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ETF Launch: Credit SPDR From State Street (ITR, STT)

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is launching a new ETF to track the credit markets.  Its State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) investment management arm launched the SPDR Barclays Capital Intermediate ...
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ETF LAUNCH: China Small Cap From Claymore/AlphaShares (HAO)

The American Stock Exchange launched trading yesterday in a new exchange traded fund that tracks small cap stocks in China.  It launched the Claymore/AlphaShares China Small Cap Index ETF (Amex: ...
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ETF LAUNCH: iShares Emerging Market Bond Exchange (EMB)

Today marked the debut of the iShares to track an emerging market bond index.  The iShares Emerging Market Bond Exchange Traded Fund ETF (NYSE:EMB) that listed and began trading on ...
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ETF LAUNCH: Claymore/AlphaShares China Real Estate ETF (TAO)

The NYSE today launched the Claymore/AlphaShares China Real Estate ETF on NYSE Arca under the ticker symbol “TAO”.  This is the first of its kind as an ETF that is ...
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ETF Launch: Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF (EDV)

The American Stock Exchange has launched trading in the Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF (Amex: EDV). The "EDV" ETF is designed to track the performance of the Lehman Brothers Treasury ...
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International Bond ETF Launch (BWX)

The American Stock Exchange has launched trading in the SPDR Lehman International Treasury Bond ETF (AMEX:BWX) by State Street Global Advisors, the investment management arm of State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT).BWX ...
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NYSE Launches New Target Date ETF’s (TDD, TDH, TDN, TDV, TDX)

NYSE Euronext started trading five multi-asset class and multi-target date ETF's referred to as TDAX Independence ETFs on NYSE Arca.  These ETF's are designed to track the performance of the ...
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INVESCO PowerShares Launched Five New Foreign ETF’s (PDQ, PDN, PXH, PWD, PFP, IVZ)

There were five new ETF's that hit the American Stock Exchange, which now counts 342 listed ETF's at the exchange.PowerShares FTSE RAFI Asia Pacific ex-Japan Small-Mid Portfolio (Amex: PDQ) aims ...
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National Municipal Bond ETF Launch (MUB)

Today marks the launch of iShares S&P National Municipal Bond Fund (Amex: MUB) by Barclays Global Investors.  MUB aims to track the municipal bond sector of the United States as ...
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ETF Launched: Market Vectors-Agribusiness ETF (MOO)

The American Stock Exchange confirmed that Van Eck Global has launched its fifth ETF on Amex today.  Its name is the Market Vectors-Agribusiness ETF (Amex:MOO), and this one tracks a ...
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IPO FILING: El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. (EP, EPB, BSR)

After the close Friday, while no one was there to see it, we had a fairly interesting spin-off announcement.  El Paso Corp. (NYSE:EP) filed with the SEC to make its ...
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How The CheckFree Buyout Killed An ETF (FISV, CKFR, BHH, MER)

Fiserv's (NASDAQ:FISV) proposed cash buyout of CheckFree (NASDAQ:CKFR) for some $4.2 Billion, did at least make some CheckFree shareholders whole again.  The $48.00 cash buyout price is actually a 'takeunder' ...
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