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Creating a benchmark for an index fund that's immune to price-rigging is harder than one might think, but Paul Amery, managing editor of IndexUniverse's site, explores how investors can protect themselves from various risks when using index funds, ETFs and other tracker-based products.
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ALPS' GICS-Focused Payout ETF Goes Live
ALPS Advisors, a firm that specializes in asset servicing and gathering, launched a dividend-focused ETF designed to beat yields of other large-cap U.S. indexes while spanning all 10 sectors of the market.
IndexUniverse.com
Weekly ETF Fund Flows: X-L-V Spells Obama
The healthcare ETF 'XLV' led fund flows in the week ended Thursday, June 28—the very day the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to preserve the so-called mandate in 'Obamacare.'
IndexUniverse.com
ETF Offers First Direct Exposure To China Shares
Hong Kong market regulators approved China Asset Management's proposed ETF that will directly invest in Chinese shares thanks to ongoing initiatives to link the mainland to the island and liberalize the Chinese market. Up to now, access to those securities was limited to ETFs that serve up synthetic portfolios from providers such as iShares.
Financial Times
Japan Finds Rare Earths: How to Trade It
Investors should take another look at diversifying their exposure to include Japan, especially now that a recent discovery could put the country on track to becoming a major provider of rare earth minerals.
Benzinga
Best/Worst Daily ETF Returns: GREK, EWP Jump
GREK and EWP were among the biggest winners on Friday, June 29 -- a day when the Dow jumped 2.2 percent on renewed hope eurozone policymakers were taking decisive action.
IndexUniverse.com
ETF Fund Flows: SPY Adds $708.2 Million
SPY adds $708.2 million on Friday, June 29, as Dow pops up 2.2 percent to lift total U.S.-listed ETF assets to about $1.179 trillion.
IndexUniverse.com
ETF League Table As Of June 29, 2012
IndexUniverse provides a daily table of all the U.S. ETF sponsors and their changing assets under management.
IndexUniverse.com
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