Index Universe is an independent information and data website focused on ETFs, indexing and indexes in all their dimensions--index funds as long-term investments, ETFs as trading vehicles, index benchmarks for performance measurement and asset allocation, and index derivatives for hedging and speculation. Coverage is global in scope, and includes domestic and foreign stocks, fixed-income, balanced, hedge fund and commodity benchmarks and index products. IndexUniverse aims to be the most comprehensive resource about indexing for investment professionals, sophisticated individual investors, academia and novices. It's the wide world of indexing... and beyond. http://www.indexuniverse.com Mon, 12 May 2008 02:31:34 -0400 Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management en-gb http://www.indexuniverse.com/sections/breaking-news/10/4098-wisdomtree-growth.html WisdomTree files for the first fundamentally weighted growth funds.

]]> frontpage Fri, 09 May 2008 16:00:21 -0400 http://www.indexuniverse.com/sections/breaking-news/10/4097-etf-fund-flows.html frontpage Fri, 09 May 2008 01:03:56 -0400 http://www.indexuniverse.com/sections/breaking-news/10/4093-platinum-etf-friday.html At long last, it looks like U.S. investors are going to have access to platinum via an exchange-traded product.

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]]> frontpage Fri, 09 May 2008 21:47:47 -0400 http://www.indexuniverse.com/sections/features/12/4091-etf-watch-april-25-may-6.html Inverse bond ETFs from ProShares, more long and short commodity ETNs and Direxion files for 36 triple-long and triple-short ETFs.

]]> frontpage Wed, 07 May 2008 18:56:02 -0400 http://www.indexuniverse.com/sections/features/12/4087-an-overview-of-european-commodity-etfs-and-etcs.html Europe leads the U.S. in innovation for commodity funds, and Amery reviews the leading products in Europe.

]]> frontpage Tue, 06 May 2008 20:37:21 -0400 http://www.indexuniverse.com/sections/research/11/4083-do-active-mutual-funds-shine-in-down-markets.html Some simple arithmetic reveals whether active investing works better than owning the entire market with the lowest cost.

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