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There's a downside, though: while ETFs can have a smoother price movement than a single stock, it also means that traders either have to take a bigger position or increase the duration of their trades to get those same results, says David Penn for Trading Markets. One solution to the problem for traders is using leveraged ETFs. The same trading strategies apply, but because they maximize movement in the index, the potential for greater returns is more competitive with those of stock trades. Hedgemedia's AltInvestment Global News Round-Up: Federal Reserve recruits BlackRock to manage Bear portfolio Fri, 28 Mar 2008, 07:24 HedgeWeek BlackRock has been tapped by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to help manage the USD30bn portfolio of Bear Stearns, which is being acquired by JPMorgan Chase, now for USD1.2bn. This was a huge vote of confidence for chief executive Lawrence Fink, whose firm already manages USD1.4trn in assets. Oil services sector ETF extends gains to 3-week high with crude spike Thu, 27 Mar 2008, 21:19 Hispanic Business/Thomson Financial The oil services sector rose for a fourth-straight session, boosted by a spike in crude prices over USD107 a barrel. An upgrade of several stocks in the sector by RBC Capital also provided support. The Oil Services Holders ETF (OIH) climbed 1% to $178.24, with all 17 components trading higher, and reached a 3-week high of USD178.85 in intraday trading. Earlier in the session, the sector tracking stock been down as much as 0.6% at an intraday low of USD175.42. The OIH has now gained 8.4% in the past 4 sessions. Promotional feature - Thinking of investing in India? Do it through Mauritius Thu, 20 Mar 2008, 00:05 HedgeWeek Fund Managers, Investment Managers and Law Firms planning to invest in India or already investing on Indian Stock Markets, can route such investment through Mauritius to benefit from the tax unique advantages under the India-Mauritius Double Taxation Agreement (DTA). Promotional feature - Attend the world's largest global alternatives event With over 600 end investors, asset allocators and asset managers guaranteed Thu, 27 Mar 2008, 16:23 HedgeWeek Now in its 14th successful year, the flagship GAIM International is undoubtedly the world's biggest and most senior gathering of alternative investment players - no fewer than 1,200 delegates attended the 2007 event for an incredible week of targeted direct networking, new deals, fresh ideas, and hot-of-the-press learning: hard benefits which last all year. Hadas Indices offers ETF to track Yen and Pound Thu, 27 Mar 2008, 16:05 Globes Online Gaon Investment House subsidiary Hadas Indices Ltd is offering two new ETFs, one which will track the Japanese yen and the other the British pound sterling. The yen ETF will track the shekel-yen representative exchange rate and will pay a weekly LIBOR-yen interest rate less 0.45%. The pound sterling ETF will track the shekel-pound representative exchange rate and pay a three-month LIBOR-pound interest rate less 0.4%. ProShares launches first short and first leveraged telecom ETFs Thu, 27 Mar 2008, 15:49 BusinessWire Telecom stocks make up one of the market's most dynamic and volatile sectors, driven by rapidly changing technologies, the rapid spread of wireless communication and the convergence of communication, the internet and consumer entertainment. Now investors can easily get short or magnified exposure to this sector—and enjoy the benefits of ETF investing—with two new ETFs from ProShares. Telecom stocks make up one of the market's most dynamic and volatile sectors, driven by rapidly changing technologies, the rapid spread of wireless communication and the convergence of communication, the internet and consumer entertainment. Now investors can easily get short or magnified exposure to this sector—and enjoy the benefits of ETF investing—with two new ETFs from ProShares. ProFunds Group, which manages more than 80% of the nation's short and leveraged fund assets, today introduces two new ProShares ETFs: Ultra and UltraShort Telecommunications ProShares, trading on the American Stock Exchange. Two new infrastructure ETFs launched on Xetra Thu, 27 Mar 2008, 15:29 VeriVox Two new Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) have been tradable on the electronic trading platform Xetra since Thursday. The two new index funds were issued by AXA Investment Managers and BNP Paribas under the EasyETF brand, and offer investors targeted participation in the performance of global and European infrastructure companies. EasyETF NMX30 Infrastructure Global (ISIN LU0315440411) tracks the performance of the world s 30 largest liquid companies that provide and operate basic infrastructure such as motorways, port facilities and pipelines. Although pursuing the same investment objective, EasyETF NMX Infrastructure Europe (ISIN LU0315455286) limits its selection to the largest liquid infrastructure stocks with a listing on a European stock exchange. Dow Jones Indexes licenses grains index to Horizon BetaPro Funds Thu, 27 Mar 2008, 15:26 HedgeWeek Dow Jones Indexes, a global index provider, has announced the Dow Jones-AIG Grains sub-Index has been licensed to Horizons BetaPro Funds to underlie two, leveraged commodity ETFs. Deutsche Bank's db x-tracker ETFs raised EUR10bn in 14 months Thu, 27 Mar 2008, 15:24 HedgeWeek Deutsche Bank's ETF platform, has raised more than EUR10bn of assets in record time since launching in January 2007. Deutsche Bank is now the third largest ETF provider in Europe by assets under management, with a market share of more than 10 per cent. Euro money market ETF to launch in Spain Wed, 26 Mar 2008, 22:30 Index Universe An exchange-traded fund that acts as a money market is set to launch in Spain on Thursday. The Lyxor Euro Cash ETF (CSH) already lists on exchanges in France, Germany and Italy. It's designed to track the EuroMTS Eonia Investable Index and is expected to carry an expense ratio of 0.15%. For years, Spain has been the home of high-priced mutual funds, including indexed portfolios carrying hefty loads. 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