these PTF are ones to watch. possibly one day no more indivdual trading. all in one like etf.

http://www.investorshub.com/boards/quotes.asp?ticker=ptf

October 19, 2006 - 11:06 AM EST
NASDAQ to Transfer Sponsorship of ETFs to PowerShares
Media Conference Call Will Be Held Today at 1 P.M. Eastern Time
PowerShares Capital Management LLC, a leading provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and Nasdaq Global Funds, Inc., a subsidiary of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., announced an agreement to transfer sponsorship of the NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking Stock® (NASDAQ: QQQQ), also known as QQQ®, the NASDAQ-100 European Tracker® (EQQQ), and the 4 BLDRS Index Funds Trust(SM) (NASDAQ: ADRE) (NASDAQ: ADRD) (NASDAQ: ADRU) (NASDAQ: ADRA). Pending Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other regulatory approvals, sponsorships of the funds will be conveyed to PowerShares. PowerShares does not plan to make any changes to the total expense ratios of the funds and the ticker symbols are expected to remain the same.

hi cb, analyst, all the ones i did in the ibox to click to go to wrong pg.

looks like they work now.

wonder what i did wrong?

seeing that the click to work...etf's



PSP
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/quotes.asp?ticker=PSP

PUW,
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/quotes.asp?ticker=PUW

PZD,
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/quotes.asp?ticker=PZD

PIQ,
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/quotes.asp?ticker=PIQ

PJB,
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/quotes.asp?ticker=PJB

PTJ,
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/quotes.asp?ticker=PTJ

PYZ,
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/quotes.asp?ticker=PYZ

PEZ,
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/quotes.asp?ticker=PEZ

PSL,
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/quotes.asp?ticker=PSL

PXI,
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/quotes.asp?ticker=PXI

PFI,
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/quotes.asp?ticker=PFI

PRN,
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/quotes.asp?ticker=PRN

PTH,
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/quotes.asp?ticker=PTH

PTF
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/quotes.asp?ticker=PTF

QQQQ,
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/quotes.asp?ticker=QQQQ

EQQQ, NOT SURE OF THE SYMBOL

AVZ,
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/quotes.asp?ticker=AVZ

ADRE,
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/quotes.asp?ticker=ADRE
ADRD,

ADRU,
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/quotes.asp?ticker=ADRU

ADRA,
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/quotes.asp?ticker=ADRA

THIS 101 TEACHING ABOUT ETF'S AND NAKED SHORTING...
From Atag:This Link Is Good For 101 Trading.[Naked Shorting]
http://www.businessjive.com/nss/darkside.html

we show these...

PIQ - PowerShares Dynamic MagniQuant Portfolio

Industry
PJB - PowerShares Dynamic Banking Portfolio
PTJ - PowerShares Dynamic Healthcare Services Portfolio

Sector
PYZ - PowerShares Dynamic Basic Materials Sector Portfolio
PEZ - PowerShares Dynamic Consumer Discretionary Sector Portfolio
PSL - PowerShares Dynamic Consumer Staples Sector Portfolio
PXI - PowerShares Dynamic Energy Sector Portfolio
PFI - PowerShares Dynamic Financial Sector Portfolio
PRN - PowerShares Dynamic Industrials Sector Portfolio
PTH - PowerShares Dynamic Healthcare Sector Portfolio
PTF - PowerShares Dynamic Technology Sector Portfolio

hi to all and good evening...etf's??? anyone got some to share with us?

here is the conversing,,,THIS 101 TEACHING ABOUT ETF'S AND NAKED SHORTING...
From Atag:This Link Is Good For 101 Trading.[Naked Shorting]
http://www.businessjive.com/nss/darkside.html

wooow, this is getting very interesting for ETF'S.

worth a repeat...for us


How ETFs work?
by ETFZone staff

ETFs are securities certificates that state legal right of ownership over part of a basket of individual stock certificates. Several different kinds of financial firms are needed for ETFs to come into being, trade at prices that closely match their underlying assets, and unwind when investors no longer want them. Laying all the groundwork is the fund manager. This is the main backer behind any ETF, and they must submit a detailed plan for how the ETF will operate to be given permission by the SEC to proceed.

