ETF

The Street.com 10 Most Diversified ETFs

Posted by Sun on February 5, 2007 (1) Comment
Richard Widows of The Street.com last week published a list of 10 most diversified ETFs. The criteria used in the screening include the fund has to have at 2% exposure in 12 major industry categories: basic materials, capital goods, communications services, consumer cyclicals, consumer staples, energy, finance, health care, technology, transportation, utilities and miscellaneous. The […]

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DGL: PowerShares’ Gold Play

Posted by Sun on January 17, 2007 (4) Comment

PowerShares Capital, together with Deutsche Bank, launched seven new sector ETFs early this month. Among the new offerings, one is PowerShares DB Gold Fund (DGL). According to the fund prospectus, DGL is based on the Deutsche Bank LiquidCommodity Index - Optimum Yield Gold, which has the following performance as of December 31, 2006:

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First QQQQ Purchase Made with QQQDirect

Posted by Sun on December 12, 2006 (4) Comment

I opend a QQQDirect account about two weeks ago and set up an automatic investment plan (the plan that offers one free QQQQ purchase every month) with $50 monthly purchase of QQQQ. When I checked my account last Friday, there was still no record of any investment yet, though the date I chose is the [...]

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Bogel Said There’s “Trouble in Paradise”

Posted by Sun on December 7, 2006 (3) Comment

John Bogel, founder of Vanguard and pioneer of index mutual funds, is aiming his firepower at ETFs this time, especially the index and sector ETFs. Of the total asset in all index mutual funds is about $900 billion, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) now take a 38% share.
In an article appeared on Bloomberg.com yesterday, Mr. Bogel, the [...]

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China Play: A Comparison of FXI, PGJ, and MCHFX

Posted by Sun on December 7, 2006 (12) Comment

I have been investing in China for more than three years and the first China related financial product I purchased was Mattews China Fund (MCHFX) held in my brokerage account with Scottrade. I sold all my position at the end of 2003 when Scottrade started to charge commissions for even the non-load funds. Shortly after, [...]

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