Online Research Center offers exchange traded fund info.
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Together with ETF Advisor newsletter, ETF Research Center gives subscribers original research and analytical tools that allow investors to evaluate exchange traded funds based on investment merit, not just past performance. Using site's fund detail tool, subscriber can drill down to examine aggregate earnings growth, price-to-earnings ratio, or dividend yield of ETF, and then use site's valuation tools to compare those figures to other ETFs. Fundamental data is updated daily.
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New Approach to ETF Investing
NEW YORK, Oct. 30 / -- AltaVista Independent Research, Inc. today announced the debut of the first source of fundamentally driven research on exchange traded funds (ETF). According to the company, its online ETF Research Center together with its newsletter, ETF Advisor, give subscribers original research and analytical tools that for the first time allow investors to evaluate ETFs based on investment merit, not just past performance.
"Most ETF analysis available is really warmed-over mutual fund research, focusing almost entirely on past performance and fees," stated Michael Krause, president and founder of AltaVista. "The problem with that," he continued, "is that it's backward looking. In contrast, AltaVista's fundamental approach to ETFs offers investors forward-looking analysis so they can evaluate funds based on investment merit, in much the same way they'd evaluate individual stocks."
Using the site's fund detail tool, a subscriber can drill down to examine the aggregate earnings growth, price-to-earnings ratio, or dividend yield of an ETF, for example, and then use the site's valuation tools to easily compare those figures to other ETFs.
The new research covers 29 ETFs including most of the largest broad market, sector, and international ETFs, covering about 60% of U.S.-listed ETF assets. Complete fundamental details are available on the following funds:
Broad Market ETFs:
-- S&P 500 SPDR (SPY)
-- Dow Industrials DIAMOND (DIA)
-- iShares Russell 2000 (IWM)
-- NASDAQ-100 (QQQQ)
-- S&P MidCap 400 SPDR (MDY)
-- iShares S&P SmallCap 600 (IJR)
-- iShares S&P 500/Citigroup Growth (IVW)
-- iShares S&P 500/Citigroup Value (IVE)
-- PowerShares FTSE-RAFI US 1000 (PRF)
-- iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend (DVY)
-- PowerShares Equity High Yield Dividend Achievers (PEY)
Select Sector SPDRs:
-- Consumer Discretionary SPDR (XLY)
-- Consumer Staples SPDR (XLP)
-- Energy SPDR (XLE)
-- Financials SPDR (XLF)
-- Health Care SPDR (XLV)
-- Industrials SPDR (XLI)
-- Materials SPDR (XLB)
-- Technology SPDR (XLK)
-- Utilities SPDR (XLU)
International ETFs:
-- iShares MSCI EAFE Index (EFA)
-- iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (EEM)
-- iShares MSCI Japan Index (EWJ)
-- iShares MSCI Canada Index (EWC)
-- iShares S&P Latin America 40 (ILF)
-- iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 (FXI)
-- iShares MSCI Brazil Index (EWZ)
-- iShares S&P Europe 350 (IEV)
-- iShares MSCI Australia Index (EWA)
Fundamental data in the online ETF Research Center is updated daily in order to facilitate easy fund comparisons and to help subscribers to take advantage of changing market conditions. Investors can subscribe or get more information on AltaVista's website at www.altavista-research.com/.
About AltaVista:
AltaVista Independent Research, Inc., based in New York, provides investment research on the growing field of exchange-traded funds. AltaVista's approach combines the traditional tools of fundamental stock analysis with in-depth knowledge of index investing to help investors
evaluate ETFs based on investment merit. For more information contact AltaVista at info@altavista-research.com or go to www.altavista-research.com/.
CONTACT: Michael Krause of AltaVista Independent Research, +1-646-435-0569 or michael.krause@altavista-research.com