In theory all that a fund manager needs to do is establish clear procedures and describe precisely the composition of the ETF (which changes infrequently) to the other firms involved in ETF creation and redemption. In practice, however, only the very biggest institutional money management firms with experience in indexing tend to play this role, such as The Vanguard Group and Barclays Global Investors. They direct pension funds with enormous baskets of stocks in markets all over the world to loan stocks necessary for the creation process. They also create demand by lining up customers, either institutional or retail, to buy a newly introduced ETF.

The creation of an ETF officially begins with an authorized participant, also referred to as a market maker or specialist. Highly scrutinized for their integrity and operational competence, these middlemen assemble the appropriate basket of stocks and send them to a specially designated custodial bank for safekeeping. These baskets are normally quite large, sufficient to purchase 10,000 to 50,000 shares of the ETF in question. The custodial bank doublechecks that the basket represents the requested ETF and forwards the ETF shares on to the authorized participant. This is a so-called in-kind trade of essentially equivalent items that does not trigger capital gains for investors.

The custodial bank holds the basket of stocks in the fund's account for the fund manager to monitor. There isn't too much activity in these accounts, but some cash comes into them for dividends and there are a variety of oversight tasks to perform. Some managers have leeway to use derivatives to track an index.

This flow of individual stocks and ETF certificates goes through the Depository Trust Clearing Corp., the same US government agency that records individual stock sales and keeps the official record of these transactions. It records ETF transfer of title just like any stock. It provides an extra layer of assurance against fraud.

Once the authorized participant obtains the ETF from the custodial bank, it is free to sell it into the open market. From then on ETF shares are sold and resold freely among investors on the open market.

Redemption is simply the reverse. An authorized participant buys a large block of ETFs on the open market and sends it to the custodial bank and in return receives back an equivalent basket of individual stocks which are then sold on the open market or typically returned to their loanees.

What motivates each player? The fund manager takes a small portion of the fund's annual assets as their fee, clearly stated in the prospectus available to all investors. The investors who loan stocks to make up a basket make a small interest fee for the favor. The custodial bank makes a small portion of assets likewise, usually paid for by the fund manager out of management fees. The authorized participant is primarily driven by profits from the difference in price between the basket of stocks and the ETF and on part of the bid-ask spread of the ETF itself. Whenever there is an opportunity to earn a little by buying one and selling the other, the authorized participant will jump in.

The process might seem cumbersome but it does allow for transparency and liquidity at modest cost. Everyone can see what goes into an ETF, investor fees are clearly laid out, investors can be confident that they can exit at any time, and even the authorized participant's fees are guaranteed to be modest. If one allows ETF prices to deviate from the underlying net asset value of the component stocks, another can step in and take profit on the difference, so their competition tends to keep ETF prices very close to it underlying Net Asset Value (value of component stocks).


#msg-14418869

hi cb, nice scenario how this works. i have in the ibox a click for 101 on ETF'S and naked shorts.

#msg-14418869

Frequently Asked Questions about ETFs
by ETFZone staff

Q: Where and how do I buy them?
Buy them as you would any stock, at any brokerage firm.

Q: Why would I buy an ETF when I can get an index mutual fund without a broker?

You can certainly buy a mutual fund directly from a fund group at no "load" or sales charge. Annual management fees will typically be higher with a traditional mutual fund and you can only buy or sell at the closing price at the end of the day.

Q: Why would I try to match the market with an index fund when I can beat it with an outperforming mutual fund?

First of all, the question presupposes that a mutual fund that has outperformed a market in the past will continue to do so in the future. Numerous studies by unbiased university researchers have shown clearly that mutual funds with leading performance records are just as likely to underperform than outperform the market several years into the future. Many investors have concluded that they are better off not taking the risk and instead remain happy with guaranteed average market returns of an index fund. Second, actively managed funds inevitably have higher annual management fees and have a worse capital gains tax profile.

Q: Are there any Dow Jones Industrials or S & P 500 ETFs?

Yes, there are numerous funds that track these and other popular indexes. Remember that Dow Jones and Standard & Poor's maintain their respective indexes, and that fund groups license the indexes so that more than one fund can end up tracking an index.

Q: Are ETFs guaranteed or insured?

There seems to be little risk of abuse of the ETF structure as an investment vehicle. In the US the Securities Exchange Commission thoroughly examines any application to create an ETF, and only large and closely watched firms are allowed in on the creation and redemption process of an ETF certificate. Finally, the same government agency (the Depository Trust Clearing Corporation) that ensures that individual stock certificates end up in the right investor's hands after a trade also ensures the ETF certificates are assigned correctly in a trade. In a decade of trading billions of dollars worth of ETFs, to our knowledge no US investor has ever lost money from fraudulent ETFs.

