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First Trust is adding to its already expansive lineup of exchange-traded funds tracking Dorsey Wright index and methodologies with the debut of the First Trust Dorsey Wright DALI 1 ETF (NASDAQ: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/dali#NASDAQ">DALI</a>).
The new ETF tracks the Nasdaq Dorsey Wright DALI 1 Index, which was launched just a few weeks ago, <a href="https://www.ftportfolios.com/LoadContent/geaucpbzgcho">according to materials</a> provided by First Trust.
&ldquo;The Dynamic Asset Level Investing (DALI) process was designed as a tactical tool to provide guidance for asset allocation decisions among asset classes, as well as within asset classes, steering an investor toward those areas of the market that DWA believes may outperform,&rdquo; said Illinois-based First Trust.
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DALI&#39;s index assesses relative strength on four major asset classes: domestic equities, international stocks, bonds and commodities. As is the case with many Doresy Wright benchmarks, point-and-figure charting is used to gauge price momentum of the <a href="http://www.etf.com/sections/daily-etf-watch/dorsey-wright-etf-launches?nopaging=1">securities being considered</a>.
&ldquo;The DALI process is used to evaluate supply and demand forces of asset classes, and rank them from strongest to weakest based on Nasdaq Dorsey Wright&rsquo;s proprietary relative strength methodology,&rdquo; according to a statement from <a href="The asset class with the highest relative strength score is selected for inclusion in the index and the fund's assets will be allocated to ETFs that provide exposure to the asset class.">First Trust</a>. &ldquo;The asset class with the highest relative strength score is selected for inclusion in the index and the fund&rsquo;s assets will be allocated to ETFs that provide exposure to the asset class.&rdquo;
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	Why It&#39;s Important </h3>
When DALI, the new ETF, tilts toward U.S. stocks, its selection universe will focus on the First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF (NASDAQ: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/fv#NASDAQ">FV</a>), which holds First Trust bank, consumer durables, Internet and technology ETFs.
The First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/ftc#NASDAQ">FTC</a>) and the First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/fyc#NASDAQ">FYC</a>) will be DALI&#39;s other holdings when the new fund emphasizes U.S. stocks.
When DALI tilts toward international stocks, it will equally weight the components in FV&#39;s international equivalent, the First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF (NASDAQ: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/ifv#NASDAQ">IFV</a>) with 35 percent of the portfolio allocated to the First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/fem#NASDAQ">FEM</a>) and the First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/fdt#NASDAQ">FDT</a>).
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&ldquo;The DALI process was designed as a tactical tool to provide guidance for asset allocation decisions among asset classes, as well as within asset classes, steering an investor toward those areas of the market that Nasdaq Dorsey Wright believes may outperform,&rdquo; said First Trust.
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Frontier Communications (NASDAQ: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/ftr#NASDAQ">FTR</a>) is pleased to announce that Jim Oddo, Vice President, Talent Acquisition &amp; Development, was elected a member of the Board of Directors of The WorkPlace on June 20, 2014. Mr. Oddo, a resident of Plantsville, Connecticut, has been based in Frontier's corporate headquarters in Stamford since joining the company in May 2006. 
The mission of The WorkPlace complements Frontier's focus on hiring military veterans and reservists. Currently, more than 11 percent of Frontier's 100 percent U.S.-based workforce comprises veterans and reservists. The company has been honored as a 2014 “Top 100” Military Friendly Employer and is a proud member and supporter of The Military Spouse Employment Partnership, The 100,000 Jobs Mission, The Employer Partnership of the Armed Forces, Honor and Remember, the Connecticut Patriot Guard Riders and Joining Forces. 
Mr. Oddo noted, “Finding a good job in a still-struggling economy is not easy, especially if you have been unemployed for a long period of time or are a veteran. Frontier's hiring programs focus on these groups, as does The WorkPlace.” He added, “Job training like that provided through The WorkPlace reassures a hiring company that these employees will make meaningful contributions Day One.” 
Frontier's commitment to hiring veterans and the long-term unemployed will intensify upon approval of its agreement to acquire AT&amp;T Communications, Inc. (AT&amp;T) wireline business and statewide fiber network in Connecticut and AT&amp;T's U-verse video and satellite TV customers in Connecticut. Frontier is a Fortune 1000, S&amp;P 500 company based in Connecticut since 1946. 
Joe Carbone, President and CEO of The WorkPlace, stated, “I am delighted to welcome Jim to our Board of Directors. Frontier is clearly committed to our mission and will be a strong partner as we prepare people for careers while strengthening the workforce for employers. Jim's experience, enthusiasm and breadth of contacts will help us succeed, and that is good news for every resident of Connecticut.” 
Mr. Oddo added, “Like many, I remember Joe's moving appearance in 2012 on CBS' 60 Minutes and his description of the organization's nationally recognized Platform to Employment program. I look forward to working with all members of The WorkPlace to help make changes that improve lives in our home state. The WorkPlace model proves that the right job readiness programming, combined with personal and family support services and financial counseling, can return veterans and the long-term unemployed to the workforce.”

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	First, avoid any ETFs below a $100 million market cap. Anything smaller puts you at risk of inadequate liquidity, too large a bid/ask spread and tracking error. Even $100 million can be too low. The bigger the market cap the less trading risk.&nbsp; Same rule applies to&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.newconstructs.com/2012/10/09/how-to-find-the-best-etfs-2/" style="color: rgb(0, 123, 184);">How To Find the Best ETFs</a>.

	There are plenty of free services that allow you to screen out the smaller ETFs and minimize your trading risk.

	The focus of this article, however, is on the underlying investment potential of ETFs. This potential is much more difficult to assess because it requires researching the investment potential of the ETF&rsquo;s holdings.

	Research on holdings is necessary due diligence because an ETF&rsquo;s performance is only as good as its holdings&rsquo; performance. No matter how cheap, if it holds bad stocks, the ETF&rsquo;s performance will be bad.

	PERFORMANCE OF ETF&rsquo;s HOLDINGs = PERFORMANCE OF ETF

	You cannot rely on the ETF label/name to accurately reflect the ETF&rsquo;s holdings. ETFs with the same label often have radically different holdings. See Barron&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href="http://www.newconstructs.com/nc/news/display.htm?task=view&amp;newsItemId=402880a82dd6e460012dd754baf60001" style="color: rgb(0, 123, 184);">The Danger Within</a>&rdquo;.

	My&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.newconstructs.com/2011/11/23/predictive-fund-rating-methodology/" style="color: rgb(0, 123, 184);">ratings on ETFs</a>&nbsp;are based on deep, fundamental analysis of their holdings. I aggregate&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.newconstructs.com/2011/11/22/stock-rating-system-new-constructs-methodology-for-rating-equities/" style="color: rgb(0, 123, 184);">stock ratings</a>of their holdings to get the ETF&rsquo;s rating.

	Figure 1 shows my ranking of the worst ten Energy Sector ETFs. Here are my&nbsp;<a href="http://bit.ly/RmpEJ8" style="color: rgb(0, 123, 184);">rankings on all 20 US equity energy sector ETFs</a>.

	Not a single Energy Sector ETF gets an Attractive or better rating. PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (NYSE:PBW) is my worst-rated Energy ETF (with assets over $100 million). It allocates 45% of its portfolio to stocks that get a Dangerous or worse rating. Only 5% of its holdings get an Attractive or better rating.

