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• First-Half Decline for ETF Assets

  U.S. exchange-traded fund assets fell 5.4%, to $575 billion, in the first half.

• ETFMarketPro.com Guides Investors

  ETFMarketPro.com has just launched, containing detailed information on 600 of the nation's largest exchange-traded funds and the advantages of ETF investing.

• Morningstar Taps Global RE, Currency, for New Coverage

  The company announced it has added two new categories and one broad asset class to its proprietary classification system for mutual fund portfolios.

• The ETF Parade Keeps Marching On

  The endless stream of new exchange-traded funds offer advisors more precise tools. At their best, they're better mousetraps. Misused, they can become chainsaws.

• Active ETFs Hit the Market

  Actively managed exchange-traded funds have finally arrived, but their effectiveness so far is up in the air.

• Desperate for Returns

  With emerging markets down and oil on the rise, there were very few safe bets in the second quarter.

• Sell Energy and Commodity Funds, Adviser Says

  The energy and commodities sectors have dropped significantly below their 200-day moving averages and are now in sell territory.

• Pimco Planning to Start a Bond ETF

  Pacific Investment Management Co. announced that it is planning to introduce its first bond exchange-traded fund.

• State Street Expects New Pacts to Boost Gold ETF

  State Street Corp.'s gold-tracking exchange-traded fund stands to draw more assets from recent agreements that allow its use in futures and options contracts.

• Barclays to Offer Target-Date & Target Risk ETFs

  Barclays is planning to launch a family of target-date and target-risk exchange-traded funds, drawing from its existing iShares.

• Middle East Exposure Offered in GCC Titans 40

  Investors can gain Middle East exposure through the recently launched Dow Jones GCC Titans 40 Index.

• Vanguard Transfers Remaining ETFs to NYSE Arca

  Vanguard has transferred 34 of its 38 exchange-traded funds to the NYSE Arca from the American Stock Exchange.

• A CEO Big on ETFs Isn't Too Keen on the Newer Models

  The chief executive of Portfolio Solutions LLC has been using exchange-traded funds since long before the hype.

• Two Wind Energy ETFs Debut

  Wind energy is the latest resource to be tapped by the ETF market as two products in this sector debuted..

• Mutual Funds Become Wrappers for ETFs in 401(k)s

  Hennion and Walsh is introducing ETFs into 401k plans by wrapping them in mutual funds.

• Bad News Benefits

  As commodities rise and financials fall, investors look to ETFs as a way to leverage failing sectors.

• Value Play

  Huntington's Scott Frush uses exchange-traded funds exclusively to keep costs low and client satisfaction high.

• Hedge Funds Tap Leveraged ETFs

  Hedge funds have recently increased their investment in aggressive, exchange-traded funds.

• Two New ETFs Target Nasdaq-Listed Stocks

  Two new ETFs were launched on June 12 by Powershares. Both deploy strategies that target Nasdaq-listed stocks, with one focused on buy-writes and the other on exposure to Internet companies.

• Claymore ETF for Frontier Market

  Claymore Securities Inc., an exchange-traded fund provider, has launched the Claymore/BNY Mellon Frontier Markets Exchange Traded Fund.

• ETFs Benefits Not Broadly Deployed by European Institutions

  While 94% of European Investors in a recent survey use ETFs on broad market indices, just 19% have tapped ETFs that track more narrow subcategories in the equity market.

• SSgA Launches Spider U.,' Reveals Active ETF, Advisers' Attitudes: Majority Perceive ETFs as Most Innovative Investment

  Although the summer has only just begun, it was "Back to School" last week here at a State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) seminar for financial advisers, on the finer points of exchange-traded funds.

• Bank of New York Mellon in Servicing Pact

  BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, a unit of Bank of New York Mellon Corp., has been chosen to serve exchange-traded funds in the WisdomTree Dreyfus family of currency ETFs.

• New ETFs Invest in Foreign Currencies

  With the dollar beaten down—7% against the euro and 6% against the yen so far this year—fund companies are offering investors the opportunity to invest in exchange-traded funds that invest in foreign currencies.

• Dow Jones ETF Index Named 'Most Innovative'

  Dow Jones Indexes was named the "Most Innovative ETF Index Provider of 2007" in the Americas at the 4th annual Global ETF Awards.

• Reader Survey: All You Need to Know to Succeed with ETFs

  ETF assets are forecasted to exceed USD 2 trillion in 2011. Isn't it time you got a piece of the pie? As we plan for our upcoming ETF conference, we would love your feedback in an 8-question survey.

• New Income Fund from WisdomTree

  WisdomTree Investments Inc. introduced an actively managed, exchange-traded fund.

• Genworth Unveils New GIA

  New group of guaranteed income annuities invest in mutual funds or ETF portfolios in AssetMark's managed account platform.

• State Street Unit Introduces Two ETFs

  State Street Global Advisors announced that it had started two SPDR exchange-traded funds on the American Stock Exchange.

• Morgan Stanley Launches Two ETNs

  Advisors interested in increasing exposure to foreign currency markets have two new exchange-traded notes (ETNs) to, well, take note of.

• Podcast

  New Frontiers for ETFs

  As dramatic an entrance as ETFs have made on the investing scene, the industry is still innovating at a fast pace. New products looking to capitalize on almost every niche in the investing world are coming out almost daily. And ETFs are gaining a toehold in the highly lucrative 401(k) market. Our panel of experts discusses the rapidly evolving landscape of ETFs in this new podcast.