The risk of the underlying asset is quite another matter. Each asset class must be examined separately, and risk profiles of assets may change over time. Stocks are clearly risky, and ones in technology or emerging markets particularly so. Long-term bonds and real estate are also risky in their own way. Short-term investment grade bonds, however, have generally proven quite safe.

Q: Are ETFs only for stocks?

By no means. Any class of asset that has a published index around it and is liquid can be made into an ETF. Bonds, real estate are available now, and and gold ETFs are due in late 2003.

Q: Are there international ETFs?

There are many, including regional funds such as European or Pacific Rim funds, as well as individual country funds in relatively well-developed economies. In each of these countries there is an established index of reasonably large and liquid stocks that allows this to happen. As developing nations stabilize their stock markets, they will no doubt adopt ETFs.

Q: Do any ETFs try to beat the market?

Eventually there should be actively managed ETFs, but operationally it is much more difficult to manage. Applications to the SEC for such funds have been made but to date have not been successful. The problem is that an ETF is easier to create and redeem when all players in the process know exactly what basket of stocks will go into it. By its very nature, an actively managed fund must be secretive, because to reveal to the world what a stock fund is buying at the moment exposes it to parasitical traders who can jump in first and resell the stock to the eager fund. Various schemes have been proposed to circumvent these and other problems.

Q: Can non-US citizens own them?

ETFs are available in most developed nations. In the US, anyone who can open a brokerage account and buy stocks will be able to buy ETFs.

Q: Is it possible ETFs are just a fad?

This is not likely. As of July 2003 ETF assets in the US topped $155 Billion and are still growing in double digits, far faster than traditional mutual funds.

Why Exchange Traded Funds?
by ETFZone staff

Exchange-Traded Funds, or ETFs, are index funds that trade just like stocks on major stock exchanges. Want to invest in the market quickly and cheaply? ETFs are the most practical vehicle. They help the investor focus on what is most important, choice of asset classes.

All the major stock indexes have ETFs based on them, including:

Dow Jones Industrial Average
Standard & Poor's 500 Index
Nasdaq Composite
There are ETFs for large US companies, small ones, real estate investment trusts, international stocks, bonds, and even gold. Pick an asset class that is publicly available and there is a good bet that it is represented by an ETF or will be soon.

ETFs differ fundamentally from traditional mutual funds, which do not trade midday. Traditional mutual funds take orders during Wall Street trading hours, but the transactions actually occur at the close of the market. The price they receive is the sum of the closing day prices of all the stocks contained in the fund. Not so for ETFs, which trade instantaneously all day long and allow an investor to lock in a price for the underlying stocks immediately.

ETFs are economical to buy and especially to maintain over the long-run, making them especially attractive for the typical buy-and-hold investor. Annual fees are as low as .09% of assets, which is breathtakingly low compared to the average mutual fund fees of 1.4%. Although investors must pay a brokerage transaction to purchase them, with discount brokers this becomes negligible with sizable trades. There are a few easy-to-avoid pitfalls to watch out for. Tax effects are also not to be ignored, and ETFs perform well after-tax. They can be margined, and options based on them allow for various defensive (or speculative) investing strategies.

Their safety as a securities instrument (considered separately from the safety of any particular asset class they might represent) is considered the same as stock certificates themselves. Internally, ETFs are far more complex entities than mutual funds. A fascinating combination of players, including brokers, money managers and market specialists combine to make them run smoothly. Legally, ETFs are a class of mutual fund as they fall under many of the same Securities Exchange Commission rules that traditional mutual funds do. But their different structure means that the SEC has imposed different requirements from traditional mutual funds in how they are bought and sold.

ETFs are index funds at heart, so investors are encouraged to study the philosophy of index investing which downplays stock picking in favor of buying the market. But unlike most traditional index funds, investors need not take a passive, buy-and-hold approach. ETFs are also becoming favorites of hedge funds and day traders who like to pull the trigger frequently. Both types of investors may coexist and in fact strengthen each other by lowering overall transaction costs

How ETFs work?
by ETFZone staff

ETFs are securities certificates that state legal right of ownership over part of a basket of individual stock certificates. Several different kinds of financial firms are needed for ETFs to come into being, trade at prices that closely match their underlying assets, and unwind when investors no longer want them. Laying all the groundwork is the fund manager. This is the main backer behind any ETF, and they must submit a detailed plan for how the ETF will operate to be given permission by the SEC to proceed.

