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ETF Tracking Spinoffs Routinely Beats S&P500

December 14, 2009

The Claymore/Beacon Spinoff ETF (CSD) seeks to replicate an index called the Beacon Spin-off Index, which is comprised of roughly 40 companies that have been spun-off within the past two years.  The ETF is rebalanced twice per year. For varying reasons, spin-offs tend to outperform their former parent companies and the market as a whole.  […]

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18 ETFs up over 100% This Year

December 3, 2009

With US equities up over 60% from their lows in March 2009, there are several ETFs out there that have more than doubled those returns.  Of course, leveraged ETFs performed in stellar fashion during this period due to an unprecedented upward bias with very little downward volatility (see how leveraged ETFs can lose 90% even […]

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