	Figure 1: Worst 10 Energy Sector ETFs
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		<a href="http://blog.newconstructs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/HowAvoidWorstETFsFig1.jpg" style="color: rgb(0, 123, 184);"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4814" height="179" src="http://blog.newconstructs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/HowAvoidWorstETFsFig1.jpg" style="border-style: none; display: block; text-align: center; margin: 1em auto;" title="HowAvoidWorstETFsFig1" width="414" /></a>Sources:&nbsp;&nbsp; New Constructs, LLC and company filings
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	My ETF rating also takes into account the&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.newconstructs.com/2011/10/28/total-annual-costs-methodology/" style="color: rgb(0, 123, 184);">total annual costs</a>, which represents the all-in cost of being in the ETF. This analysis is simpler for ETFs than funds because they do not charge front- or back-end loads and transaction costs are incurred directly. There is only the expense ratio, which is normally quite low. However, my ratings penalize those ETFs with abnormally high expense ratios or any other hidden costs.

	Honestly, when the ETFs are invested so heavily in bad stocks, the expense ratio is the least of your problems.

	Figure 2 shows my ranking of the worst ten large-cap growth ETFs with a market cap over $100 million based on the quality of their holdings. &nbsp;Here are my&nbsp;<a href="http://bit.ly/RnxyoP" style="color: rgb(0, 123, 184);">rankings on all 25 US equity large cap growth ETFs</a>.
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		Figure 2: Worst 10 Large Cap Growth ETFs
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		<a href="http://blog.newconstructs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/HowAvoidWorstETFsFig2.jpg" style="color: rgb(0, 123, 184);"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4813" height="156" src="http://blog.newconstructs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/HowAvoidWorstETFsFig2.jpg" style="border-style: none; display: block; margin: 1em auto;" title="HowAvoidWorstETFsFig2" width="414" /></a>Sources:&nbsp;&nbsp; New Constructs, LLC and company filings
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	Note that none of the Large Cap Growth ETFs earn my Dangerous or Very Dangerous Rating. All of them get my Neutral (3 Star) rating. Nevertheless, investors should not settle. There are four Large Cap Growth ETFs that get my 4-Star or Attractive Rating.

	First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/ftc#NYSE">FTC</a>) is my worst-rated Large Cap Growth ETF with more than $100 million in assets. It earns that rating by allocating nearly 20% of its portfolio to Dangerous-or-worse rated stocks. Another 40% of its portfolio goes to Neutral stocks. In other words, this ETF does not offer a high-quality portfolio of stocks. On the other hand, my top-rated Large Cap Value ETF, Vanguard S&amp;P 500 Growth ETF (NYSE:VOOG), allocates over 62% to stocks that get my Attractive or Very Attractive rating.

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	My favorite stock that shows up in the top Large Cap Growth ETFs is Apple (NYSE:AAPL). This stock gets my Very Attractive rating. AAPL has a return on invested capital (<a href="http://www.newconstructs.com/nc/help/glossary.htm#roicDef" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 123, 184);">ROIC</a>) of 334%, which places it in the top quintile of all companies. As I detail in &ldquo;<a href="http://blog.newconstructs.com/2012/05/15/buy-apple-naysayers-are-missing-the-point/" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 123, 184);">Apple Bears Have It Wrong</a>&rdquo;, investors do not fully recognize the bargain price at which APPL is selling given its extraordinarily high ROIC and growth.

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	My favorite Energy Sector stock is Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM). In &ldquo;<a href="http://blog.newconstructs.com/2012/08/07/slow-steady-wins-the-race-buy-xom/" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 123, 184);">Slow and Steady Wins the Race</a>&rdquo;, I explain how XOM has created enormous value for shareholders over the last quarter century. Buying Exxon Mobil (XOM) now is one of the easiest calls in the market these days. With superior cash flows, a cheap valuation and one of the strongest competitive positions in the business world, it is hard to make a straight-faced argument against owning this stock anywhere below $100. My model shows the stock is worth $140 if one assumes profits never grow from 2011 levels, i.e. the &ldquo;no-growth&rdquo; value of the stock.

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	The takeaway is that investors should buy ETFs that hold high-quality stocks. No reason to pay fees, even the lower ETF fees, to own bad stocks.

	Disclosure: I own AAPL and XOM. I receive no compensation to write about any specific stock, sector or theme.

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		The large-cap growth style ranks the best out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in my <a href="http://blog.newconstructs.com/2012/07/16/roadmap-to-the-best-worst-etf-mutual-fund-styles/">style roadmap</a>. It gets my Neutral rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 26 ETFs and 724 mutual funds in the large-cap growth style as of July 16, 2012. Reports on the best &amp; worst ETFs and mutual funds in every sector and style are <a href="http://www.newconstructs.com/nc/research/report/etf-and-fund-reports.htm">here</a>.

		Figures 1 and 2 show the five best and worst-rated ETFs and mutual funds in the style. Not all large-cap growth style ETFs and mutual funds are created the same. The number of holdings varies widely (from 12 &nbsp;to 589), which creates drastically different investment implications and ratings. The best ETFs and mutual funds allocate more value to Attractive-or-better-rated stocks than the worst, which allocate too much value to Neutral-or-worse-rated stocks.

		To <a href="http://blog.newconstructs.com/2012/04/03/how-to-find-the-best-etfs/">identify the best</a> and <a href="http://blog.newconstructs.com/2012/04/05/how-to-avoid-the-worst-etfs/">avoid the worst</a> ETFs and mutual funds within the large-cap growth style, investors need a <a href="http://blog.newconstructs.com/2011/11/23/predictive-fund-rating-methodology/">predictive rating</a> based on (1) <a href="http://blog.newconstructs.com/2011/11/22/portfolio-management-rating-methodology/">stocks ratings</a> of the holdings and (2) the <a href="http://blog.newconstructs.com/2011/10/28/total-annual-costs-methodology/">all-in expenses</a> of each ETF and mutual fund. Investors need not rely on backward-looking ratings. My fund rating methodology is detailed <a href="http://blog.newconstructs.com/2011/11/23/predictive-fund-rating-methodology/">here</a>.

		Investors seeking exposure to the large-cap growth style should buy one of the Attractive-or-better rated ETFs or mutual funds from Figures 1 and 2.

		See ratings and reports on all ETFs and mutual funds in this style on my free <a href="http://www.newconstructs.com/nc/fundscreener/fund-screener.htm?task=ACTION_CATEGORY_TYPE_SEARCH&amp;selectedTypes=0,1&amp;selectedCategoryIds=5d8f358c114e11e1a32f00188b533b34">mutual fund and ETF screener</a>.
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			Figure 1: ETFs with the Best &amp; Worst Ratings &ndash; Top 5
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		<a href="http://blog.newconstructs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/LargeCapGrowth1.jpg"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4276" height="235" src="http://blog.newconstructs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/LargeCapGrowth1.jpg" title="LargeCapGrowth1" width="329" /></a>

		* Best ETFs exclude ETFs with less NAV&rsquo;s less than 100 million.
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			Sources: New Constructs, LLC and company filings
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		Vanguard S&amp;P 500 Growth ETF (NYSE: VOOG) is excluded from Figure 1 because its total net assets (TNA) are below $100 million and do not meet our liquidity standards.
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			Figure 2: Mutual Funds with the Best &amp; Worst Ratings &ndash; Top 5
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		<a href="http://blog.newconstructs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/LargeCapGrowth2.jpg"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4275" height="235" src="http://blog.newconstructs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/LargeCapGrowth2.jpg" title="LargeCapGrowth2" width="329" /></a>

		* Best mutual funds exclude funds with NAV&rsquo;s less than 100 million.
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			Sources: New Constructs, LLC and company filings
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		Virtus Insigh Funds Trust: Virtus Core Equity Funds (NYSE: HGRIX) and (NYSE: PICCX) are excluded from Figure 2 because their total net assets (TNA) are below $100 million and do not meet our liquidity standards.