In theory all that a fund manager needs to do is establish clear procedures and describe precisely the composition of the ETF (which changes infrequently) to the other firms involved in ETF creation and redemption. In practice, however, only the very biggest institutional money management firms with experience in indexing tend to play this role, such as The Vanguard Group and Barclays Global Investors. They direct pension funds with enormous baskets of stocks in markets all over the world to loan stocks necessary for the creation process. They also create demand by lining up customers, either institutional or retail, to buy a newly introduced ETF.

The creation of an ETF officially begins with an authorized participant, also referred to as a market maker or specialist. Highly scrutinized for their integrity and operational competence, these middlemen assemble the appropriate basket of stocks and send them to a specially designated custodial bank for safekeeping. These baskets are normally quite large, sufficient to purchase 10,000 to 50,000 shares of the ETF in question. The custodial bank doublechecks that the basket represents the requested ETF and forwards the ETF shares on to the authorized participant. This is a so-called in-kind trade of essentially equivalent items that does not trigger capital gains for investors.

The custodial bank holds the basket of stocks in the fund's account for the fund manager to monitor. There isn't too much activity in these accounts, but some cash comes into them for dividends and there are a variety of oversight tasks to perform. Some managers have leeway to use derivatives to track an index.

This flow of individual stocks and ETF certificates goes through the Depository Trust Clearing Corp., the same US government agency that records individual stock sales and keeps the official record of these transactions. It records ETF transfer of title just like any stock. It provides an extra layer of assurance against fraud.

Once the authorized participant obtains the ETF from the custodial bank, it is free to sell it into the open market. From then on ETF shares are sold and resold freely among investors on the open market.

Redemption is simply the reverse. An authorized participant buys a large block of ETFs on the open market and sends it to the custodial bank and in return receives back an equivalent basket of individual stocks which are then sold on the open market or typically returned to their loanees.

What motivates each player? The fund manager takes a small portion of the fund's annual assets as their fee, clearly stated in the prospectus available to all investors. The investors who loan stocks to make up a basket make a small interest fee for the favor. The custodial bank makes a small portion of assets likewise, usually paid for by the fund manager out of management fees. The authorized participant is primarily driven by profits from the difference in price between the basket of stocks and the ETF and on part of the bid-ask spread of the ETF itself. Whenever there is an opportunity to earn a little by buying one and selling the other, the authorized participant will jump in.

The process might seem cumbersome but it does allow for transparency and liquidity at modest cost. Everyone can see what goes into an ETF, investor fees are clearly laid out, investors can be confident that they can exit at any time, and even the authorized participant's fees are guaranteed to be modest. If one allows ETF prices to deviate from the underlying net asset value of the component stocks, another can step in and take profit on the difference, so their competition tends to keep ETF prices very close to it underlying Net Asset Value (value of component stocks).

a working of what is to show here for all of us. 10/30/2006

DBC
DBV
PBE
PBJ
PBS
PBW
PEJ
PEY
PEZ
PFI
PFM
PGJ
PHJ
PHO
PHW
PIC
PID
PIQ
PIV
PJB
PJP
PKB
PMR
PPA
PRF
PRFE
PRFF
PRFG
PRFH
PRFM
PRFN
PRFQ
PRFS
PRFU
PRFZ
PRN
PSI
PSJ
PSL
PTE
PTF
PTH
PTJ
PUI
PW.V
PWB
PWC
PWJ
PWO
PWP
PWT
PWY
PXE
PXI
PXJ
PXN
PXQ
PYZ
PZI
PZJ

me again, thank you for placing these reits and trust funds.

this azl is pretty good. alice spotted this in june of this yr.

i didn't think working with these would be so much fun.

at yahoo they change right on the port listing.

i didn't do these from PTF yet. the energy one looks one to watch...

PXI 3:38PM ET 27.05 0.68 2.45% 2,100

these quote pps below are pretty recently today.

