ETF Stats for June 2011: 34 New Product Listings
New product introductions kept flowing in June, though behind the pace of recent months, with the listing of 31 new ETFs and 3 new ETNs. This is the lowest monthly figure since February; there were 38 launches in March, 43 in April, and 39 in May. No ETPs were taken off the market, so total listings...
ETF Stats for May 2011: 1,010 ETFs Fighting For Scraps
A steady onslaught of new product introductions continued in May along with the first closure of the year. Sponsors rolled out 36 new ETFs and three ETNs while retiring one ETN. The net addition of 38 brings the quantity of listed ETPs to 1,254 consisting of 1,089 ETFs and 165 ETNs. Currently,...
ETF Stats for April 2011: 1,216 and Counting
A barrage of product introductions in April resulted in 23 new ETFs and 20 new ETNs coming to market. The number of launches matches the 43 in June 2008 while falling short of the record, 50 in January 2007. The month-end quantity now stands at 1,216 (consisting of 1,053 ETFs and 163 ETNs). Actively-managed...
ETF Stats for March 2011: Trading Surges 48 Percent
Thirty new ETFs and eight new ETNs arrived in March. This was the best month for new product introductions since 43 arrived in June 2008. No products were closed in March, marking the third straight month without any closures and keeping the year-to-date count at zero. The total number of listed...
ETF Stats for February 2011: Exactly 1,000 ETFs
There were exactly 1,000 ETFs listed for trading at the end of February. Adding in the 135 listed ETNs yields a total quantity of 1,135 exchange-traded products (ETPs). Fourteen new products were introduced in February, consisting of thirteen ETFs and one ETN. There were no delistings for the month,...
ETF Stats for January 2011: Product Count Surpasses 1100
January produced twenty new ETFs and two new ETNs. None closed. The 22 new products result in a current total count of 1,121 listings (987 ETFs and 134 ETNs). Two of the new ETFs are classified as actively-managed funds, bringing their count to 33. Trading activity picked up after falling significantly...
ETF Stats for December 2010: 1,099 and $1 Trillion
The total quantity of new product introductions in 2010 was 223, consisting of 180 ETFs and 43 ETNs. There were 49 closures during the year, putting the net increase of listings for 2010 at 174 (131 ETFs and 43 ETNs). 2010 enters the history books as the year with the third largest number of new introductions,...
List of 223 New ETFs for 2010
A grand total of 223 new exchange-traded products (ETPs) came to market in 2010, consisting of 180 ETFs and 43 ETNs. This is the third largest quantity on record, behind the 291 of 2007 and 231 of 2008. There were only 136 new ETPs launched in 2009. There were 49 closures in 2010, producing a net...
ETF Stats for November 2010
New product introduction ran extremely slow most of November until a flurry of launches appeared on the last day of the month. Just eight products arrived throughout the first twenty-nine days before the last minute rush of 17 new arrivals on November 30. The 25 new products consisted of six ETFs...
ETF Stats for October 2010: ETF Count Declines
New product creation slowed to its lowest level in 14 months. Only four new ETFs were launched in October while six were closed. The net decline of two ETFs was offset by the introduction of three new ETNs, allowing the total product count to increase by one. The month ended with 1,068 (957 ETFs...