		Vanguard Mega Cap 300 Growth (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/mgk#NYSE">MGK</a>) is my top-rated large-cap growth ETF and FundVantage Trust: Polen Growth Fund (NYSE: POLIX) is my top-rated large-cap growth mutual fund. Both earn my ATTRACTIVE rating.

		First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/ftc#NYSE">FTC</a>) is my worst-rated large-cap growth ETF and Ivy Funds: Ivy Tax-Managed Equity Fund (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/iyeax#NYSE">IYEAX</a>) is my worst-rated large-cap growth mutual fund. Both earn a Neutral-or-worse rating.

		Per figure 3, Investors are demonstrating their ability to identify investment worthy ETFs. 61% of the capital allocated to large-cap growth ETFs is allocated to Attractive-or-better-rated ETFs. The same cannot be said for mutual funds investors since less than 1% of the capital allocated to mutual funds is allocated to investment worthy mutual funds.

		The takeaway is: mutual fund managers allocate too much capital to low-quality stocks and investors are unable to identify investment worthy mutual funds.
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			Figure 3: Large-cap Growth Style Landscape For ETFs, Mutual Funds &amp; Stocks
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			<a href="http://blog.newconstructs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/LargeCapGrowth3.jpg"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4274" height="137" src="http://blog.newconstructs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/LargeCapGrowth3.jpg" title="LargeCapGrowth3" width="410" /></a>

			Sources: New Constructs, LLC and company filings
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		As detailed in &ldquo;<a href="http://blog.newconstructs.com/2012/05/09/low-cost-funds-dupe-investors/">Cheap Funds Dupe Investors</a>&rdquo;, the fund industry offers many cheap funds but very few funds with high-quality stocks, or with what I call good <a href="http://blog.newconstructs.com/2011/11/22/portfolio-management-rating-methodology/">portfolio management</a>.

		Investors need to tread carefully when considering large-cap growth ETFs and mutual funds. Only 7 ETFs and 30 mutual funds in the large-cap growth style allocate enough value to Attractive-or-better-rated stocks to earn an Attractive rating.

		QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/qcom#NASDAQ">QCOM</a>) is one of my favorite stocks held by large-cap growth ETFs and mutual funds and earns my Attractive rating. QCOM&rsquo;s management has proven to be effective stewards of capital by generating a return on invested capital (<a href="http://www.newconstructs.com/nc/help/glossary.htm#roicDef">ROIC</a>) of 35% in fiscal year end 2011. This places the company in the 96th percentile of all Russell 3000 companies. In spite of strong past performance, the market is setting a low hurdle for QCOM&rsquo;s future performance. To justify its current stock price (~$54.98), QCOM has to increase its after-tax profits (<a href="http://www.newconstructs.com/nc/help/glossary.htm#nopat">NOPAT</a>) by 18.3% for only one year. This is a low hurdle given that QCOM&rsquo;s average profit growth over the past 14 years has been 52%. QCOM is positioned to beat market expectations.

		Hyatt Hotels Corp (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/h#NYSE">H</a>) is one of my least favorite stocks held by large-cap growth ETFs and mutual funds and earns my Dangerous rating. Hyatt is a value destroyer. The company has failed to earn an <a href="http://www.newconstructs.com/nc/help/glossary.htm#roicDef">ROIC</a> over its <a href="http://www.newconstructs.com/nc/help/glossary.htm#helpWacc">WACC</a> in each of the three years I&rsquo;ve covered the company, which has resulted in negative <a href="http://www.newconstructs.com/nc/help/glossary.htm#epDef">economic earnings</a>. At fiscal year end 2011, Hyatt&rsquo;s economic earnings where an astounding negative $320 million. This places Hyatt in the bottom 7th percentile of all Russell 3000 companies. To make matters worse, to justify its current stock price (~$34.54), the company must grow profits by 9.8% compounded annually for 36 years. Poor past performance coupled with a high performance hurdle make Hyatt a poor risk/reward tradeoff.

		Figures 4 and 5 show the rating landscape of all large-cap growth ETFs and mutual funds.

		Our <a href="http://blog.newconstructs.com/2012/07/16/roadmap-to-the-best-worst-etf-mutual-fund-styles/">style roadmap</a> report ranks all styles and highlights those that offer the best investments.
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			Figure 4: Separating the Best ETFs From the Worst Funds
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			<a href="http://blog.newconstructs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/LargeCapGrowth4.jpg"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4273" height="245" src="http://blog.newconstructs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/LargeCapGrowth4.jpg" title="LargeCapGrowth4" width="409" /></a>

			Sources: New Constructs, LLC and company filings
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			Figure 5: Separating the Best Mutual Funds From the Worst Funds
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			<a href="http://blog.newconstructs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/LargeCapGrowth5.jpg"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4272" height="245" src="http://blog.newconstructs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/LargeCapGrowth5.jpg" title="LargeCapGrowth5" width="409" /></a>

			Sources: New Constructs, LLC and company filings
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		Review my <a href="http://www.newconstructs.com/nc/fundscreener/fund-screener.htm?task=ACTION_CATEGORY_TYPE_SEARCH&amp;selectedTypes=0,1&amp;selectedCategoryIds=5d8f358c114e11e1a32f00188b533b34">full list</a> of ratings and rankings along with free reports on all 26 ETFs and 724 mutual funds in the large-cap growth style.

		Disclosure:&nbsp; I receive no compensation to write about any specific stock, sector, style or&nbsp;theme.
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Credit Suisse raises its price target $4 to $36 on Neutral-rated Kinder Morgan (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/kmi#NYSE">KMI</a>) following updates on the company's merger with El Paso. 

Credit Suisse says, "On 15th March, Kinder Morgan, Inc. (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/kmi#">KMI</a>) announced a tentative agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/ftc#">FTC</a>) concerning KMP's proposed divestiture of assets to receive regulatory approval for its merger with EP. These assets maybe sold as one package and include: 1) Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission, 2) Trailblazer Pipeline Company, 3) Casper-Douglas natural gas processing facility, 4) West Frenchie Draw treating facility, and 5) its 50% interest in the Rockies Express Pipeline. We estimate that these assets combined generate EBITDA in the range of $383mm to $435mm."

KMI closed at $36.85 a share on Friday.