VOX 4:00PM ET 71.24 0.65 0.90% 21,200

VNQ 3:59PM ET 76.21 0.43 0.57% 43,700

VNO 4:00PM ET 118.00 0.99 0.84% 932,000

IXP 3:59PM ET 60.94 0.37 0.60% 48,900

TTH 4:00PM ET 34.31 0.44 1.27% 192,600

SPG 4:00PM ET 96.93 0.12 0.12% 727,300

MSCIX Oct 27 9.80 0.12 1.21% N/A

IYR 3:59PM ET 81.98 0.51 0.63% 1,521,700

ICF 3:59PM ET 97.67 0.40 0.41% 143,300

EOP 3:59PM ET 42.20 0.12 0.29% 1,170,400

great work mick...

AZL 3:42PM ET 7.75 0.59 8.24% 23,000

i sorted again and added azl...

symbols for these REITS AND FUNDS...10/30/06

some ideas from CB...

symbols,

ICF

VNQ

IYR

SPG

EOP

VNO

TTH

T

VZ

IXP

VOX

VOD

MSCIx

recap: for reits, etc., o.k. i see them here for us.

#msg-14319062

Over 6 Months, REITs, Telecom ETFs Hold Up
Wednesday October 25, 7:00 pm ET
Donald H. Gold


While exchange traded funds are an easy way to buy into some complex markets -- energy, biotechs, a booming foreign economy -- they also offer something more: information.
A look at the top-performing ETFs over the last six months will help reveal the market's hottest sectors.

Be ready for a few surprises.

For instance, despite all the talk of a tumbling property market, real estate investment trusts, or REITs, make up four of the top 10 ETFs.

They are iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors (AMEX:ICF - News), Vanguard REIT Index ETF (AMEX:VNQ - News), streetTracks Wilshire REIT (AMEX:RWR - News) and iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate (AMEX:IYR - News).

How did REITs, and REIT ETFs, dodge the housing market's slippage?

Residential and commercial property markets are two separate animals, experts say. And while the residential market has faltered, commercial values have held up, vacancies are low and tenants are paying their rent.

Commercial Property

These four successful ETFs all held shares of some very successful commercial REITs, including Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG - News), Equity Office Properties Trust (NYSE:EOP - News), Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO - News) and General Growth Properties (NYSE:GGP - News).

Three names in the top 10 come from the telecom industry, including the No. 1 six-month winner, Telecom Holdrs (AMEX:TTH - News), with a 20.1% gain for the period. Telecom Holdrs is a big-cap value fund. More than half the fund's assets are in two stocks: AT&T (NYSE:T - News) and Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ - News).

AT&T is a member of the IBD Big Cap 20. But Verizon is not a CAN SLIM candidate. Its earnings have declined in eight of the last 12 quarters. Still, the stock has been rising modestly the last few months.

Ma Bell

Two other telecom ETFs popped up on the list: iShares S&P Global Telecommunications (AMEX:IXP - News) and Vanguard Telecom Services ETF (AMEX:VOX - News).

All three are big holders of AT&T, although iShares S&P Global devotes only 11% of its assets to it, and Vanguard Telecom 17%.

IShares S&P Global Telecom may be a riskier play since foreign telecom shares swing more widely than their U.S. counterparts.

Vodafone (NYSE:VOD - News), the U.K.-based megacap stock, accounts for 10% of this ETF's assets.

It may be less volatile than some. But it's been trending lower for about a year.

Here's another surprise: iShares MSCI Mexico Index gained 18.5% in the last six months.

That's a real comeback after its 33% plunge from March through July, which includes almost all of this measuring period.

From that July 23 bottom, this fund soared 54%. Thank the recent elections, where conservative Felipe Calderon defeated leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

i'm trying to see if i did the symbols for these funds and REITS.

alice owns several reits and energy mining funds.

recap : PTF


NASDAQ to Transfer Sponsorship of ETFs to PowerShares
Media Conference Call Will Be Held Today at 1 P.M. Eastern Time
PowerShares Capital Management LLC, a leading provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and Nasdaq Global Funds, Inc., a subsidiary of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., announced an agreement to transfer sponsorship of the NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking Stock® (NASDAQ: QQQQ), also known as QQQ®, the NASDAQ-100 European Tracker® (EQQQ), and the 4 BLDRS Index Funds Trust(SM) (NASDAQ: ADRE) (NASDAQ: ADRD) (NASDAQ: ADRU) (NASDAQ: ADRA). Pending Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other regulatory approvals, sponsorships of the funds will be conveyed to PowerShares. PowerShares does not plan to make any changes to the total expense ratios of the funds and the ticker symbols are expected to remain the same.

