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Equity markets were rattled back-and-forth as Euro zone debt drama swept over Wall Street for another week. Volatility levels climbed higher across asset classes as profit takingpressuresandbargainbuying created a trading frenzy, although major stock indexes did end the week lower in red territory. Investors got no relief on the home front as the latest Fed minutes revealed that the domestic
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Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel , one standout is the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF ( AMEX: DIA ) where we have detected an approximate $118.3 million dollar inflow ” that’s a 1.1% increase week over week in outstanding units (from 86,792,867 to 87,742,867). Among the largest underlying components of DIA, in
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TORONTO, May 18, 2012 /CNW/ – Invesco Canada today announced the May 2012 distributions for the PowerShares exchange-traded funds (ETFs) listed on Toronto Stock Exchange . Unitholders of record on May 30, 2012 will receive cash distributions payable on June 7, 2012. Details of the “per unit” distribution amounts are as follows:The tax composition of the PowerShares ETFs’ distributions will be
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Call selling tops option activity in the SPDR Gold Shares Fund today even as it rebounds. The GLD is up 2.42 percent to $153.08 after seeing its lowest close since last July yesterday. The exchange-traded fund has made up losses of the last couple of sessions but is still below Friday’s close. It has been trending lower for the last three months from $174, a pattern that has accelerated in the
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Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel , one standout is the Semiconductor ETF ( AMEX: SMH ) where we have detected an approximate $58.1 million dollar inflow ” that’s a 19.7% increase week over week in outstanding units (from 9,370,937 to 11,220,937). Among the largest underlying components of SMH, in trading today Intel Corp (
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Global X Social Media ETF ( SOCL – News ) has seen volume ramp this week in the days leading up to the historic Facebook IPO but the fund slipped 3% amid volatile trading in newly-minted Facebook shares Friday.Facebook ( FB – News ) shares recovered Friday after falling to the offer price of $38 a share.Facebook was trading around $41 a share in heavy action Friday afternoon, down from the opening
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ETF Spotlight on IQ Real Return ETF ( CPI – News ) , part of an ongoing series. Assets : $28.6 million. Objective : The IQ Real Return ETF tries to reflect the performance of the IQ Real Return Index, which tries to provide a hedge against U.S. inflation rate by generating “real return,” or a return above the inflation rate. [ TIPS ETFs as an Inflation Hedge ] Holdings : Top holdings include:
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All eyes were on the IPO of Facebook during Friday trading as the company’s shares opened around $42.05 after a $38 pricing. Still, despite the hype, investors failed to push the shares of the social media giant higher on the day as the company finished trading around the $39/share level. Overall, the broad market wasn’t much better as all the major benchmarks finished the day in the red. The Dow
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The biggest junk bond exchange traded funds by assets are paying yields in the 7% range but these ETFs come with unique risks, including premiums and discounts to net asset value . SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF ( JNK – News ) and iShares iBoxx High Yield Fund ( HYG – News ) were down for the fourth straight session on Thursday although they pared early losses on heavy trading volume.
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Hedge funds and prominent money managers have held onto their gold exchange traded fund positions, with some even raising their bullion exposure, over the first quarter, but market observers believe they are beginning to lighten their holdings.According to recent regulatory filings, hedge fund manager John Paulson has maintained his 17 million share position in the SPDR Gold Shares ( GLD – News )
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