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S&P National Bond Index
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3.00% |
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S&P California Bond Index
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2.96% |
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S&P New York Bond Index
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3.13% |
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S&P National 0-5 Year Municipal Bond Index
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0.70% |
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400.09 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index
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848.03 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (CAD)
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636.26 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR)
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1,701.05 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR) (CAD)
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1,276.26 |
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S&P REIT Index
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174.07 |
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S&P REIT Index (TR)
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425.30 |
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S&P MLP Index
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2,469.58 |
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S&P MLP Index (TR)
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5,428.50 |
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Market Vectors Planning Two International Bond ETFs |
EDTdb.com - Oct. 6, 2010 - by Eric Dutram
Thanks to quantitative easing fears and ongoing concerns over developed market economies, government bond yields have been breaking through all-time lows. Ten year bonds are currently yielding just 2.4% in the U.S. and just 0.84% in Japan, prompting many investors to look beyond traditional sources for fixed income exposure. A number of investors have sought both bonds in developed Asia-Pacific economies as well as emerging market bonds from around the globe as a way to increase current income and avoid sluggish economies with questionable balance sheets.
However, the number of international ETF bond options leaves much to be desired. Currently, there are only four ETFs in both the International Government Bond ETFdb Category and the Emerging Market Bond ETFdb Category. There are only two corporate bond ETFs with an international focus and not a single aggregate bond ETF targeting international markets. Against this backdrop, Van Eck’s recent filing detailing two proposed bond ETFs could have tremendous potential. According to the recent filing, the two proposed funds will trade under the Market Vectors brand and will target two important sectors of the world market: the LatAm Aggregate Bond ETF and the Asia ex-Japan Aggregate Bond ETF [see 2010: Year Of The Bond ETF.]
While the details are currently scarce, some key information is available which should be of interest to investors. Not surprisingly, the two funds will track the total bond market, including both government and corporate bonds in the regions of Latin America and Asia. Both will maintain caps to ensure that no one country dominates the index and will also exclude countries that have explicit capital controls. Although both target the aggregate bond market, the two funds will not invest in floating rate, inflation-linked, amortizing, or callable bonds. Below, we profile some of the more specific details of these novel ETFs from Van Eck:
For the complete article visit ETFdb.com
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