PowerShares Capital Management, an AMVESCAP PLC company (NYSE: AVZ), is one of the most innovative ETF companies in the marketplace today, and is the second largest issuer of ETFs in the United States. The transaction significantly expands the distribution channels for the funds and will bring greater investor education and access to these innovative products.

PowerShares seeks to provide Intelligent Indexes, Intelligent Exposure and Intelligent Access for investors. "The QQQ fits very well in the PowerShares family of funds because the NASDAQ like PowerShares is synonymous with leadership, innovation and creativity. We are extremely pleased to expand our existing strategic relationship with The NASDAQ Stock Market," said Bruce Bond, President of PowerShares Capital Management. "Being the most heavily traded exchange traded fund in the world, QQQ provides shareholders with unprecedented diversified access to NASDAQ companies, some of which are among the most compelling investment opportunities available on an exchange today."

"PowerShares has a strong track record of providing compelling portfolios and investment tools for advisers and investors," said John Jacobs, CEO of NASDAQ Global Funds. "The addition of these successful investment products to PowerShares' family of exchange traded funds (ETFs) underscores their commitment to sound portfolio construction and investment management approaches. This decision is another important step to elevate NASDAQ's growing and significant leadership in the equification of America."

NASDAQ is an influential and innovative force in the financial products industry. It will maintain its position as a world-class indexer by developing new indexes of its own and with other partners. NASDAQ is home to some of the world's most closely watched indexes including the NASDAQ-100 Index, the NASDAQ Clean Edge U.S. Index, and the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index. In addition to pursuing listings of ETFs and other structured products, NASDAQ will continue to develop ETFs and other financial products that are based on NASDAQ and other indexes.

Designed to follow the NASDAQ-100 Index, QQQQ tracks one-hundred of the largest non-financial companies listed on NASDAQ. It is the most actively traded ETF in the world with 107.9 million average shares traded daily as of September 30, 2006 (1).

BLDRS is a series of ETFs based on The Bank of New York ADR Indexes(SM). A real-time index tracking U.S. traded depositary receipts, the BLDRS Fund Family includes two market index funds and two regional index funds. Each BLDR represents an entire portfolio of international equities and has the benefit of low cost, transparent investing, liquidity, diversity, and The Bank of New York's expertise as a world leader in depositary receipt programs.

The NASDAQ-100 European Tracker is a European version of QQQ. It is available to investors in Belgium, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland and the UK. European investors can buy the NASDAQ-100 European Tracker in their time zones and currencies. This product cannot be bought or sold in the U.S.

NASDAQ's agreement to transfer sponsorships of QQQ and the BLDRS Index Funds to PowerShares requires approval from the SEC. The transfer of the NASDAQ-100 European Tracker will be a separate transaction that must first be approved by the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority. Both transactions are expected to be completed by June 30, 2007.

ETFs are investment products that hold a pool of securities and are designed to generally correspond with a specific Index. Investors can buy and sell ETFs just like stock, through their broker in most cases, throughout the trading day.

Media Conference Call

PowerShares and NASDAQ will hold a press conference on this development via telephone today at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. Bruce Bond, John Jacobs and NASDAQ executive vice president Bruce Aust will be available for questions from the media following prepared remarks at the following telephone numbers:

Telephone: 888-810-3953 (U.S.)
1-210-234-0060 (International)
Leader: Bethany Sherman
Password: 8034027

About NASDAQ

NASDAQ® is the largest electronic screen-based equity securities market in the United States. With approximately 3,200 companies, it lists more companies and, on average, trades more shares per day than any other U.S. market. It is home to category-defining companies that are leaders across all areas of business including technology, retail, communications, financial services, transportation, media and biotechnology industries. For more information about NASDAQ, visit the NASDAQ Web site at www.nasdaq.com or the NASDAQ Newsroom at www.nasdaq.com/newsroom/.

About PowerShares Capital Management LLC

PowerShares Capital Management LLC is passionate about its goal of efficiently delivering the highest quality institutional investment management services available. PowerShares is "Leading the Intelligent ETF Revolution," providing investment advisors with institutional caliber asset management that seeks to replicate enhanced indexes in one of the more benefit rich investment vehicles available in the marketplace today, the exchange-traded fund. The firm is committed to theoretically sound portfolio construction and empirically verifiable investment management approaches. PowerShares' asset management philosophy and investment discipline are deeply rooted in the application of intuitive factor analysis and model implementation to enhance investment decisions.

