http://investwithanedge.com Actionable Ideas for Your ETFs, Funds, & Stocks Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en January's new ETF activity hit the highest level in seven months.  After ten days of no introductions, the pace jumped to more than one a day with 23 launches in the last 21 calendar days of the month.  So far the new rollouts have been limited to ETFs rather than ETNs.  ... http://investwithanedge.com/etf-stats-for-january-2012-trading-activity-continues-to-slow BlackRock rolled out seven new single-country ETFs in late January.  Three are the first iShares products to individually target Denmark, Finland, and Norway.  Four others complement existing large cap offerings with small-cap exposure in Australia, Canada, Germany, and the U.K. January was a busy month for BlackRock, which rolled out a ... http://investwithanedge.com/seven-single-country-etfs-from-ishares-on-bats The ETF marketplace changed last month.  You didn’t notice?  Don’t worry, you’re not alone.  Today I’ll tell you all about it. You already know that “exchange traded funds” trade on an exchange.  That’s what distinguishes them from old-fashioned mutual funds.  But what exchange trades them, and where is it? For some new ... http://investwithanedge.com/etfs-are-going-bats-and-why-you-should-care The second wave of product launches for 2012 contains a pair of “breakeven inflation rate” ETFs, a small-cap emerging Asia-Pacific fund, two low volatility ETFs targeting emerging and developed international markets, new ETFs targeting the regional emerging markets of Latin America and EMEA, an actively-managed fund-of-funds with a global rotation ... http://investwithanedge.com/nine-more-etfs-emerge Although 2011 produced a record number 308 new exchange traded product offerings and 2012 gets underway with a record 268 names on ETF Deathwatch, ETF sponsors continue rolling out more. Among the first listings of 2012 were three “volatility response” ETFs from Direxion, which attempt to achieve consistent volatility by controlling equity exposure based ... http://investwithanedge.com/first-seven-new-etfs-of-2012 The final numbers are in, and 2011 was officially a “flat” year for the S&P 500.  Without dividends, the large-cap stock index was actually down a fraction.  With dividends, it gained only 2.1 percent. Today we’ll look at some interesting patterns in last year’s sector action — which was quite different ... http://investwithanedge.com/health-care-etfs-poised-to-repeat-good-2011 One of the best ways to make money in ETFs is to not lose money.  I know it sounds obvious, but I can assure you that many people don’t get this key point.  So if I can help you do that, then I count it as a success.  And today ... http://investwithanedge.com/six-reasons-to-avoid-japan-in-2012 Thirty-six new names joined January's ETF Deathwatch while only ten left, leaving a net increase of 26.  Total Deathwatch membership now stands at a new all-time high of 268. The 36 additions consisted of 27 ETFs and nine ETNs.  Three-quarters of them just came out of the six-month new product grace ... http://investwithanedge.com/etf-deathwatch-for-january-2012-another-month-another-record Launch activity slowed to just sixteen new product introductions in December, well below 2011’s monthly average of more than twenty-five.  The 308 new listings in 2011 established a new calendar year record, surpassing the 291 of 2007.  The sixteen new arrivals are made up of thirteen ETFs and six ETNs. Closure activity ... http://investwithanedge.com/etf-stats-for-december-2011-closures-set-monthly-record-and-total-listings-decline U.S. exchange traded product delistings and closures totaled 38 in 2011, consisting of 32 ETFs and six ETNs.  The all-time death toll now stands at 211 (192 ETFs and 19 ETNs).  Delistings dropped 22% from the 49 closures of 2010 and marked a third straight year of decline since the ... http://investwithanedge.com/complete-list-of-38-etp-closures-for-2011