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In what probably isn't the biggest surprise to many investors and telecom industry insiders, Dow component AT&amp;T (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/t#NYSE">T</a>) has dropped its $39 billion takeover bid for Deutsche Telekom's (PK: DTEGY) T-Mobile unit. Had the deal been successful, AT&amp;T would have retaken the crown as the largest U.S. wireless carrier. Instead, the company will take a $4 billion charge, which was previously announced, in the current quarter.

These things can happen when both the Federal Trade Commission (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/ftc#">FTC</a>) and the Justice Department oppose a takeover.

“AT&amp;T will continue to be aggressive in leading the mobile Internet revolution,” said Randall Stephenson, AT&amp;T chairman and CEO, in a statement. “Over the past four years we have invested more in our networks than any other U.S. company. As a result, today we deliver best-in-class mobile broadband speeds – connecting smartphones, tablets and emerging devices at a record pace – and we are well under way with our nationwide 4G LTE deployment."

Stephenson also urged policymakers to "enact legislation to meet our nation's longer-term spectrum needs." That's the way to go down fighting. Kidding aside, there are some winners here, so let's have a look at some now. 

Sprint (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/s#NYSE">S</a>):
Think Sprint isn't happy about this news? Think again. Arguably, no company was as opposed to AT&amp;T's overtures for T-Mobile as Sprint was and the stock is reacting accordingly, trading higher by almost 8% in the after-hours session. Still, Sprint shares really need to pop above $2.50 to become appealing from a technical perspective.

CenturyLink (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/ctl#NYSE">CTL</a>):
One of the highest yielders in a sector known for its robust dividend yields, CenturyLink probably isn't all that sad that AT&amp;T will pass on T-Mobile. CenturyLink is the dominant rural telecom provider in the U.S. and the less big telecoms like AT&amp;T encroach on its territory, the better for shareholders. 

Verizon (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/vz#NYSE">VZ</a>):
Verizon, also a Dow component, is probably smiling right now. It can retain the crown as largest U.S. wireless provider. Not to mention, had T-Mobile fallen into AT&amp;T's hands, the pickings would have been that much slimmer for Verizon's next big wireless acquisition, assuming the company is even interested in doing a mega-deal. Even better for shareholders may be the prospect that Verizon will have learned from AT&amp;T's problems with the Feds and not even bother attempting a major deal.

AT&amp;T 
Why not? Yeah, it stinks to lose that $4 billion breakup fee, but that still means $35 billion isn't going out the window. It wasn't a total waste of a day for AT&amp;T investors. The company boosted its annual dividend by 2.3% to $1.76 per share. That makes for the 28th consecutive year of increased dividends. By keeping $35 billion in house, AT&amp;T should be able to raise the dividend again and perhaps ratchet up share repurchases.

iShares Dow Jones US Telecom ETF (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/iyz#NYSE">IYZ</a>):
The biggest of the telecom ETFs with almost $504 million in assets under management, the iShares Dow Jones US Telecom ETF devotes 19% of its weight to AT&amp;T. So even if one views AT&amp;T as a big loser here, more than 80% of IYZ's holdings are probably rejoicing AT&amp;T won't be acquiring T-Mobile. 

Dwayne Wade:
Hey, there were no guarantees AT&amp;T would have kept D-Wade in their commercials had the acquisition gone through. Same goes for the girl in the pink dress that has become synonymous with T-Mobile ads.

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Graco Inc. (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/ggg#NYSE">GGG</a>) was informed today that the Federal Trade Commission (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/ftc#">FTC</a>) will file a complaint to challenge Graco's proposed acquisition of the finishing businesses of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/itw#NYSE">ITW</a>). 

"I am disappointed with today's decision by the FTC. Graco strongly believes this transaction is pro-competitive and intends to vigorously fight for approval in court," said Patrick J. McHale, Graco's President and CEO. "The liquid finishing industry is highly competitive with many serious, quality competitors in each product category. Graco has proposed to the FTC that existing U.S. Graco and ITW distributor practices would remain unchanged, with distributors remaining non-exclusive and retaining the ability to distribute products from other manufacturers of their choice. We are confident in our position and believe the facts of the case warrant defending this matter in court." 

McHale continued, "This transaction will benefit both end users and our distributor partners as we continue to invest in new products, customer service and manufacturing efficiencies. It is unfortunate that the FTC has taken action which we believe, if successful, will hurt manufacturing and jobs in this country."

Graco Responds to FTC Actions   

Facebook Inc. has reached a settlement with federal trade regulators over charges it engaged in deceptive behavior when changing its privacy settings, the Federal Trade Commission (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/ftc#">FTC</a>) said Tuesday.

The settlement bars the social networking site from making any "further deceptive privacy claims" and requires the company to "get consumers' approval before it changes the way it shares their data," the FTC said.

The deal also requires Facebook to provide its users "clear and prominent notice" before their information is "shared beyond the privacy settings they have established." In addition, Facebook is required to obtain periodic audits of its privacy policies for the next 20 years.

<a href="http://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/2011/11/29/us-facebook-reach-deal-over-deceptive-behavior-allegations/">Continue reading the article</a>.

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U.S., Facebook Reach Deal Over Deceptive Behavior Allegations

DALLAS and FORT WORTH, Texas - November 15, 2011 - Fireman's Contractors Inc. (OTCBB: FRCN) (OTCQB:FRCN.OB) and its board of directors are proud to announce that it is launching its Franchise Development Program after finalizing its Federal Disclosure Document required by the Federal Trade Commission. The Franchise Development Program aims to expand market share through franchise expansion. Fireman's Contractors has put together a team of highly successful experienced franchise development professionals.


Fireman's Contractors has retained Mr. Robert Stidham, Mr. Michael Pollock and Mr. Joe Merrall from Franchise Dynamics to oversee the development, implementation and execution of the Program.

Robert Stidham is president of Franchise Dynamics, a full-service franchise sales outsourcing firm. Based in Chicago, Franchise Dynamics currently represents a number of emerging to large-sized franchisors in a wide variety of categories throughout the United States and worldwide. Mr. Stidham is active in the International Franchise Association (IFA), serving as a member of the International Committee (formerly Global Marketing Committee - GLOMAK) and Research Committee, having previously served as a member of the IFA Membership Committee. Michael Pollock, a Certified Franchise Executive (CFE), and Joe Merrell will be leads on the program.

Renee Gilmore, CEO of Fireman's Contractors stated, "This Franchise Development Program is significant for Fireman's Contractors as it will allow linear growth, expand our market share and our brand throughout the United States. The high level of experience in franchise development these individuals bring to our company provides us with not only a competitive advantage but confidence for the future of Fireman's Contractors."

The Franchise Development Program lays out the framework according to the history of success that help these professionals and their associates implement a successful facilitation of well over 7,000 franchise sales. Mr. Stidham and all of his Franchise Dynamic Associates have more than 300 cumulative years of franchise industry experience during the course of their careers.

In order to complete the regulatory elements required by the FTC, Fireman's Contractors has retained one of the most nationally recognized franchise and distribution attorneys, Cheryl Mullin of Mullin Law, P.C.

Cheryl Mullin is the founding shareholder of Mullin Law, P.C., a franchise-focused, full service commercial law firm.

