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

Posted: February 11, 2009 at 10:14 am

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)

Posted: January 31, 2008 at 8:42 am

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)

Posted: December 19, 2007 at 8:17 pm

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)

Posted: December 18, 2007 at 5:35 pm

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)

Posted: December 10, 2007 at 2:11 pm

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)

Posted: October 5, 2007 at 9:15 am

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)

Posted: October 2, 2007 at 7:08 am

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)

Posted: September 28, 2007 at 10:46 am

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)

Posted: September 10, 2007 at 12:53 pm

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)

Posted: September 5, 2007 at 4:26 pm

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)

Posted: September 1, 2007 at 3:42 pm

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)

Posted: August 8, 2007 at 11:01 am

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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