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Fed says economic recovery on firmer footing

March 15, 2011--The Federal Reserve said on Tuesday the U.S. recovery is gaining traction and inflation pressure from soaring energy costs should be short-lived, allowing it to maintain its heavy support for the economy.

The U.S. central bank decided unanimously to forge ahead with its $600 billion bond-buying plan despite a considerably more upbeat assessment of the economy and the job market

It made no mention of Japan, which is grappling with the aftermath of the country's worst earthquake on record -- and struggling desperately to avert a nuclear disaster.

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FactorShares ETF reaches 1m share trades Milestone

FactorShares ETF Reaches Milestone
One Million Shares Traded of FactorShares 2X: Oil Bull/S&P500 Bear
March 14, 2011--Factor Advisors is pleased to announce that FactorShares 2X: Oil Bull/S&P500 Bear (NYSE Arca: FOL) has traded over one million shares in total since its initial listing on February 24, 2011. Average daily volume for FOL has been over 100,000 shares after just 12 days of trading.

FOL allows investors to focus on the daily price relationship, or spread, on a leveraged basis between a long position in Light Sweet Crude Oil Futures and a short position in the E-mini S&P 500 Stock Price Index Futures. Within a single ETF, FOL seeks to return twice the difference in the daily return between the oil and U.S. equity market segments.

The recent activity in FOL may be attributed to increased volatility in crude oil futures prices as a result of international sanctions and unrest. Additional FactorShares funds in the first family of spread ETFs offer exposure to the spread between different market segments such as gold, the U.S. dollar and government bonds, as other economic factors exert influence upon market environment.

Morgan Stanley ETF Weekly Update

March 14, 2011--Weekly Flows: $2.8 Billion Net Outflows
ETFs Traded $397 Billion Last Week
No ETF Launches
UNG Undergoes Reverse Share Split
US-Listed ETFs: Estimated Flows by Market Segment
ETFs had net outflows of $2.8 blnlast week; 1stweekly net outflows since week ending 2/4/11

Net outflows were led by US Large-Cap ETFs($5.4 blnnet outflows last week)
ETF assets stand at more than $1 trillion, up 2.5% YTD

13-week flows were mostly positive among asset classes
$21.1 blnnet inflows into ETFs over past 13 weeks (majority into US Equity ETFsdespite last week’s outflows)
EM Equity ETFs posted meaningful net outflows ($9.5 bln) over the past 13 weeks; however, EM Equity net outflows have slowed recently with only $638 mlnnet outflows the past 4 weeks

US-Listed ETFs: Estimated Largest Flows by Individual ETF
iSharesRussell 2000 Index Fund (IWM) posted $1.0 blnnet inflows, the most of any ETF
SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) exhibited net outflows of $4.9 blnlast week; YTD posted net outflows of $5.2 bln
iSharesMSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (EEM) had the largest net outflows over the past 13 weeks ($10.7 blnnet outflows)

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CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) Futures Establish New Daily Volume Record

March 14, 2011--The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) today reported that Friday, March 11 was a record-volume day for CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) futures - based on the CBOE Volatility Index (ticker: VX) - as 77,556 contracts changed hands. The previous daily record was 70,704 contracts, set on November 16, 2010.

In February, VIX futures set an all-time volume record for any month, with 788,908 contracts traded, exceeding a record 777,366 contracts traded in January 2011. Average daily volume (ADV) in VIX futures was 41,521 contracts in February, compared to the 9,880 contracts per day in February 2010, a 320-percent rise. February marked the first month in which VIX futures ADV exceeded 40,000 contracts and the seventeenth consecutive month of year-over-year monthly volume increases.

CFE, a wholly owned subsidiary of CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE), offers an all-electronic, open-access market model, with traders providing liquidity and making markets. CFE trades are cleared by the AAA-rated Options Clearing Corporation (OCC). CBOE Futures Exchange is regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

More information on CFE and its products, including contract specifications, can be found at: http://cfe.cboe.com/.

S&P, TMX Group Launch S&P/TSX Venture 30 Index For The Canadian Market - S&P Licenses Global X Funds To List ETF Based Upon The Index

March 14, 2011--Providing Canadian investors with an innovative approach to tracking the performance of smaller-cap Canadian Stocks trading on TSX Venture Exchange, S&P Indices and TMX Group Inc., operator of Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange, launched today the S&P/TSX Venture 30 Index.

The S&P/TSX Venture 30 Index seeks to measure the performance of 30 of the largest and most liquid securities included in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index, a broad market indicator of Canadian micro-cap securities.

S&P Indices also announced today that it has licensed Global X Funds, the New York based provider of exchange traded funds, to launch an ETF based upon the S&P/TSX Venture 30 Index. The Global X Funds ETF is expected to launch on March 17, 2011 on the NYSE Arca.

"With the launch of this Index, investors will for the first time be able to track the performance of a segment of the Canadian stock market that features higher-yielding, more liquid, smaller-cap securities," says Abigail Etches, Director at S&P Indices. "We are certainly pleased that Global X Funds will use the S&P/TSX Venture 30 Index as the underlying index for its forthcoming ETF."

For more information about the S&P/TSX Venture 30 Index, please visit: www.standardandpoors.com/indices.

Quarterly Changes to the NASDAQ Q-50 Index

March 14, 2011--The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today the results of the quarterly re-ranking of the NASDAQ Q-50 Index (Nasdaq:NXTQ), which will become effective prior to market open on Monday, March 21, 2011.

