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Sugar ETFs: More Weakness Ahead? - ETF News And Commentary

Zacks Equity Research — Wed, 15 May 2013 21:04:01 Z

Commodity ETF investing has been pretty rocky this year thanks to erratic product performances in recent months. Some commodities like natural gas, cotton and cocoa have been on a tear posting

Major Action at Bridgewater Associates

Sally Jones — Tue, 14 May 2013 03:04:10 Z

Bridgewater's Ray Dalio , the second-highest earning Guru, went on a first-quarter buying spree with 121 new stocks. Dalio has also increased most of his ETF positions, as of quarter ending

Three Attractive International Dividend ETFs

ETF Professor — Fri, 10 May 2013 22:16:43 Z

This year may well turn out to be the year of the dividend. In the first quarter, dividend increases by U.S. companies totaled $14.5 billion, according to Standard & Poor's . During

World's Largest Hedge Fund Bridgewater - A Tale of Five ETFs

Sally Jones — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:22:09 Z

Like a true Guru, mega-investor Raymond Dalio is reportedly a meditator. The practice of quieting the mind has helped make his firm Bridgewater Associates the largest hedge fund in the world

Mexico ETFs in Focus After Ratings Upgrade

ETF Professor — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:31:05 Z

The iShares MSCI Mexico Capped Investable Market Index Fund (NYSE: EWW ), along with other ETFs with significant exposure to Latin America's second-largest economy, should be in focus today

Direxion Launches 2 Leveraged Bear ETFs - ETF News And Commentary

Eric Dutram — Wed, 01 May 2013 21:37:01 Z

Direxion is a key player in the leveraged and inverse leveraged ETF market, possessing a decent chunk of total funds and assets in the space. Most of the funds in the company's lineup though,

Direxion Launches Bear Brazil, Korea ETFs

Olly Ludwig — Wed, 01 May 2013 20:26:32 Z

Direxion, the Newton, Mass.-based firm known for its geared ETFs , is launching a bear pair of triple-leveraged single-country ETFs today-one focused on Brazil, the other on South Korea-that

Direxion To Launch Bear Brazil, Korea ETFs

Olly Ludwig — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:46:42 Z

Direxion, the Newton, Mass.-based firm known for its geared ETFs , on Wednesday is launching a bear pair of triple-leveraged single-country ETFs-one focused on Brazil, the other on South

Smaller Brazil ETFs Dinged by Rate Hike

ETF Professor — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:10:36 Z

The beleaguered iShares MSCI Brazil Capped Index Fund (NYSE: EWZ ), the largest ETF tracking Latin America's largest economy, is trading modestly higher Thursday, a day after Brazil's central

Bad News For EM ETFs: Fund Managers Paring Exposure

ETF Professor — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:33:41 Z

Amid another brutal day for emerging markets stocks and ETFs , comes this and it is no surprise: Fund managers have been reducing their exposure to the developing world. A survey by Bank of

Direxion Launches 2 Emerging Market Leveraged ETFs - ETF News And Commentary

Zacks Equity Research — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:09:15 Z

Emerging markets showed strong growth momentum last year when the developed economies like the U.S. and Europe were handling their fiscal issues. However, growth in the first quarter of 2013

Direxion Launches Brazil, S. Korea Bull ETFs

Cinthia Murphy — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:06:10 Z

Direxion, the Newton, Mass.-based firm known for its geared ETFs , today is launching two triple-leveraged single-country ETFs-one focused on Brazil, the other on South Korea-that are part of

A Brazil ETF With Some Promise?

ETF Professor — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:59:39 Z

That headline is phrased in the form of a question because times are tough for Brazil ETFs . That much has been well-documented in recent weeks . A 1.6 percent gain on Friday was still not

More Bad News For Brazil ETFs

ETF Professor — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:17:05 Z

At a time when the iShares MSCI Brazil Capped Index Fund (NYSE: EWZ ) and other ETFs tracking Latin America's largest economy can handle no more bad news comes this. Citigroup has slashed

Inverse ETFs For April Showers

ETF Professor — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 23:48:37 Z

Yes, April is just days old. And yes, Wednesday's declines come on the heels of the S&P 500 touching a new record high on Tuesday. So perhaps it is too early to get worked up about