ETFs To Watch August 18, 2011

August 17, 2011 8:41 PM | 1 min read | Make a Comment

Here is the ETF Professor's ETF Watch List for Thursday August 18, 2011. Commodities plays: ETFS Physical Palladium Shares

PALL

and the PowerShares DB Agriculture Double Long ETN

DAG

. With the Nasdaq teetering on the brink of 2,500, watch the Direxion Daily Technology Bear 3X Shares

TYP

. Defensive plays are holding up alright, so give the PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage ETF

PBJ

a look. Emerging markets plays of the day: ProShares UltraShort Brazil

BZQ

, WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity ETF

DEM

and the Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap ETF

RSXJ

. Forex play of the day: CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust

FXY

. Bond play of the day: WisdomTree Asia Local Debt ETF

ALD

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