The following eight securities will be added to the Index: Charter Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:CHTR), Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq:CY), Foster Wheeler AG (Nasdaq:FWLT), Gentex Corporation (Nasdaq:GNTX), Hasbro, Inc. (Nasdaq:HAS), JDS Uniphase Corporation (Nasdaq:JDSU), Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq:PLCM), and Tractor Supply Company (Nasdaq:TSCO).

The Index is designed to track the performance of the 50 securities that are next in line to replace the securities currently included in the NASDAQ-100 Index®. The NASDAQ Q-50 Index is re-ranked on a quarterly basis. For more information about the NASDAQ Q-50 Index, including detailed eligibility criteria, visit https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/.

As a result of the re-ranking, the following eight securities will be removed from the Index: CTC Media, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTCM), Focus Media Holding Limited (Nasdaq:FMCN), LKQ Corporation (Nasdaq:LKQX), Logitech International S.A. (Nasdaq:LOGI), NetEase.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTES), Pan American Silver Corp. (Nasdaq:PAAS), Ryanair Holdings plc (Nasdaq:RYAAY), and TIBCO Software Inc. (Nasdaq:TIBX).

Annual Changes to the NASDAQ Internet Index

March 14, 2011-- The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today the results of the annual evaluation of the NASDAQ Internet Index (Nasdaq:QNET), which will become effective with the market open on Monday, March 21, 2011.

As a result of the evaluation, the following 15 securities will be added to the Index: Ancestry.com Inc. (Nasdaq:ACOM), Dice Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DHX), Keynote Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:KEYN), KIT digital, Inc. (Nasdaq:KITD), Liquidity Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:LQDT), MakeMyTrip Limited (Nasdaq:MMYT), Motricity, Inc. (Nasdaq:MOTR), Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:MWW), QuinStreet, Inc. (Nasdaq:QNST), RightNow Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:RNOW), Saba Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:SABA), Support.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:SPRT), Travelzoo Inc. (Nasdaq:TZOO), Web.com Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:WWWW), and Zix Corporation (Nasdaq:ZIXI).

The Index is designed to track the performance of the largest and most liquid U.S.-listed companies engaged in internet-related businesses and that are listed in the U.S. The NASDAQ Internet Index is evaluated annually in March. For more information about the NASDAQ Internet Index, including detail eligibility criteria, visit https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/.

As a result of the evaluation, the following three securities will be removed from the Index: drugstore.com, inc. (Nasdaq:DSCM), Internet Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:ICGE), and Vitacost.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:VITC).

Semi-annual Changes to the NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index

March 14, 2011--The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Clean Edge, Inc. announced today the results of the semi-annual evaluation of the NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy Index (Nasdaq:CELS), which will become effective prior to market open on Monday, March 21, 2011.

The following 14 securities will be added to the Index:Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:AATI), Active Power, Inc. (Nasdaq:ACPW), Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC), Amtech Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASYS), Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:BLDP), Codexis, Inc. (Nasdaq:CDXS), Capstone Turbine Corporation (Nasdaq:CPST), EMCORE Corporation (Nasdaq:EMKR), FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq:FCEL), Gevo, Inc. (Nasdaq:GEVO), JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE:JKS), SemiLEDs Corporation (Nasdaq:LEDS), China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (NYSE:MY), and Valence Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:VLNC).

The Index is designed to track the performance of clean-energy companies that are publicly traded in the U.S. The Index includes companies engaged in the manufacturing, development, distribution, and installation of emerging clean-energy technologies such as solar photovoltaics, biofuels and advanced batteries. The five major sub-sectors that the index covers are Renewable Electricity Generation, Renewable Fuels, Energy Storage & Conversion, Energy Intelligence and Advanced Energy-Related Materials. The securities must also meet other eligibility criteria which include minimum requirements for market value, average daily share volume, and price. The NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy Index is evaluated semi-annually in March and September. For more information about the NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy Index, including detailed eligibility criteria, visit https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/.

Proshares files with the SEC

March 14, 2011-ProShares has filed a pre-effective amendment, registration event with the SEC for
Short High Yield(SJB)
Short Investment Grade Corporate (IGS) and

UltraShort 3-7 Year Treasury

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Invesco PowerShares Announces Major Expansion of ETF Listings in Mexico

March 14, 2011-- Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, a leading global provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with more than $61 billion in franchise assets, announced a major plan for expanding its geographic coverage through a series of cross-listings in Mexico. Effective March 11, 2011, 38 PowerShares ETFs have been cross-listed on the international segment of Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV), adding to 10 existing products that were trading in Mexico before these new cross-listings.

"We are very excited to be expanding the range of ETF solutions available to institutional investors in Mexico," said Ben Fulton, Invesco PowerShares managing director of global ETFs. "We believe there will be strong demand from investors for our innovative family of peso-denominated ETFs that provide efficient access to a wide selection of global opportunities."

"With the addition of these new cross-listings, Invesco PowerShares in now the second largest provider of ETFs in Mexico by number of funds," added Bryon Lake, senior product manager at Invesco PowerShares. "We look forward to working closely with our sponsoring brokers to provide ongoing education and support for this important initiative."

Invesco PowerShares appointed local divisions of Deutsche Bank and J.P. Morgan as sponsoring brokers to cross-list the ETFs on the BMV. The ETFs trade through Mexican Depository Receipts denominated in pesos and the sponsoring brokers service all corporate actions including disseminating shareholder information in the Mexican market. Additionally, the sponsoring brokers have dedicated representatives available in Mexico to provide local expertise and guidance to investors. A list of the newly cross-listed ETF portfolios follows. div class="scroll_table">