An Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) is a portfolio of securities that is intended to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the underlying benchmark index. (Disclaimer)
(TAN) Claymore/MAC Global Solar Energy Index ETF
The Claymore/MAC Global Solar Energy Index ETF (the "Fund") seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before the Fund’s fees and expenses, of an equity index called the MAC Global Solar Energy Index (the “Index”). The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stock, American depositary receipts ("ADRs") and global depositary receipts ("GDRs") that comprise the Index. Claymore Advisors, LLC (the "Investment Adviser") seeks a correlation over time of 0.95 or better between the Fund’s performance and the performance of the Index.
(QCLN) First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge U.S. Liquid Series Index ETF
The First Trust NASDAQ® Clean Edge® U.S. Liquid Series Index Fund is an exchange-traded index fund. The objective of the Fund is to seek investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the Fund's fees and expenses) of an equity index called the NASDAQ® Clean Edge® U.S. Liquid Series Index. The index is a modified market capitalization weighted index designed to track the performance of clean energy companies that are publicly traded in the United States and includes companies engaged in manufacturing, development, distribution and installation of emerging clean-energy technologies including, but not limited to, solar photovoltaics, biofuels and advanced batteries.
The NASDAQ® Clean Edge® U.S. Liquid Series Index is a modified market cap weighted index in which larger companies receive a larger index weighting. The index weighting methodology includes caps to prevent high concentrations among larger alternative energy stocks.
The index is reconstituted twice a year in March and September and rebalanced quarterly.
KWT seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Ardour Solar Energy IndexSM, SOLRX, the pure-play leader in tracking the global solar industry. The Index provides exposure to publicly traded companies from around the world that derive at least 66% of their revenues from solar energy. On a weighted basis, the companies in the Index derive in excess of 90% of their revenues from the solar industry. As such, the Fund is subject to the risks of investing in this sector.
(EVX) Van Eck Market Vectors Environmental Services ETF
Market Vectors Environmental Services ETF seeks to replicate, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Amex Environmental Services Index, AXENV. EVX provides broad exposure to the waste management industry and trades with the same ease and liquidity of a common stock.
(GEX) Market Vectors ETF Global Alternative Energy ETF
Market Vectors ETF Global Alternative Energy ETF seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Ardour Global Index(SM) (Extra Liquid) (AGIXL). The index, published by Ardour Global Indexes(SM), LLC and calculated by Dow Jones Indexes, is a benchmark for the global alternative energy industry.
As of March 31, 2007, the index was comprised of publicly traded stocks of 30 of the largest, most actively traded alternative energy companies from around the world. Companies included in the index generate over 50% of their revenues from alternative energy and/or related technologies and are engaged in five core industry sectors: solar, wind, bio- fuels, water, geothermal.
(PBW) PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio ETF
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (Fund) seeks to replicate, before fees and expenses, the WilderHill Clean Energy Index, which is designed to deliver capital appreciation through the selection of companies that focus on greener and generally renewable sources of energy and technologies that facilitate cleaner energy.
(PBD) PowerShares Global Clean Energy Portfolio ETF
PowerShares Global Clean Energy Portfolio (the Fund) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the WilderHill New Energy Global Innovation Index (the Index). The Index is an index consisting primarily of companies whose technologies focus on the generation and use of cleaner energy, conservation and efficiency, and the advancement of renewable energy in general, as determined by WilderHill New Energy Finance, LLC (the Index Provider). The Index mainly consists of companies in wind, solar, biofuels, hydro, wave and tidal, geothermal and other relevant renewable energy businesses, and it also includes companies involved in energy conversion, storage, conservation, efficiency, materials, pollution control, emerging hydrogen and fuel cells. The Fund's investment advisor is PowerShares Capital Management LLC.
(PUW) PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio ETF
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio (Fund) is based on the WilderHill Progressive Energy Index. The Index is comprised U.S.-listed companies that are significantly involved in transitional energy bridge technologies, with an emphasis on improving the use of fossil fuels. The modified equal-weighted portfolio is rebalanced and reconstituted quarterly.
PowerShares Cleantech Portfolio (Fund) tracks the Cleantech Index', which is designed to identify cleantech companies with the greatest capital appreciation potential within the cleantech industry. A company is considered to be part of the cleantech industry if it produces any knowledge-based product or service that improves operation, performance, productivity or efficiency, while reducing costs, inputs, energy consumption, waste or pollution.
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