About AMVESCAP

PowerShares Capital Management is a subsidiary of AMVESCAP PLC, a leading independent global investment manager, dedicated to helping people worldwide build their financial security. AMVESCAP had approximately $441 billion in assets under management as of Sept. 30, 2006, and is listed on the London, New York and Toronto stock exchanges with the symbol "AVZ." Additional information is available at www.amvescap.com.

(1) Source: Bloomberg and FactSet Research Systems

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

The matters described herein contain forward-looking statements that are made under the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements about NASDAQ's agreement to convey sponsorships of QQQ, EQQQ and the BLDRS Index Funds to PowerShares, as well as about future strategic plans of NASDAQ Global Funds. We caution that these statements are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other factors beyond NASDAQ's control. These factors include, but are not limited to factors detailed in NASDAQ's annual report on Form 10-K, and periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to release any revisions to any forward-looking statements.

An investor should consider investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. To obtain a prospectus, which contains this and other information about QQQ, a unit investment trust, please call 888-627-3837. Read the prospectus carefully before investing.

ALPS Distributors, Inc., a registered broker-dealer, is distributor for QQQ.




Source: Market Wire (October 19, 2006 - 11:06 AM EST)

News by QuoteMedia
www.quotemedia.com

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PowerShares Dynamic Technology Sector Portfolio News and Filings As of 10/30/2006 3:26 PM


Thu, Oct 19, 2006

12:06 PM NASDAQ to Transfer Sponsorship of ETFs to PowerShares - Market Wire

Wed, Oct 18, 2006

6:53 PM PowerShares to Launch Three ETFs, Including the Industry's First Listed Private Equity ETF at the Amex October 24, 2006 - Market Wire

Thu, Oct 12, 2006

11:26 AM American Stock Exchange Launches Eleven New ETFs From PowerShares - PR Newswire

Fri, Jun 30, 2006

2:40 PM Penn West and Petrofund announce the completion of their merger to create North America's largest energy income trust - Canada NewsWire

Wed, Jun 28, 2006

8:00 PM Penn West and Petrofund announce unitholder approval of their merger and required modifications to their plan of arrangement - PR Newswire
7:59 PM Penn West and Petrofund announce unitholder approval of their merger and required modifications to their plan of arrangement - Canada NewsWire

Wed, Jun 07, 2006

5:58 PM Petrofund Energy Trust Confirms Cash Distribution for June 2006 - Market Wire

Thu, Jun 01, 2006

7:15 PM Penn West and Petrofund announce mailing of Joint Information Circular - Canada NewsWire

Tue, May 09, 2006

5:01 PM Petrofund Energy Trust Announces Results for the First Quarter of 2006 - Market Wire

Fri, May 05, 2006

5:15 PM Petrofund Energy Trust Confirms Cash Distribution for May 2006 - Market Wire


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hi CB, you bring some good thoughts for us. thank you...

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see this for the last 5 yrs...dow 30

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combination of them

$spx $oex



$djx $ndx

$spx $oex



$djx $ndx

shake hands with analystslie he will be moderator with us.

hugs from us too.

anyone like this stuff? been there for us but how many buy them?

all together for us with what has been given to me for the readings.

PSP, PUW, PZD, PIQ,PJB,

PTJ, PYZ, PEZ, PSL, PXI,

PFI, PRN, PTH, PTF

QQQQ, EQQQ, AVZ

i hope you'll like this update for us.

just a few,

:
ADRE, ADRD, ADRU, ADRA

part #2,,,Sponsorship of ETFs to PowerShares more symbols.

QQQQ, EQQQ, AVZ

and the
4 BLDRS Index Funds Trust(SM) (NASDAQ:
ADRE, ADRD, ADRU, ADRA).

