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New Currency Bundle from Wisdom Tree

One of the casualties of the world financial crash of 2008 was the carry trade. For the investor to make money on the interest rate differential between two currencies, it is imperative that the currency prices remain stable. Many of the emerging ...

From RAY HENDON, Seeking Alpha,  14 May 2009
Related Topics: Securities and Exchange Commission

After G-20: The Beginning of the End of the Old Order

All of the leaders who came to Washington to save the world’s economies have gone. The meeting room is closed, press releases have been handed out, and the leaders are turning their attentions elsewhere until the next meeting in April, probably in ...

From RAY HENDON, Seeking Alpha,  19 Nov 2008
Related Topics: International Monetary Fund,  George W. Bush,  Barack Obama,  World Bank

Sleeping with Short Bond ETFs

In compiling the data, I wanted to show the full range of short funds, from the ultrashort to longest average durations that are still classified as short. As you can see, a short bond can vary in average duration from a few days (USY) to two and a ...

From RAY HENDON, Seeking Alpha,  17 Oct 2008

Batten Down the Hatches: Economic Forecast

Nothing could make me happier than to put the financial crisis behind us. The legislation passed  Friday by our elected representatives was a relief. As a nation, we had, in my view, reached a point where we needed to see that our elected leaders could ...

From RAY HENDON, ETF Investor,  5 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Goldman Sachs,  Dow Jones

Barclays Will Not Pick Up Lehman ETNs

There has been much speculation about whether Barclays Capital (BCS) would walk away from the ETNs that Lehman Brothers (LEHMQ.PK) sponsored. Recall that Barclays bought Lehman Brothers North American investment banking and capital markets businesses ...

From RAY HENDON, Seeking Alpha,  26 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Barclays,  Lehman Brothers

A Peek Under the Wisdom Tree

A mistake is often a good place to start a quest. My recent article on WisdomTree's new currency ETF (CEW) (WisdomTree's New Bundle of Joy) contained the assertion that it was, to my knowledge, the first actively traded currency ETF. Soon after the ...

From RAY HENDON, Seeking Alpha,  24 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Barclays,  Goldman Sachs

Bond Wars Update: International and Junk

There are two areas of bond investing that have seen large inflows this year: international bonds and domestic high yield, otherwise known as junk. The table below displays the results for the international ETFs available in 2008: Assets Under ...

From RAY HENDON, Seeking Alpha,  16 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Barclays,  iShares

WisdomTree’s New Bundle of Joy: An Active Currency ETF

Currency investors got a present today. WisdomTree announced a new currency bundle,  coming near the end of September. According to their website, the new ETF will carry the symbol CEW under the title The Emerging Currency Fund (CEW). To my knowledge, ...

From RAY HENDON, Seeking Alpha,  12 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Barclays

The Birth of a Barclays Currency ETN

I have been following developments in currency exchange traded products for a few years. It is a new field,  (Rydex introduced the first currency ETF in December, 2005), so it lacks a long history of action/reaction that helps analysts put it all ...

From RAY HENDON, Seeking Alpha,  11 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Barclays

Death of a Bond ETF

The announcement came with a press release from the Bear Stearns (BSC) website that tracked their stillborn baby, the Bear Stearns Active ETF Trust—their Current Yield Fund (YYY). Announced on March 10, 2008; it ceases operation on October 1, less than ...

From RAY HENDON, Seeking Alpha,  10 Sep 2008

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