Cheryl is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, a list of top attorneys in the United States, in the area of franchise law, as determined by an intensive peer review survey. She has been recognized since 2007 by "D" Magazine as one of the best lawyers in Dallas in the areas of franchise and distribution law, and by Franchise Times magazine since 2004 as a "Legal Eagle." She also was named to the Texas Super Lawyers(R) list in 2011 and is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell. <a href="http://www.mullinlawpc.com/">http://www.mullinlawpc.com/</a>

For More Information about FRCN Please Visit: www.FiremansContractors.com

About the Federal Trade Commission:

The Federal Trade Commission (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/ftc#">FTC</a>) is an independent Federal Government agency with a principle mission aimed at consumer protection. www.ftc.gov

About the Fireman's Contractors:

FIREMAN'S CONTRACTORS Inc. (OTCBB: FRCN) is a full service contractor providing professional services for commercial and government clients. Services include Road Improvements, Pavement Maintenance, Seal Coating, Parking Lot Striping, Pavement Marking, Asphalt Maintenance and Repair, and ADA Compliance. Fireman's Contractors has completed its FDD requirements with the Federal Trade Commission and has developed franchise territories across the U.S. The Company's goal is to develop hundreds of new franchise locations in the next 24 to 48 months. Fireman's Contractors brings a professional value system delivering outstanding results through honorable customer relationships and repeat business. Local firefighters are supported by a portion of profits which are donated to local Firefighter Associations.

Founded by a Firefighter, Fireman's Contractors - Contractors You Can Trust (R)

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements are based largely on the expectations or forecasts of future events, can be affected by inaccurate assumptions, and are subject to various business risks and known and unknown uncertainties, a number of which are beyond the control of management. Therefore, actual results could differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. Additional information respecting the factors that could materially affect the Company and its operations are contained in its annual report on Form 10K and Form 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement.

Contact:

Fireman's Contractors Inc.
2406 Gravel Road
Fort Worth , TX 76118
Phone: 800-475-1479
info@FiremansContractors.com
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Investor Relations Contact:John Pentony, IR Affiliates
Contact: john@iraffiliates.com
Tel: 469.252.3031

Public Relations Contact: Danielle O'Neal
Contact: PR@FiremansContractors.com
Tel: 800-475-1479

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A report from Disclosure Insight reiterates its Medium Risk – Negative Bias rating on Church &amp; Dwight Co. (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/chd#NYSE">CHD</a>).

The report states, “An ongoing FTC investigation; concentrated revenue; turnover on the board; and the chairman and CEO positions being held by one person support our opinion of a Medium Risk - Negative Bias rating for CHD. In Aug-10, CHD disclosed that it had received a subpoena and civil investigative demand from the Federal Trade Commission (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/ftc#">FTC</a>) in connection with a non-public investigation in which the FTC sought to determine whether the company engaged in any unfair methods of competition."

CHD closed yesterday at $42.95.

Disclosure Insight Maintains Medium Risk Rating on Church & Dwight Co. 

Sardar Biglari, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Biglari Holdings Inc. (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/bh#NYSE">BH</a>), issued the following statement regarding the adoption of a poison pill by the Board of Directors of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (NASDAQ: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/cbrl#NASDAQ">CBRL</a>):

Today the Board of Cracker Barrel implemented a restriction that effectively prevents any shareholder from purchasing more than 10% of the Company. The Board has created this poison pill as a response to our nonexistent interest in buying up to 49.9% of the Company. To implement an entrenchment strategy is one thing. But to say the stratagem results from our trying to do something we have repeatedly stated we are not going to do is more than disingenuous — it is misleading. 

We filed a regulatory requirement with the Federal Trade Commission (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/ftc#">FTC</a>) and Department of Justice to give Biglari Holdings the option to purchase more than 10% of Cracker Barrel. But our intention was that even if we were to purchase additional stock, we would keep ownership well under 20%. (Besides, under Tennessee law, each share over an ownership of 20% cannot be voted by that stockholder.) In fact, as part of our FTC filing we specifically wrote to Cracker Barrel and provided a copy to the FTC stating that "Biglari Holdings is not seeking to acquire control of Cracker Barrel." In meetings, we told Chairman Michael Woodhouse that we have purchased stock for investment purposes only. 

Simply put, the 10% poison pill is part of the Board's entrenchment scheme which must end because it affords Board members immunity, not accountability, and in doing so disenfranchises all shareholders. Because the Board cannot make a solid argument for the poison pill, its members are distorting our intentions even though we have told them and the regulatory authorities that we are not seeking control.

CBRL

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According to <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-19/skype-fires-executives-avoiding-payouts-after-microsoft-buyout-closes.html" target="_blank">Bloomberg</a>, Skype has begun firing several of its executives to reduce the number of payouts it will need to hand out following its acquisition by Microsoft. Vice presidents Christopher Dean, David Gurle, don Albert, and Russ Shaw, chief marketing officer Doug Bewsher, and head of human resources, Anne Gillespi, are all people who are said to be fired. Ramu Sunkara and Allyson Campa, who both became part of Skype following its purchase of Qik earlier this year, were also fired according to the report. 
Microsoft <a href="http://itsalltech.com/2011/05/10/official-microsoft-to-acquire-skype/" target="_blank">announced</a> last month that it plans to acquire Skype, one of the world's most popular Voice over IP (VoIP) services, for $8.5 billion. Last week, we <a href="http://itsalltech.com/2011/06/18/microsofts-acquisition-of-skype-gets-approved-by-the-ftc/">reported</a> that the deal has been cleared by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the U.S. 
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Report: Skype firing executives to avoid payouts from Microsoft purchase

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As with any major company acquisition, Microsoft's purchase of Skype will need to be approved by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) first. According to a report from <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/17/us-skype-microsoft-idUSTRE75G65Q20110617" target="_blank">Reuters</a>, the deal has passed a major hurdle and has been approved by the FTC. In other words, the FTC does not see any antitrust violations with Microsoft purchasing Skype, one of the world's most popular Voice over IP (VoIP) services. 
Microsoft first announced its plans to <a href="http://itsalltech.com/2011/05/10/official-microsoft-to-acquire-skype/">acquire Skype</a> for $8.5 billion back in May. Since then, consumers have been trying to predict where Microsoft will integrate Skype services first – it seems the general consensus is Windows Phone 7, followed by the Windows desktop operating system. 
Microsoft will create a new division with Skype CEO Tony Bates assuming the role of president of the Microsoft Skype Division. He will report directly to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
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Shares of Dollar Thrifty Automotive (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/dtg#NYSE">DTG</a>) are surging 13% from yesterday's close to $78.69, as rival car rental company Hertz (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/htz#NYSE">HTZ</a>) Global offered to buy the company for $72 per share ($57.60 in cash and 0.8546 in stock). 

This offer by Hertz is the latest in the string of offers made to Dollar Thrifty, as Hertz and Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/car#NASDAQ">CAR</a>) have been battling each other to acquire the company for over a year. 

The offer and counter offer battle looks like this:

April 26, 2010 – Hertz offers to purchase Dollar Thrifty $41 per share. Deal was eventually rejected by shareholders.

May 3rd, 2010 – Avis announces plans to make a “substantially higher offer” for Dollar Thrifty.

July 29th, 2010 – Avis offers to purchase Dollar Thrifty for $46.50 per share. The offer was rebuffed due to concerns regarding Avis' ability to clear antitrust hurdles.

