ETF Headlines

BlackRock, Inc. announced that its iShares Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business, the world's largest manager of ETFs, has launched five funds focused on commodity producers.

The funds offer the benefit of access to companies involved in the production of the commodity without exposure to physical storage or other costs associated with commodity ownership.      

Direxion is modifying their "buy and hold" alternative strategies including chainging the benchmark index for their commodity fund. 

For an intro into Alternative ETF Strategies, Jules Staniewicz writes an informative article which can be found here.

ProShares, the country’s fourth most successful exchange traded fund (ETF) company, today announced the launch of ProShares German Sovereign/Sub-Sovereign ETF (NYSE: GGOV), the first ETF in the United States focused on sovereign and sub-sovereign debt from Germany. Germany has the world’s third-largest public debt market and is widely recognized for its fiscal strength. The ETF lists on NYSE Arca today.

BATS Global Markets (BATS), a global operator of stock and options markets, today announced the iShares MSCI Norway Capped Investable Market Index Fund (BATS: ENOR) will begin trading today on BATS Exchange, the first of nine new exchange traded funds (ETFs) sponsored by BlackRock, Inc.'s (NYSE: BLK) iShares® ETF business scheduled to commence trading on the Exchange beginning this week.

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, a leading global provider of ETFs announced two new PowerShares ETFs that provide investors with access to low volatilitystrategies covering emerging and developed markets.

The portfolio names and ticker symbols are as follows.