Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, a leading provider of exchange-traded funds, announced the PowerShares Active U.S. Real Estate Fund began trading today on the NYSE Arca under the ticker symbol.
Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, a leading provider of exchange-traded funds, announced today plans to expand its family of actively managed ETFs with the anticipated listing of a U.S.
Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, a leading provider of exchange-traded funds announced today the anticipated listing of an emerging markets infrastructure portfolio on the NYSE Arca in October.
HSBC (HBC) has launched the HSBC Optimised Global Water Index, and plans to bring out a number of investment products pegged to the concentrated global water benchmark. The HSBC Optimised Global Water Index is a modified market-cap-weighted index comprising a maximum of 20 stocks. It exists in two versions: the Global Water Total Return Index, which includes ex-dividend adjustments; and the Global Water Price Return Index, which excludes the effects of dividends.
Index holdings must be available to foreign investors and have a minimum average daily traded value over three months of $1 million. Index companies must be...
Many of our readers at AboutETFs.com enjoyed our earlier article The Complete List of Currency ETFs and have been requesting a similar list for commodities. So, once again, by popular demand, here is our newest list, The Complete List of Commodity ETFs and ETNs, as of October 20, 2008.
While investors debate the merits of dipping into alternative energy markets, a niche set of exchange-traded funds is holding up even better than their more diversified rivals.
Four different ETFs tracking companies involved in servicing and powering water systems are outperforming broader rivals. In the case of two of those, the gap has been quite large throughout the year.
Over the years, absolute return approaches have formed the cornerstone of many of our client portfolios, traditionally through hedge fund of fund vehicles and separate account managers. It was with great fanfare then, that we rolled out a range of new ETF portfolios to our clients earlier this year that removed many of the down side operational risks to hedge fund investments with the potential of achieving absolute returns.
By creating risk based portfolios of approximately 20 ETFs with the liquidity, transparency, low cost and tax efficiency that the ETF world allows us to deliver, investors are able...
For those of you that have been reading the Smug Investments blog, Smugly Green, you will be familiar with our total green portfolio concept. For non readers, the ever expanding universe of green, light green, and responsible ETFs are making it possible to start thinking out of the box when creating your green portfolio. In order to do it right and be properly diversified, the notion of green may have to be stretched, but it's well worth the effort to create a more fully sustainable investment portfolio that doesn't necessarily sacrifice performance.
Eleven months ago I recommended the water ETFs PowerShares Water
Resources (PHO) and PowerShares Global Water Portfolio (PIO). I was
specifically seeking an asset class uncorrelated to the broader stock
market. However, I think too many traders and funds are buying and
selling these assets based on the same signals as broader market
indicators. Therefore, the investments have not met my thesis and need
to be sold.
This is a good lesson for investing. We have many
prospective investments, yet only enough cash to buy a tiny fraction of
assets. As a result, we...
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From Blockbuster's earnings call. Blockbuster (BBI) CEO Jimmy Keyes on proposed acquisition of Circuit City (CC): "We will not proceed with the transaction unless it makes sense both strategically and financially and also creates significant value for our shareholders... We remain confident that our core business is healthy and we remain confident in...
The WSJ
takes a look at water investments, which, despite a seemingly rock-solid
thesis, haven't held up as well as other scarce commodity investments:
Water use drops in a recession: 40% of fresh water in
the U.S. is consumed in industrial applications. That is why many water
utilities have fallen recently on recession fears.
One of my major investment themes for the next decade is the growing water shortage issue and need to upgrade the global water infrastructure. Many will not consider water a commodity, but I sure do and believe it can become as important as oil in the years ahead. Oil is important to everyday life, but without water humans cannot live very long.
The water investment theme is not new, but it still has yet to gain traction as a long-term investment option. Investors looking to take advantage of the billions that will be spent on water investing have several options. There...
I read a very thorough article about the water theme and water ETFs on Seeking Alpha over the weekend, and I was reminded how bleak the numbers surrounding potable water are, and how compelling the theme is. I have owned PowerShares Water Resources ETF (PHO) since its second or third day of trading, and while I have thought a better mousetrap will come at some point, the actual theme will be a part of the portfolios I manage for a long time...
In his The ETF Authority , he adds , " All things considered , my favorite way to invest in the water sector is through the PowerShares Global Water Portfolio ( AMEX : PIO ) . "" PIO tracks a ...