September 2nd, 2010 – Avis offers to purchase Dollar Thrifty to what amounted to $48.00 per share.

September 13th, 2010 – Hertz offers to purchase Dollar Thrifty for $50 per share in cash and stock.

September 23rd, 2010 – Avis offers to purchase Dollar Thrifty for $53.04 per share in cash and stock.

May 9th, 2011 – Hertz offers to purchase Dollar Thrifty for $72 per share in cash and stock.

Hertz's latest offer comes in conjunction with an announcement that it will be attempting to sell its lower end Advantage Brand. Hertz CEO Mark Frissora revealed that there are already five interested buyers for the segment. 

Hertz is looking to unload the Advantage Brand in order to avoid any possible antitrust concerns in the future, as Dollar Thrifty is considered to be a lower end car rental company. Hertz, as it stands, mainly focuses on higher end rentals.

Frissora said that he has been “waiting and watching for a long time” while the potential deal between Avis and Dollar Thrifty has been working its way through the Federal Trade Commission (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/ftc#">FTC</a>) with little progress. That lack of progress prompted Hertz to make its latest offer, which Fissora, in a letter to Thrifty CEO Scott Thompson, said is Hertz's “highest priority.”

The fact that shares of Dollar Thrifty are currently trading well above the new $72 offer price is an indication that investors are expecting another counteroffer from Avis.

Mike Shannon at Westchester Capital Management, the third largest investor in Dollar Thrifty, said in reference to the offer, “We'd like to see it higher – a friendly deal. If Dollar Thrifty were to sit down with Hertz, the offer could be ten percent higher.”

Investors purchasing shares of Dollar Thrifty over $72 may be disappointed, however, as Hertz is mobilizing to close the deal quickly. It has already initiated talks with the FTC and is anticipating the transaction to finalize in the third quarter. 

Avis declined comment on Hertz's new offer.

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Cornucopia, Wis.-The Cornucopia Institute filed a formal request with the Federal Trade Commission today, asking for an investigation into Dean Foods' (NYSE: DF) advertisements for its Horizon milk with Omega-3 DHA, alleging the nation's largest dairy conglomerate with consumer fraud in misrepresenting the nutritional benefits of its products.

The dairy giant's White Wave division, which markets the Horizon organic milk brand, recently launched a major nationwide marketing campaign that focuses on purported benefits to children's brain development from drinking milk with added DHA oil, which is highly processed from fermented algae.

According to The Cornucopia Institute's complaint, Dean Foods' claims that their proprietary DHA oil "supports brain health" are not based on credible scientific evidence, and are therefore misleading consumers.

"DHA is one of many naturally occurring omega-3 fatty acids, which scientists believe is beneficial when consumed through real, wholesome foods such as fish, flax seeds, nuts or grass fed milk and meat. But the DHA in Horizon's milk comes from a highly processed oil, extracted from fermented algae," says Charlotte Vallaeys, Director of Farm and Food Policy at The Cornucopia Institute, a non-profit research group based in Wisconsin.

"There is little scientific evidence to support the claim that adding these manufactured oils to foods is in any way beneficial to children's cognitive development," she adds.

The algal oil is manufactured and marketed by Martek Biosciences Corporation, based in Maryland. The Cornucopia Institute has charged that food processors adding Martek's algal oils to organic foods are in violation of the Organic Food Production Act and USDA organic standards, which prohibit unapproved non-organically produced ingredients in organic foods.

Cornucopia Institute Files Formal Request With FTC Asking To Investigate Dean Foods (DF)

Thirty new ETFs and eight new ETNs arrived in March.  This was the best month for new product introductions since 43 arrived in June 2008.  No products were closed in March, marking the third straight month without any closures and keeping the year-to-date count at zero.  The total number of listed products stood at 1,173 (1,030 ETFs and 143 ETNs) as of 3/31/11.  The menu of actively-managed ETFs increased by one to 34.
Trading activity surged in March, with total ETP dollar volume jumping +48.5% for the month to more than $1.8 trillion.  Granted, March had 23 trading days compared to only 19 in February, but daily average dollar volume still climbed by nearly 23%.
The number of ETFs in the Billion Dollar Club – those averaging more than one billion dollars in daily trading activity – jumped from eight to eleven.  Those eleven funds, less than 1% of the total, accounted for 62% of all ETP dollars traded.
Products trading an average of more than $100 million per day came in at 75, six more than February.  Those 75 funds, just a little over 6% of the total ETPs, accounted for more than 90% of all dollars traded.
Assets under management were $1.08 trillion at the end of March, up +2.1% for the month and +6.9% year-to-date.

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<tr>
<th class="sortable" style="width:250px" align="left">March 2011 Month End</th>
<th class="sortable" style="width:70px" align="center">ETFs</th>
<th class="sortable" style="width:70px" align="center">ETNs</th>
<th class="sortable" style="width:70px" align="center">Total</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tr>
<td style="width:250px" align="left">Currently Listed U.S.</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">1,030</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">143</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">1,173</td>
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<tr class="alt">
<td style="width:250px" align="left">Listed as of 12/31/2010</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">967</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">132</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">1,099</td>
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<tr>
<td style="width:250px" align="left">New Introductions for Month</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">30</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">8</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">38</td>
</tr>
<tr class="alt">
<td style="width:250px" align="left">Delistings/Closures for Month</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">0</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">0</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width:250px" align="left">Net Change for Month</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">+30</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">+8</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">+38</td>
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<td style="width:250px" align="left">New Introductions YTD</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">63</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">11</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">74</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width:250px" align="left">Delistings/Closures YTD</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">0</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">0</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="alt">
<td style="width:250px" align="left">Net Change YTD</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">+63</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">+11</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">+74</td>
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<td style="width:250px" align="left">Actively-Managed (qty)</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">34</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">0</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">34</td>
</tr>
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<td style="width:250px" align="left">Assets Under Mgmt ($ billion)</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">$1,061.1</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">$16.9</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">$1,078.0</td>
</tr>
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<td style="width:250px" align="left">% Change in Assets</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">+2.0%</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">+5.6%</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">+2.1%</td>
</tr>
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<td style="width:250px" align="left">Monthly $ Volume ($ billion)</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">$1,775</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">$30.9</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">$1,806</td>
</tr>
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<td style="width:250px" align="left">% Change in Monthly $ Volume</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">+48.3%</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">+63.8%</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">+48.5%</td>
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<td style="width:250px" align="left">Avg Daily $ Volume > $1 Billion</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">11</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">0</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">11</td>
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<td style="width:250px" align="left">Avg Daily $ Volume > $100 Million</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">74</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">1</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">75</td>
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<tr class="alt">
<td style="width:250px" align="left">Avg Daily $ Volume > $10 Million</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">234</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">16</td>
<td style="width:70px" align="center">250</td>
</tr>
</table>

