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U.S. Traded ETF Sponsor Sites
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Below is a listing of all U.S. traded ETF Sponsors with
actively trading Exchange Traded Funds. Click on the logos to go to
their web sites for more information on their individual funds. For a
complete downloadable list of all ETFs in .csv format,
click here. |
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iShares is the contribution to the world
of personal investment management from Barclays Global Investors, the
world's largest manager of indexed investment products. |
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State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) is the investment management arm of
State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) and the largest institutional fund
manager in the world. |
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PowerShares ETFs are aligned with some of the leading ETF companies as
service providers, including the American Stock Exchange LLC, The Bank of
New York, LaBranche Structured Products LLC, Kellogg Capital Group, Goldman
Sachs & Co. and Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. |
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Powershares BLDRS
are a family of exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") based on The
Bank of New York ADR IndexSM, a
real-time index tracking U.S. traded depositary receipts. Powershares BLDRS represent a
way to diversify your institutional or retail portfolio by investing in
depositary receipts at low expense ratios. |
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HOLDRS are securities that represent an investor’s ownership in the common
stock or ADRs of specified companies in a particular industry, sector or
group. HOLDRS allow investors to own a diversified group of stocks in a
single investment that is highly transparent, liquid and efficient. |
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 Vanguard ETFs
range from highly targeted sectors to international markets to broad domestic
indexes. Built on 30 years of indexing expertise. Designed for
better market tracking. Significantly lower costs than other ETFs. |
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Rydex has experienced phenomenal growth
since its early pioneering days when it launched such industry
innovations as Rydex Nova Fund—the first leveraged benchmark mutual
fund available to the public. Rydex now manages more than $14 billion in
assets² via more than 60 investment products including mutual funds
and ETFs. |
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The Rydex CurrencyShares products offer investors and institutions a convenient
and cost-effective method of gaining investment benefits similar to that of
holding foreign currencies. The foreign currencies market is the largest and
most liquid financial market in the world.
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First
Trust®, a unit investment trust (UIT) product line, was created in 1974, and
is currently sponsored by First Trust Portfolios L.P. Since 1974,
approximately 2500 products have been deposited, providing customers all
over the world with strategically diverse investment opportunities. |
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ProShares take exchange traded funds (ETFs) to the next level, making it
easy to implement complex investment strategies in a single trade. Like
ordinary ETFs, ProShares offer a simple way to gain exposure to market
indexes. But ProShares also provide innovative new ways to manage risk and
enhance return potential in your portfolios. |
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WisdomTree
Investments, Inc., is a publicly traded company specializing in the creation
of proprietary stock indices. WisdomTree Investments is the parent company
of WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. WisdomTree Asset Management is
registered as an investment adviser with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and is the investment adviser to the WisdomTree Trust, a family
of numerous ETFs. As investment adviser, WisdomTree Asset Management has
overall responsibility for the general management and administration of each
fund of the Trust. |
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Seeks
to provide investment returns that closely correspond to the price and yield
performance of the Nasdaq Composite Index. |
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Founded
in 1955, Van Eck Associates Corporation was among the first U.S. money
managers helping investors achieve greater diversification through global
investing. |
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global investment choices in hard assets, emerging markets, precious metals
including gold, and other specialized asset classes. |
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Claymore
ETFs provide access to innovative indexes distinctly designed as investment
solutions. Unlike ETFs that track traditional indexes representing market
participation, the indexes Claymore ETFs track seek to best capture the
investment potential of unique strategies. |
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United States Commodity Funds LLC (“USCF”), the
General Partner and manager of United States Oil Fund, LP (“USO”),
United States Natural Gas Fund, LP (“UNG”), United States 12 Month
Oil Fund, LP (“USL”), United States Gasoline Fund, LP (“UGA”) and
United States Heating Oil Fund, LP (“UHN”) does not have a web site,
but instead individual web sites for each of its five commodity
based ETFs. |
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XShares Group, Inc., a New York based financial services company, was
founded in 2005 by Jeffrey Feldman and several experienced financial
professionals. The company secured an exemptive order from the SEC to launch
ETFs in November 2006. XShares Advisors, a wholly owned subsidiary of
XShares Group, Inc., develops focused and innovative exchange traded funds. |
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As the third largest Institutional Index Manager
in the world, Northern Trust brings you an innovative product suite
within the exchange traded funds (ETFs) universe with NETS™,
Northern Exchange Traded Shares™. |
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The SPA ETFs, which track
innovative fundamentally driven indices from
MarketGrader, have been launched on the London Stock
Exchange. These indices aim to outperform key US
indices and the majority of active fund managers
over the long term. When combined with the
efficient structure of an ETF, this offers access to
the potential for strong returns at a lower cost
than actively managed funds.
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Ameristock/Ryan Treasury ETFs are index funds
designed to track the price and yield the performance, before fees
and expenses, of the Ryan Treasury Indexes. The Ryan Indexes were
created by Ronald J. Ryan who created the first daily U.S. Treasury
indexes in 1983. Originally, Mr. Ryan developed the Lehman Treasury
indexes before creating these newer and more specific indexes. The
Ryan indexes measure the performance of each Treasury maturity (6
month, 2 year, 5 year, 10 year) and are considered benchmarks in the
industry. |
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GreenHaven Continuous Commodity Index Fund (GCC)
is an Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) that provides an innovative and
efficient way to deliver broad based, diversified commodity
exposure. It aims to achieve this by using futures contracts to
track the Continuous Commodity Index-Total Return (CCI-TR)†. The
CCI-TR is an equal weighted index of 17 commodities plus an
additional Treasury Bill yield. |
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Through the North Track NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index
Fund, an investor has the opportunity to own shares in a mutual fund
which represents 100 companies in 14 different technology-related
industries. The objective of this fund is to replicate the total
return of the NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index. |
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Direxion is a pioneer in providing sophisticated
investment solutions and helping investors optimize their portfolio
strategies. Our multi-directional and leveraged products offer the
opportunity for investors to effectively manage risk and returns in
all market conditions. |
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