Archive for November, 2010

iPath Debuts New Breed of 11 Leveraged ETNs

Michael Johnston submits: iPath, the largest issuer of exchange-traded notes in the U.S., announced a major addition to its product lineup on Tuesday by rolling out 11 new leveraged ETNs. The new products included five paired products offering leveraged exposure to benchmarks underlying some of the most popular exchange-traded products, including the S&P 500, Russell [...]

iPath Debuts New Breed of 11 Leveraged ETNs

Michael Johnston submits: iPath, the largest issuer of exchange-traded notes in the U.S., announced a major addition to its product lineup on Tuesday by rolling out 11 new leveraged ETNs. The new products included five paired products offering leveraged exposure to benchmarks underlying some of the most popular exchange-traded products, including the S&P 500, Russell [...]

iPath Debuts New Breed of 11 Leveraged ETNs

Michael Johnston submits: iPath, the largest issuer of exchange-traded notes in the U.S., announced a major addition to its product lineup on Tuesday by rolling out 11 new leveraged ETNs. The new products included five paired products offering leveraged exposure to benchmarks underlying some of the most popular exchange-traded products, including the S&P 500, Russell [...]

iPath Debuts New Breed of 11 Leveraged ETNs

Michael Johnston submits: iPath, the largest issuer of exchange-traded notes in the U.S., announced a major addition to its product lineup on Tuesday by rolling out 11 new leveraged ETNs. The new products included five paired products offering leveraged exposure to benchmarks underlying some of the most popular exchange-traded products, including the S&P 500, Russell [...]

iPath Debuts New Breed of 11 Leveraged ETNs

Michael Johnston submits: iPath, the largest issuer of exchange-traded notes in the U.S., announced a major addition to its product lineup on Tuesday by rolling out 11 new leveraged ETNs. The new products included five paired products offering leveraged exposure to benchmarks underlying some of the most popular exchange-traded products, including the S&P 500, Russell [...]

New Citi Volatility ETN Steps It Up

Bill Luby submits: In Citigroup Belly-Flops into the ETP Sponsor Pool, Ron Rowland had some harsh criticism for Citigroup seemingly stealth launch of the C-Tracks ETN on CVOL (CVOL) earlier this month. I am glad to report that Citigroup now has a nifty new web site devoted to CVOL (see graphic below) that includes the [...]

Most Oversold ETFs: Europe Reigns

Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit: Below we highlight the 30 most oversold ETFs out of the 200 or so key ones we track across all asset classes. It’s no secret that Europe has struggled recently, but investors may be surprised to see just how much many of these countries have sold off. Of the 30 [...]

New Issuer VelocityShares Blankets Market With Six VIX ETNs

Ron Rowland submits: VelocityShares LLC, a new exchange-traded product sponsor, introduced six new exchange-traded notes (ETNs) today (November 30, 2010). Issued by Credit Suisse, these unsecured notes offer long, inverse, and leveraged exposure to indexes based on Volatility Index (VIX) futures. Investors should keep in mind that these products will not track the VIX Index, [...]

Platinum ETFs Likely to Remain Elevated

Kevin Grewal submits: Platinum has witnessed a nice upward trend in 2010 and increased demand from the heavy-duty transportation sector and the industrial sector are expected to provide further positive price support to platinum-based exchange traded funds (ETFs) like the ETFS Physical Platinum Shares (PPLT), iPath DJ-UBS Platinum TR Sub-Idx ETN (PGM), UBS E-TRACS Long [...]

PIMCO’s Active Intermediate Municipal Bond Strategy Fund Caps Off a Successful Launch Year

Shishir Nigam submits: PIMCO’s Intermediate Municipal Bond Strategy Fund (MUNI) turns one today, having been launched on November 30th, 2009 a year ago. MUNI has been one of two actively-managed ETFs that hone in on the intermediate muni bond market, with the other fund being the Grail McDonnell Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund (GMMB). MUNI has [...]