 Data sources:  AUM from National Stock Exchange, daily prices and volume of individual ETPs from Norgate Premium Data, fund counts and all other information compiled by Invest With An Edge.
New products launched in March (in chronological order):
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<li>Global X FTSE Argentina 20 ETF (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/argt#">ARGT</a>) (<a href="http://investwithanedge.com/argt-the-second-single-country-frontier-market-etf" target="_blank">ARGT: The Second Single-Country Frontier Market ETF</a>)</li>
<li>PowerShares Senior Loan Portfolio (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/bkln#">BKLN</a>) (<a href="http://investwithanedge.com/bkln-the-first-senior-loan-etf" target="_blank">BKLN: The First Senior Loan ETF</a>)</li>
<li>2x Monthly Leveraged Credit Suisse Merger Arbitrage Liquid Index ETN (CSMB) (<a href="http://investwithanedge.com/csmb-merger-arbitrage-times-two" target="_blank">CSMB: Merger Arbitrage Times Two</a>)</li>
<li>Market Vectors Colombia ETF (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/colx#">COLX</a>) (<a href="http://investwithanedge.com/market-vectors-introduces-colombia-etf-with-cash-creations" target="_blank">Market Vectors Introduces Colombia ETF With Cash Creations</a>)</li>
<li>Global X Pure Gold Miners ETF (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/gggg#">GGGG</a>) (<a href="http://investwithanedge.com/global-x-distills-a-pure-gold-miners-etf" target="_blank">Global X Distills A Pure Gold Miners ETF</a>)</li>
<li>Global X Oil Equities ETF (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/xoil#">XOIL</a>) (<a href="http://investwithanedge.com/xoil-tries-to-be-spot-on-spot" target="_blank">XOIL Tries To Be Spot-On Spot</a>)</li>
<li>WisdomTree Asia Local Debt Fund (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/ald#">ALD</a>) (<a href="http://investwithanedge.com/assets-in-new-wisdomtree-etf-instantly-surpass-majority-of-existing-products" target="_blank">Assets In New WisdomTree ETF Instantly Surpass Majority Of Existing Products</a>)</li>
<li>Morgan Stanley Cushing MLP High Income ETN (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/mlpy#">MLPY</a>) (<a href="http://investwithanedge.com/morgan-stanley-becomes-etn-issuer-with-new-mlp-product" target="_blank">Morgan Stanley Becomes ETN Issuer With New MLP Product</a>)</li>
<li>Global X S&amp;P/TSX Venture 30 Canada ETF (TSXV) (<a href="http://investwithanedge.com/tsxv-takes-you-to-canadas-tsx-venture-exchange" target="_blank">TSXV Takes You To Canada's TSX Venture Exchange</a>)</li>
<li>IQ Global Agribusiness Small Cap ETF (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/crop#">CROP</a>) (<a href="http://investwithanedge.com/crop-the-first-agribusiness-etf-with-a-small-cap-focus" target="_blank">CROP: The First Agribusiness ETF With A Small Cap Focus</a>)</li>
<li>ProShares Short High Yield (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/sjb#">SJB</a>) (<a href="http://investwithanedge.com/proshares-launches-inverse-investment-grade-and-junk-bond-etfs" target="_blank">ProShares Launches Inverse Investment Grade and Junk Bond ETFs</a>)</li>
<li>Direxion Daily Total Bond Market Bear 1x Shares (SAGG) (<a href="http://investwithanedge.com/three-non-leveraged-inverse-bond-etfs-from-direxion" target="_blank">Three Non-Leveraged Inverse Bond ETFs From Direxion</a>)</li>
<li>Direxion Daily 7-10 Year Treasury Bear 1x Shares (TYNS)</li>
<li>Direxion Daily 20+ Year Treasury Bear 1x Shares (TYBS)</li>
<li>PowerShares DB German Bund Futures ETN (BUNL) (<a href="http://investwithanedge.com/powershares-and-db-team-up-on-new-foreign-bond-etns" target="_blank">PowerShares and DB Team Up On New Foreign Bond ETNs</a>)</li>
<li>PowerShares DB 3x German Bund Futures ETN (BUNT)</li>
<li>PowerShares DB Italian Treasury Bond Futures ETN (ITLY)</li>
<li>PowerShares DB 3x Italian Treasury Bond Futures ETN (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/itlt#">ITLT</a>)</li>
<li>PowerShares DB Japanese Govt Bond Futures ETN (JGBL)</li>
<li>PowerShares DB 3x Japanese Govt Bond Futures ETN (JGBT)</li>
<li>ProShares Short Investment Grade Corporate (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/igs#">IGS</a>) (<a href="http://investwithanedge.com/proshares-launches-inverse-investment-grade-and-junk-bond-etfs" target="_blank">ProShares Launches Inverse Investment Grade and Junk Bond ETFs</a>)</li>
<li>Focus Morningstar US Market Index ETF (FMU) (<a href="http://investwithanedge.com/focusshares-rides-again" target="_blank">FocusShares Rides Again</a>)</li>
<li>Focus Morningstar Large Cap Index ETF (FLG)</li>
<li>Focus Morningstar Mid Cap Index ETF (FMM)</li>
<li>Focus Morningstar Small Cap Index ETF (FOS)</li>
<li>Focus Morningstar Basic Materials Index ETF (FBM)</li>
<li>Focus Morningstar Communication Services Index ETF (FCQ)</li>
<li>Focus Morningstar Consumer Cyclical Index ETF (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/fcl#">FCL</a>)</li>
<li>Focus Morningstar Consumer Defensive Index ETF (FCD)</li>
<li>Focus Morningstar Energy Index ETF (FEG)</li>
<li>Focus Morningstar Financial Services Index ETF (FFL)</li>
<li>Focus Morningstar Health Care Index ETF (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/fhc#">FHC</a>)</li>
<li>Focus Morningstar Industrials Index ETF (FIL)</li>
<li>Focus Morningstar Real Estate Index ETF (FRL)</li>
<li>Focus Morningstar Technology Index ETF (FTQ)</li>
<li>Focus Morningstar Utilities Index ETF (FUI)</li>
<li>iShares MSCI China Index Fund (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/mchi#">MCHI</a>) (<a href="http://investwithanedge.com/mchi-there-are-now-23-china-etfs" target="_blank">There Are Now 23 China ETFs</a>)</li>
<li>iShares High Dividend Equity Fund (HDV) (<a href="http://investwithanedge.com/hdv-another-dividend-etf-arrives" target="_blank">Another Dividend ETF Arrives</a>)</li>
</ol>
 
Product closures/delistings in March:
none
 
Product changes in March:
<ol>
<li>United States Natural Gas Fund (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/ung#">UNG</a>) underwent a 1-for-2 reverse split on March 9.</li>
<li><a href="http://investwithanedge.com/egyptian-market-reopens-egpt-nav-plunges" target="_blank">Van Eck resumed share creation for Market Vectors Egypt ETF</a> (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/egpt#">EGPT</a>) on March 23 after the Egyptian Stock Exchange reopened for trading.</li>
<li>PowerShares <a href="http://investwithanedge.com/qqqq-becomes-qqq-again" target="_blank">changed the symbols for the PowerShares QQQ Trust and its small cap sector suite</a> effective March 23.</li>
<li>First Trust Large Cap Growth Opportunities AlphaDEX (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/ftc#">FTC</a>) and First Trust Large Cap Value Opportunities AlphaDEX (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/fta#">FTA</a>) changed their fund names and underlying indexes by removing the word “Opportunities” effective March 25.</li>
<li>Global X renamed two funds effective March 31.  The new names are <a href="http://investwithanedge.com/new-colombia-etf-launched-today-gxg" target="_blank">Global X FTSE Colombia 20 ETF</a> (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/gxg#">GXG</a>) and <a href="http://investwithanedge.com/global-x-launches-nordic-region-etf-gxf" target="_blank">Global X FTSE Nordic Region ETF</a> (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/gxf#">GXF</a>). </li>
</ol>
 