• Some Financial ETFs Might Be Worth the Risks

  Seeking Alpha: Since the collapse of Bear Stearns (BSC), credit spreads have improved, write-downs have been revealed and top-level analysts are beginning to discuss the opportunities of getting in on the financial services upswing. The ETFExpert Blog explores why ETFs may be the best way to get exposure to the financial services market.

• Top 5 ETF Blog Posts

  Morningstar: From the "Basis Pointing" blog: An index of some of the topics covered recently, including a short list of most popular posts.

• ETF Update: Actively Managed ETFs, Using the Moving Average

  Chuck Jaffe evaluates actively managed ETFs, including the Bear Stearns Current Yield. Jaffe questions if these funds can live up to expections.

• Bank of New York Mellon in an ETF Pact

  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. announced that it will provide subadvisory, transfer agency, fund accounting, fund administration, and custody services for RevenueShares Investor Services LLC's RevenueShares ETFs.

• Ultra and Inverse ETFs: The Downside of Doubling Up

  Since the debut of inverse and leveraged ETFs, investors have debated how they fit into overall portfolio strategy.

• Invesco PowerShares Launches Actively Managed ETF

  Three equity and one fixed-income active ETFs begin trading less than a month after Bear Stearns launch of first actively managed ETF.

• ETF Watch: Seeking Alpha

  News on launch of U.S. heating oil fund, the launch of the first two NETS in the UK and Australia, UBS in the ETN market, and the ELEMENTS platform.

• BNY Mellon Unit Hires Cuocolo

  BNY Mellon Asset Servicing hired Kathy Cuocolo to run its U.S. mutual fund administration and exchange-trade fund services, a newly created position.

• With Blood on Wall Street, Is It Time to Buy?

  A sample analyst report on recent changes made to Seeking Alpha ETF research and how investors can benefit from it.

• ETF Wire: Slew of Commodities, Foreign Funds Launch

  New ETF articles, analyst reports, analyst notes, reports, listings and what's in the pipeline.

• Northern Trust Expanding Its Offerings and Global Reach

  Northern Trust Corp.'s investment management business plans to expand by adding product capabilities domestically while opening more offices in international markets.

• ETF Picks to Put Our Market Outlook into Action

  A short list of ETFs that deal with ideas and themes mentioned in the various sector outlooks.

• The Storm Continues

  In our first quarterly column on ETFs, we note how the credit crunch has affected several sectors.

• State Street: Actively Managed Equity ETFs in SEC Limbo

  State Street Corp. believes the much-hyped idea of actively managed ETFs remains promising but is not quite ready to take off, a senior executive says.

• Schwab Institutional Expands Its TAMP to Include Three New Companies

  Advisors working with Schwab will have access to Morningstar Investment Services' mutual fund, stock and ETF portfolios.

• Bond ETF Tracks a Non-U.S. Index

  State Street Global Advisors, the Boston investment management arm of State Street Corp., has started offering a bond exchange-traded fund that tracks Deutsche Bank AG's DB global government ex-U.S. inflation-linked bond capped index.

• State Street Launches First International Inflation-Protected Bond ETF

  ETF will begin trading on American Stock Exchange Thursday.

• Bear Pulls Its Actively Managed ETF Following Collapse

  The race to have the first actively managed ETF on the market forges on.

• ETFs Take Hit as Bear Collapse Stokes New Credit Fears

  WSJ.com: Exchange-traded funds tracking stocks around the world fell yesterday as the collapse of Bear Stearns Cos. and the efforts by the Federal Reserve to avert a potential run on banks stoked fresh credit fears. The broad-market SPDR S&P 500 ETF traded lower by more than 1%; the Dow Diamonds ETF initially dropped a similar amount but was up slightly by day's end as the Dow Jones Industrial Average bounced higher.

• 4 Smart Ways to Play the Sinking Greenback

  Here are four ideas for turning the dollar's decline into higher investment returns.

• PowerShares to Offer Active ETFs

  PowerShares is first company given exemptive relief by SEC to offer the funds

• State Street Applies to Launch Target-Date ETFs

  Growing demand from clients for actively managed, target-date funds.

• ETF Industry Produces New Power Brokers

  The Wall Street Journal Fund Track:  Analysts Can Influence How Well a Fund Fares; 'Lady in the Fitting Room.'

• WisdomTree Gets Chile OK to Sell ETFs

  WisdomTree Investments Inc., a New York exchange-traded fund manager, received approval to sell some of its products in Chile.

• Morningstar: "Second-Generation" ETFs Are Almost Here

  From Morningstar Fund Times: PowerShares has received preliminary SEC approval to launch four actively managed ETFs, which would be the first of their kind offered in the United States.

• Commodity ETF Overview

  Seeking Alpha's breakdown of commodity ETFs: top performers, index-based funds, metals, energy and agriculture.

• Dividend Focus May Hold Subprime Bite

  WSJ.com: Investors in exchange-traded funds that focus on dividends have received a nasty surprise in recent months: These funds often have significant stakes in high-yielding financial stocks, which have been hit hard by the selloff in banks exposed to the subprime rout and credit upheaval.

• Claymore Launches First ETFs Based on Broad U.S. Capital Markets

  Three ETFs represent stocks, investment grade bonds and liquidity instruments.