped 0.4% to just under $1.21 trillion. Trading activity

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Copper Prices | China To Export Large Quantities Of Copper To Help Ease Global Shortage

May 5, 2012 – 1:37 am
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NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire -05/04/12)- Copper prices have been rallying recently, but fell Wednesday after an announcement by a leading Chinese Copper smelter stating it would begin to export the metal to ease the global shortage. Copper for three-month delivery on the London Metal Exchange (LME) fell 1.45 percent to $8,300 a ton Wednesday. The Paragon Report examines investing opportunities in the

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