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• New ETFs Target Emerging Markets, Commodities

  By Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com, Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com  |  August 25, 2010

  Three ETF offerings from WisdomTree, EGShares and USCF with portfolio exposure to commodities and emerging markets have just debuted.

• Invesco PowerShares Switches to Fundamental Bond Index

  By Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com, Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com  |  August 25, 2010

  The Wheaton, Il.-based investment firm changed both the name and the index for PowerShares High Yield Corporate Bond Portfolio (PHB).

• New Leveraged ETFs for Natural Gas, Retail Investing

  By Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com, Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com  |  July 28, 2010

  Direxion 2x and 3x ETFs are typically used by traders or investors to hedge positions in their current portfolios, while others use the funds to seek to take advantage of short-term trading opportunities.

• Why You Shouldn't Discount the Latest Sell Signals

  By Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com, Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com  |  July 28, 2010

  There's now a rare chart formation that suggests a drastic price reduction in the very near future.

• What's Wrong with Today's Earnings Picture?

  By Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com, Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com  |  July 28, 2010

  A look at why bear markets are often the best auditors.

• How Sector Inversting Is Going Global

  By Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com, Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com  |  July 28, 2010

  BlackRock's new iShare exchange-traded funds are linked to MSCI All Country World ex-US sector indexes, which do not include U.S.-based companies.

• How to Identify a 'Sucker's Rally'

  By Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com, Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com  |  June 30, 2010

  An analysis of a composite of time-tested indicators shows that the "sucker rally" from the March 2009 lows is coming or has already come to an end.

• Direxion to Reverse Split Four Leveraged ETFs

  By Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com, Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com  |  June 30, 2010

  The shares of each ETF will be offered on a split-adjusted basis on July 8, 2010.

• Charles Schwab Reduces Fees on ETFs

  By Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com, Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com  |  June 30, 2010

  According to the company, the fee reductions for the six Schwab ETFs will make them the lowest cost funds in their respective category.

• The Two Things Wall Street Hasn't Noticed Yet

  By Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com, Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com  |  June 30, 2010

  There are plenty of dangerous undercurrents that the Street hasn't caught onto yet. We discuss two of them.