
Index to Exchange Traded Funds of Interest
PID dumps NTE
Calculate ETF accounting
SKF is Ultra Short Financial
SDS is Ultra Short S&P500
SRS is Ultra Short the Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index
BXM is buy the S&P 500 and Write the calls against it, MBS is Morgan Stanley's same thing
XHB is Long the US Real Estate market
TWM is 2x short IWM
IWM is iShares in the Russell 2000
UPW-Long Utilities 2X
SDP- Short Utilities 2X
REW-Short Tech 2X
ROM-Long Tech 2X
USD-Long Semi 2X
SSG-Short Semi 2X
DIG-Long Oil and Gas industry 2X
DUG-Short Oil and Gas industry 2X
SRS-Short Real Estate 2X
URE-Long Real Estate 2X
SIJ-Short Industrials 2X
UXI-Long Industrials 2X
RXD-Short healthcare 2X
RXL- Long Healthcare 2X
SKF-Short Financial 2X
UYG-Long Financial 2X
SCC-Short Consumer Service 2X
UCC-Long Consumer Service 2X
SZK-Short Consumer Goods 2X
UGE-Long Consumer Goods 2X
SMN-Short Basic Material 2X
UYM-Long Basic Material 2X
Tracking errors article: http://seekingalpha.com/article/36875-tracking-error-in-exchange-traded-funds
Bond funds:
EFT is Eton Vance Floating rate Income Trust
EFR is Eton Vance Senior Floating rate Income Trust
PFN is Pimco Floating Rate Strategy fund 11.33% on Feb 8, 2008
PFL is Pimco Floating Rate Income fund 10.63% on Feb 8, 2008
Terms:
BDC Business Development Corporation
PID is dividend paying stocks worldwide.
Major foreign holders of US Debt: http://www.treas.gov/tic/mfh.txt
Active Fund Managers Lose $12 Billion in Potential Management Fees a Year in US as Investors Move $1 Trillion
to Index-based Investment Products Index Providers' Revenue to Top $1 Billion a Year in 2009, Climbing at a 22%
CAGR 70% of all Pension Plans, Representing $40 Trillion, Forecast to Use Customized Benchmarks by 2009,
Says TABB Group 9:29 AM, January 23, 2008 | Source: Business Wire | Relevance: 43.987% Active Fund
Managers Lose $12 Billion in Potential Management Fees a Year in US as Investors Move $1 Trillion to
Index-based Investment Products Index Providers' Revenue to Top $1 Billion a Year in 2009, Climbing at a 22%
CAGR 70% of all Pension Plans, Representing $40 Trillion, Forecast to Use Customized Benchmarks by 2009,
Says TABB Group
AES preferred C
Leucadia National Corporation
adcheck out the following comment about ETFs which are forced to act in a mechanical manner in buying or
selling stocks. He cited PVD and I looked up the chart:
Performance of BXM versus SPY:
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