Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Focus - Leading and Lagging Sectors (Schaeffers Research)

Barclays files first broad commodity-index ETF (CBS Market Watch)
BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Barclays Global Investors has filed an initial registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a long-awaited exchange-traded fund tied to a broad index of commodities.

ETF Based on Mergent Dividend Achievers 50(TM) Index Scores High Against Competitor ETF (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio, a dividend-focused ETF based on Mergent's Dividend Achievers 50 Index, offers superior risk-adjusted returns compared with a competing ETF, the iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend® Index Fund, a new Wall Street study shows.

Jury's helps keep ISEQ in the black (Sunday Business Post)
The ISEQ edged higher in trading today, with Jury's Doyle Group shares the star performer as the index closed at 6,770.12, up 0-73. Shares in Jury's surged 70c to €16.30 as the group considers a new €1.1bn takeover offer from a consortium of businessmen trying to buy the hotel group.

ETF start-up firm beefs up staff, sells more stock (CBS Market Watch)
BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- A relatively new entry to the exchange-traded fund business is ramping up its executive team and funding in a bid to challenge established rivals in the burgeoning industry.

Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Focus - Leading and Lagging Sectors (Schaeffers Research)
This weekly column of SchaeffersResearch.com highlights some of the tools available in our new ETF center...( Read More )