The German stock exchange reports a dramatic fall in turnover in January 2009, compared to January 2008.  Its XLM liquidity measure still rates the db x-trackers EONIA ETF as the most liquid exchange-traded fund.

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SPA ETF Europe, manager of the Marketgrader equity ETFs, which use quantitative models to select constituent stocks, has launched a new website.

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ETF Securities' weekly press release builds on the themes of recent weeks - strong inflows into exchange-traded commodities - and mentions the rises in the Baltic Dry shipping index, something that has helped boost commodity prices and commodity-related equities.

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Izabella Kaminska of the FT Alphaville team blogs on the same subject, producing some interesting charts.

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Ingo Narat of Handelsblatt writes about the rising popularity of ETFs from a German perspective, focussing on the likely growth in private client demand, and the probable further compression in fund management fees.

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