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VelocityShares Launches Suite of Eight Commodities-Related ETNs including 3x Leveraged Long and Inverse Crude Oil, Brent Crude, and Natural Gas and 2X Leveraged Long and Inverse Copper ETNs
February 8, 2012--VelocityShares LLC, creator of exchange traded products for institutional investors, announces the launch of eight commodities-related Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) on the NYSE Arca stock exchange.
The VelocityShares Crude Oil, Brent Crude, and Natural Gas ETNs represent the first suite of 3x leveraged long and 3x inverse energy-related exchange traded notes to be listed in the U.S.
The VelocityShares Copper ETNs represent the first 2x leveraged long and inverse copper exchange traded notes to be listed in the U.S.
The new ETNs are a response to demand for instruments to manage risk and express tactical views in the energy and metals markets.
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Source: VelocityShares
Van Eck files with the SEC-Market Vectors Morningstar Long/Flat Commodity ETF
February 8, 2012--Van Eck has filed a Form S-1 registration statement with the SEC for the Market Vectors Morningstar Long/Flat Commodity ETF.
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Source: SEC.gov
Fixed Income ETFs Hit Record Levels
Investors Seeking to Restore Low Risk and the Potential for Yield Turning to Fixed Income ETFs in Record Numbers
February 8, 2012--Global asset flows for exchange traded products (ETPs), and fixed income exchange traded funds (ETFs) specifically, hit record levels during the month of January, illustrating a continuing market "revolution" globally as investors increasingly turn to fixed income ETFs in an effort to help restore investment yield to their portfolios.
According to the BlackRock Investment Institute's latest "ETP Landscape" report released today, the global exchanged traded product (ETP) industry had its best month of January ever with $34.1 billion of net inflows, representing a 144% increase in inflows over the previous record set in January 2011 and up 116% from December 2011. Also, according to the ETP Landscape, fixed income ETPs set a new global monthly record, attracting $9.0 billion in January 2012 up from the previous monthly record set of $6.7 billion set in January 2009.
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Source: BlackRock
Global X Funds Launches Permanent ETF (PERM)
February 8, 2012 – Global X Funds, the New York based provider of exchange traded funds, today launched the Global X Permanent ETF (NYSE Arca: PERM), a diversified ETF investing across various asset classes and designed to perform in different economic environments: increasing growth, decreasing growth rate, increasing inflation, decreasing inflation.
Given current economic uncertainty and volatility in the marketplace, investors may stand to benefit from a product that is market agnostic. PERM is an all seasons portfolio tracking the performance of four asset class categories designed to perform differently across various economic climates. The fund has target allocations of 25% to equity stocks, 25to short term bonds, 20% to gold and 5% to silver, and 25% to long term bonds. PERM does not try to beat an index but rather maintains target allocations through passive indexing.
“The Global X Permanent ETF is designed to preserve and increase purchasing power over the long term,” said Bruno del Ama, chief executive officer of Global X Funds. “PERM provides access to this diversification in a single, cost-effective ETF.”
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Source: Global X
Van Eck files with the SEC
February 8, 2012-Van Eck has filed a Form S-1 registration statement with the SEC for the Market Vectors Morningstar Long/Short Commodity ETF.
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Source: SEC.gov
Natixis files with the SEC
February 8, 2012--Natixis has filed an amended application for exemptive relief with the SEC for actively managed ETFs.
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Source: SEC.gov
Natixis files with the SEC
February 8, 2012--Natixis has filed an amended application for exemptive relief with the SEC.
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Source: SEC.gov
Van Eck files with the SEC
February 7, 2012--Van Eck has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF (FRAK).
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Source: SEC.gov
High frequency trading on the wane in Canada
February 7, 2012--Canadian stock markets may be entering a "new regime" as high frequency trading starts to show signs of shrinking its role in share trading, according to a new report from brokerage ITG Canada.
HFTs have been blamed for many ills in the market, from the flash crash to a general increase in trading costs for big institutions that have to trade against them. But there are signs that their influence may have peaked.
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Source: Globe and Mail
Where Best to Compare ETFs
January 7, 2012--Two Websites ace the data you need to compare exchange-traded funds: XTF and
ETFdb have the sharpest tools in the drawer—including illustrated tools that let you search by geographic reach.
As easy as they are to trade, and as cheap as they are to own, it's often hard to see an exchange-traded fund for its metrics.
Think about how hard it is to penetrate any single security's forest of data, times 25 to 700 fund holdings. Then multiple that by three or more funds that qualify as comparable investments.
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Source: XTF