THIS IS BIG AND POSSIBLY CAN change individual TRADING. new exchange traded funds (ETFs)

ETF Names and Ticker Symbols:
Broad Market
PIQ - PowerShares Dynamic MagniQuant Portfolio

Industry
PJB - PowerShares Dynamic Banking Portfolio
PTJ - PowerShares Dynamic Healthcare Services Portfolio

Sector
PYZ - PowerShares Dynamic Basic Materials Sector Portfolio
PEZ - PowerShares Dynamic Consumer Discretionary Sector Portfolio
PSL - PowerShares Dynamic Consumer Staples Sector Portfolio
PXI - PowerShares Dynamic Energy Sector Portfolio
PFI - PowerShares Dynamic Financial Sector Portfolio
PRN - PowerShares Dynamic Industrials Sector Portfolio
PTH - PowerShares Dynamic Healthcare Sector Portfolio
PTF - PowerShares Dynamic Technology Sector Portfolio

i did them over just symbol watch that we established like for the gold watch.

ICF

VNQ

IYR

SPG

EOP

VNO

TTH

T

VZ

IXP

VOX

VOD

MSCI

we just got back from tucson v.a. i will be operated on nov.13,2006

thanx for being part of wees here.

i like that we can have four moderators now. i know you are busy give me a jingle if you want any action on the new ones.

symbols,

They are iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors (AMEX:ICF - News),

Vanguard REIT Index ETF (AMEX:VNQ - News),

iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate (AMEX:IYR - News).

Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG - News),

Equity Office Properties Trust (NYSE:EOP - News),

Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO - News)

Telecom Holdrs (AMEX:TTH - News),

AT&T (NYSE:T - News)

Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ - News).

Telecommunications (AMEX:IXP - News)

Vanguard Telecom Services ETF (AMEX:VOX - News).

Vodafone (NYSE:VOD - News),

iShares MSCI Mexico Index

hi CB, good afternoon. nice article...

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Over 6 Months, REITs, Telecom ETFs Hold Up
Wednesday October 25, 7:00 pm ET
Donald H. Gold


While exchange traded funds are an easy way to buy into some complex markets -- energy, biotechs, a booming foreign economy -- they also offer something more: information.
A look at the top-performing ETFs over the last six months will help reveal the market's hottest sectors.

Be ready for a few surprises.

For instance, despite all the talk of a tumbling property market, real estate investment trusts, or REITs, make up four of the top 10 ETFs.

They are iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors (AMEX:ICF - News), Vanguard REIT Index ETF (AMEX:VNQ - News), streetTracks Wilshire REIT (AMEX:RWR - News) and iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate (AMEX:IYR - News).

How did REITs, and REIT ETFs, dodge the housing market's slippage?

Residential and commercial property markets are two separate animals, experts say. And while the residential market has faltered, commercial values have held up, vacancies are low and tenants are paying their rent.

Commercial Property

These four successful ETFs all held shares of some very successful commercial REITs, including Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG - News), Equity Office Properties Trust (NYSE:EOP - News), Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO - News) and General Growth Properties (NYSE:GGP - News).

Three names in the top 10 come from the telecom industry, including the No. 1 six-month winner, Telecom Holdrs (AMEX:TTH - News), with a 20.1% gain for the period. Telecom Holdrs is a big-cap value fund. More than half the fund's assets are in two stocks: AT&T (NYSE:T - News) and Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ - News).

AT&T is a member of the IBD Big Cap 20. But Verizon is not a CAN SLIM candidate. Its earnings have declined in eight of the last 12 quarters. Still, the stock has been rising modestly the last few months.

Ma Bell

Two other telecom ETFs popped up on the list: iShares S&P Global Telecommunications (AMEX:IXP - News) and Vanguard Telecom Services ETF (AMEX:VOX - News).

All three are big holders of AT&T, although iShares S&P Global devotes only 11% of its assets to it, and Vanguard Telecom 17%.

IShares S&P Global Telecom may be a riskier play since foreign telecom shares swing more widely than their U.S. counterparts.

Vodafone (NYSE:VOD - News), the U.K.-based megacap stock, accounts for 10% of this ETF's assets.

It may be less volatile than some. But it's been trending lower for about a year.

Here's another surprise: iShares MSCI Mexico Index gained 18.5% in the last six months.

That's a real comeback after its 33% plunge from March through July, which includes almost all of this measuring period.

From that July 23 bottom, this fund soared 54%. Thank the recent elections, where conservative Felipe Calderon defeated leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

temporary click to for quote...
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/quotes.asp?ticker=ptf

when matt gets the stuff right as i'm trying to do for PTF. we will have the symbol a click quote for us.

PTF

i will try to link the symbols in the ibox for click for the ETF'S symbols.