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ETFR: ETF futures: Perfect Hedge or Perfect Flop?

December 2002
ETFR Cover Story

ETF futures: Perfect Hedge or Perfect Flop?

by Elise Coroneos

The month of November saw the launch of ETF futures on both sides of the Atlantic.

Old/new Economies Battle Through ETFs

by Kelly Haughton

The archrivals of exchange-traded funds continue to spar, and the S&P 500 SPDR continues to outpace the QQQ as the year draws to a close.
ETFR Features

A New Breed of ETFs: BLDRS

by Marsha Zapson

The Nasdaq and the Bank of New York, the team that brought QQQ to market, launched a new kind of ETF in mid-November called BLDRS (pronounced 'builders'), which stands for Baskets of Listed Depositary Receipts.

Recasting iShares: A New Play by BGI and FTSE

by Marsha Zapson

When Barclays Global Investors jettisoned its Bloomberg indices in favor of FTSE in mid-November, it became the first investment manager to switch index providers in midstream.