ETF Trends
by Tom Lydon
13 Mar 2010 at 3:00pm
For any country to grow or at least remain stable, there needs to be significant investment in infrastructure. That means it’s good news for infrastructure exchange traded funds (ETFs) that financing for such projects could stabilize or grow this year.
According to Fitch Ratings, global...
     
by Tom Lydon
13 Mar 2010 at 3:00am
The health care bill has caused quite a stir in the United States. Despite the inter-party bickering, the fact remains that Americans are generally unhealthy. They’re going to eventually have to follow doctor’s orders, and you can play it with exchange traded funds (ETFs).
Our health...
  
by Tom Lydon
12 Mar 2010 at 5:00pm
As the Obama administration and other governments give the green light to the nuclear industry, investors are pouring into nuclear exchange traded funds (ETFs) in an attempt to capitalize on the surge in alternative-energy initiatives.
The White House has guaranteed more than $8 billion in loan...
  
by Tom Lydon
12 Mar 2010 at 4:00pm
Invesco PowerShares came to Newport Beach, CA, yesterday for an installment of PowerShares University, a road show that gives exchange traded fund (ETF) investors, asset managers and financial industry pros insight into the world of ETFs.
PowerShares senior vice president and national sales...
  
by Tom Lydon
12 Mar 2010 at 3:00pm
Investors love commodity exchange traded funds (ETFs), and with good reason. Aside from the usual benefits that ETFs offer, commodity funds deliver the kind of exposure to commodities that would otherwise be very challenging, very expensive or both. But not all commodity funds are created equal,...
  
by Tom Lydon
12 Mar 2010 at 2:00pm
China is grabbing any and all natural resources, especially copper, and platinum’s prices are soaring these days. To capture the momentum, First Trust has launched the industry’s first equity-based platinum and copper exchange traded funds (ETFs).
The First Trust ISE Global Copper...
  
by Tom Lydon
12 Mar 2010 at 1:00pm
Word on the street is that the spending trend is once again resuming, but don’t necessarily believe everything you hear. Consumer discretionary spending is still at low levels, even among the high-income set, leaving targeted exchange traded funds (ETFs) lagging slightly.
Discretionary...
  
by Tom Lydon
12 Mar 2010 at 12:00pm
Shoppers braved record snowfall to turn out in force and buy stuff. The end result was a hike in retail sales and a lot of shocked economists, who thought sales would decline last month. Despite the surprise, the markets and exchange traded funds (ETFs) stayed flat.
Economists weren’t...
  
by Tom Lydon
12 Mar 2010 at 9:55am
Whoa – U.S. consumers not only shopped more, but they braved record snowfall that topped multiple feet in many areas to do so. That’s true commitment. Retail sales rose 0.3% in February, surprising economists who thought they would decline by the same amount. Here are some stories about...
  
by Tom Lydon
12 Mar 2010 at 8:00am
Direxion, a pioneer in exchange traded funds (ETFs) that offer three times the leverage, is out again with six more funds, four of which are a bit of a changeup from the provider’s other ETFs: they give twice the daily leveraged performance on an index.
Direxion’s new funds are:
Daily...
  
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12 Mar 2010 at 3:00pm
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13.6
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- 0.04
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0.29%
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28,854,935
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| AIG
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34.23
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-0.88
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2.51%
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21,011,096
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| AXP
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40.76
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+ 0.65
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1.62%
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9,371,311
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| BA
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69.83
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-0.24
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0.34%
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5,225,967
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| C
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3.97
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-0.21
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5.02%
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279,759,667
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| CAT
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60.36
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+1.46
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2.48%
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9,689,526
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| DD
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35.49
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+0.14
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0.4%
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6,035,228
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| DIS
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33.69
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-0.12
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0.35%
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9,610,444
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| GE
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17.04
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+0.56
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3.4%
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112,875,358
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| HD
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32.45
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+0.32
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1%
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14,952,410
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| HON
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42.93
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+0.31
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0.73%
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5,554,502
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| HPQ
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52.36
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+0.34
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0.65%
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11,758,243
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| IBM
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127.94
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+0.34
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0.27%
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5,166,894
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| INTC
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21.27
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+0.02
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0.09%
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39,590,354
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| JNJ
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64.18
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-0.04
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0.06%
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8,222,961
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| JPM
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43.15
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-0.03
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0.07%
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31,341,340
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| KO
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53.35
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-0.25
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0.47%
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11,167,684
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65.53
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+0.32
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0.49%
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6,599,333
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81.38
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+0.12
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0.15%
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2,945,813
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| MO
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20.2
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-0.17
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0.83%
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16,538,223
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| MRK
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| Last
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37.16
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+0.28
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0.76%
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16,386,150
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| MSFT
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| Last
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29.27
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+0.09
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0.31%
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31,709,321
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| PFE
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| Last
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17.08
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-0.21
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1.21%
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| Volume
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85,448,501
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| PG
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| Last
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63.32
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| Change
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+0.15
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0.24%
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| Volume
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8,099,045
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| T
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25.62
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+0.02
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0.08%
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17,818,191
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| UTX
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| Last
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71.53
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-0.51
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0.71%
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| Volume
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5,805,586
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| VZ
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| Last
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29.73
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-0.11
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0.37%
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11,299,194
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| WMT
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53.9
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-0.07
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0.13%
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10,481,281
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| XOM
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| Last
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66.8
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| Change
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-0.42
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0.62%
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| Volume
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23,362,873
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