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NEW LISTINGS

Deutsche Bank Adds More Long, Short Commodities ETNs

Deutsche Bank has launched four broad-based commodities ETNs, adding to a rapidly growing lineup that already includes short and long ETNs covering gold and agriculture.

The new notes are linked to the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index and Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index - Optimum Yield and include the DB Commodity Double Short ETN (NYSE Arca: DEE), the DB Commodity Double Long ETN (NYSE Arca: DYY), the DB Commodity Short ETN (NYSE Arca: DDP), and the DB Commodity Long ETN (NYSE Arca: DPU).

As their names implies, the DB commodity double short ETNs deliver two times the monthly inverse performance of the benchmark Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index, while the DB commodity double long ETNs deliver two times the positive monthly performance of the index. The funds’ cash holdings track a monthly Treasury bill index, which will be included in their returns.

Each of the four ETNs is senior unsecured obligations of Deutsche Bank. The ETNs charge a 0.75% expense ratio.

View the prospectus for the four ETNs here.

ProShares Rolls Out Inverse Bond ETF

ProShares Advisors became the first ETF provider to launch an inverse bond exchange-traded fund this week with the launch of the ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury ETF (AMEX: PST) and the ProShares UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury ETF (AMEX: TBT).

Both are designed to deliver twice the inverse of the daily performance of their underlying index. For example, if the Lehman Brothers 7-10 Year U.S. Treasury Index declined by 1% in a day, the UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury ProShares should appreciate by 2%, and if the benchmark rose by 1%, the ETF should decline by 2%, before fees and expenses.

With bond funds, of course, the interest earned on cash and financial instruments also figures to contribute to overall performance results.

The funds each charge expense ratios of 0.95%.

View the prospectus for the four ETNs here.

NEW FILINGS

Direxion Looks To Be A Triple Threat

Direxion Funds is looking to enter the ETF industry with a boom. The firm has filed with the SEC to create 36 new leveraged and inverse ETFs. Sounds like ProShares, right? Well, kind of, except the 18 “Bull” funds will attempt to capture THREE times the daily return of their underlying indexes, while the 18 “Bear” funds will attempt to capture THREE times the inverse of the daily return of their underlying indexes. By contrast, the popular ProShares ETFs aim to deliver just 2X the performance.

The filing covers Bull and Bear ETFs for each of the following indexes: the MSCI Broad Market Index, S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P MidCap 400 Index, Russell 2000 Index, Nikkei 225 Index, MSCI EAFE, MSCI Emerging Markets Index, S&P BRIC 40 Index, FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index, Indus India Index (which underlies the new PowerShares India Portfolio), S&P Latin America Index, MSCI Commodity-Related Equity Index (which covers stocks in commodity-related industries, Energy Select Sector Index, Financial Select Sector Index, Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index, and S&P U.S. Homebuilding Select Industry Index.

View the prospectus here.

WisdomTree Files for New International ETFs

A recent filing by WisdomTree shows the firm planning six new ETFs covering a variety of asset classes.

Two of the proposed funds will have a growth focus; they include the WisdomTree LargeCap Growth Fund and the WisdomTree International LargeCap Growth Fund. The decision to launch growth funds is interesting given that WisdomTree’s dividend-weighted indexes tend to have a value tilt. Component companies in each fund’s underlying index are selected based on four growth metrics: annual earnings per share growth, annual sales per share growth, annual book value per share growth and annual stock price growth. The domestic growth fund will be weighted by earnings, while the dividend-weighted international growth fund will cover non-U.S. emerging and developed markets.

Another proposed fund, the WisdomTree Middle East Dividend Fund, could be the first to focus on the region, depending on when it is launched. (PowerShares has a fund covering Africa and the Middle East currently in registration.) The countries to be covered by the fund include Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

The filing also includes three “global” funds: the WisdomTree Global Dividend Fund, the WisdomTree Global SmallCap Dividend Fund and the WisdomTree Global Equity Income Fund. WisdomTree’s global region includes the U.S. and another 22 developed and 19 emerging markets. The global small-cap fund tracks an index covering the smallest 5% of the WisdomTree Global Dividend Index, and the global equity income fund tracks an index that includes the top 30% of the WisdomTree Global Dividend Index in terms of dividend yield.

Read the prospectus here

Note: These numbers refer only to U.S. ETFs and ETNs. Data as of April May 2, 2008, from the American Stock Exchange, unless otherwise noted.

Pure Numbers
Total number of ETFs listed in the U.S.: 675
Total number of ETNs listed in the U.S.: 63
Total ETF assets: $610 billion
Total number of ETFs and ETNs in registration: 471

ETFs Filed – By Fund Company

There are currently approximately 431 ETFs and ETNs with prospectuses filed at the SEC.

You can click on any fund and link directly to the prospectus.