Announced Product Changes for Coming Months:
<ol>
<li>Global X FTSE Colombia 20 ETF (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/gxg#">GXG</a>) will undergo a 2-for-1 split effective April 11.</li>
</ol>
Previous monthly ETF statistics reports are available <a href="http://investwithanedge.com/category/etf-statistics" target="_blank">here</a>.
Disclosure covering writer, editor, publisher, and affiliates: No positions in any of the securities mentioned. No positions in any of the companies or ETF sponsors mentioned.  No income, revenue, or other compensation (either directly or indirectly) received from, or on behalf of, any of the companies or ETF sponsors mentioned.
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(TheStreet) -- A takeover battle between Hertz(NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/htz#NYSE">HTZ</a>) and Avis (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/car#NYSE">CAR</a>) for Dollar Thrifty(NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/dtg#NYSE">DTG</a>) has taken investors on a joy ride this year, and that may continue as rising demand for cheap rentals and a rebound in business travel are driving an earnings rebound. 
Shares of Hertz, the largest publicly traded company in the business with a market value of $5.1 billion, have jumped 44% over the past three months in the wake of its failed bid for Dollar Thrifty, while those of smaller rival Avis, which has a $1.57 billion bid for Dollar Thrifty awaiting government approval, are up 46%. The Standard &amp; Poor's 500 Index is up 13%.
Dollar Thrifty's shares, which have risen 79% this year as the company has been in play, have slipped 2.4% in the past three months as investors fret about the Avis deal. Dollar Thrifty is known for its cheap car-rental offerings and was one of the only auto-rental firms to make money last year. 
The Avis-Dollar Thrifty deal, which was expected to have been approved by year-end, is being held up by the Federal Trade Commission (<a class="ticker" href="/stock/ftc#">FTC</a>), which has yet to give it anti-trust clearance. It's under scrutiny because the merger would give Avis a dominant position in the low-cost car-rental sector. It locked up a large segment of that business when it acquired then-bankrupt Budget Car Rental in 2002. Avis recently said it has given the FTC "millions of pages of documents" for its review.
<a href="http://www.thestreet.com/story/10937596/1/car-rental-stocks-get-twin-turbos.html">Continue reading the article</a>.

The Battle for Dollar Thrifty

The days of easy credit are essentially over. The recession 
 took a substantial toll on the financial services industry which remains at 
 war with itself - and consumers are bearing the brunt of the liquidity 
 loss.




 As companies large and small struggle to redefine good 
 business practices and figure out how to serve the customer without going 
 broke, many consumers that had been previously spoiled by easy credit are now 
 hurting. Many that didn't lose their jobs and homes during the recession are 
 living paycheck to paycheck.




 So investing in the financial services sector right now is 
 sketchy at best - and downright insane in most cases.




 But markets have a funny way of allocating capital to beaten 
 down sectors, and one financial services microcap in particular has caught 
 investors' attention.




 ***That company is CompuCredit Holdings (Nasdaq: 
 CCRT), an Atlanta-based company that provides financial services to 
 those less-than-prime customers that have been abandoned by the big 
 banks.




 As part of its business strategy, CompuCredit contracted 
 with credit-card issuers to provide consumer accounts. The firm would then 
 purchase the receivables from those financial institutions. But in the 
 current credit-crunch environment, much of this business no longer appears 
 feasible.




 According to CompuCredit, 1-in-4 Americans have a FICO score 
 below 650, the level generally regarded as the cutoff point by traditional 
 lenders. But underserved markets create opportunities for growth, and 
 CompuCredit says its goal is to serve the 75 million underserved 
 consumers.




 Achieving this goal carries a hefty price - hence the 
 question about this strategy's viability right now. For the June quarter 
 CompuCredit reported a net loss of $29.6 million. However, SEC filings also 
 showed an allowance for uncollectible loans of $48.5 million, a 10 percent 
 improvement since December.




 Before the recession, CompuCredit was gaining ground - and 
 recognition. In 2004-06, it was on the Georgia 100 Best of Business list, and 
 in 2005-06 it made Fortune Magazine's list of 100 Fastest-Growing 
 Companies.


 ***But CompuCredit has a bit of a checkered past. In 
 December 2008, it paid $114 million to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to 
 settle charges of deceptive marketing practices involving its subprime credit 
 cards. When the Credit Card Act of 2009 took effect in February, the high-fee 
 products offered by CompuCredit and other subprime credit card lenders were 
 outlawed.


 However, a website that follows the credit card industry, 
 <a href= 
 "http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/compucredit-stops-marketing-subprime-credit-cards-1265.php" 
 class="c3">creditcards.com</a>, reported in February that CompuCredit was no 
 longer marketing its subprime cards.




 So where is this company headed, and who cares?




 Let's handle the second question first...




 According to <a href= 
 "http://seekingalpha.com/article/227196-hedge-fund-second-curve-capital-acquires-more-compucredit" 
 class="c3">Seeking Alpha</a> contributor Market Folly, hedge fund Second 
 Curve Capital has amassed a pretty nice position in CompuCredit and now holds 
 4.1 million shares, or about 11.5 percent. The fund is operated by Tom Brown, 
 who previously ran the financial services portion of Tiger Management.




 CompuCredit's share price has risen 80 percent this year, 
 but earnings are nonexistent. For the June quarter, the company's loss 
 amounted to 73 cents a share, an improvement from a loss of $2.81 the year 
 before.




 So with a gloomy balance sheet, what might Second Curve be 
 looking at?




 ***CompuCredit Holdings does have a few positive metrics. 
 With the stock trading around $6, the stock has a price-to-free-cash-flow 
 ratio of 1x, as pointed out at the <a href= 
 "http://www.mysmartrend.com/news-briefs/news-watch/consumer-portfolio-services-among-companies-consumer-finance-industry-offerin" 
 class="c3">SmartTrend</a> website. Typically, a low ratio means better 
 value.




 Last December, the company issued a special $0.50 per share 
 dividend, and also said it was considering a tax-free spin-off of its 
 micro-loan businesses in the U.S. and the U.K. Those are primarily 
 payday-lending companies for the underserved consumer. The proposal states 
 that a subsidiary, called Purpose Financial, would take up the micro-loan 
 business and become publicly traded.




 The proposal launched a flurry of lawsuits against 
 CompuCredit, claiming that the spin-off would excise the only part of its 
 business that's generating cash. It still faces regulatory hurdles.




 ***But CompuCredit seems to be cutting through the muck and 
 mud to get set for something. In May, the company completed a "modified Dutch 
 auction" of debt due in 2025 and outstanding shares at $7 apiece. It 
 reacquired $85.3 million in stock and $14.7 million of the senior 
 notes.




 I don't know exactly what will transpire with CompuCredit, 
 and wouldn't suggest you run out and buy the stock without further research. 
 But the company's recent activities, and the sizeable ownership of Second 
 Curve, suggest that something is brewing in the financial services sector 
 right now.




 ***It's always wise to do your homework, because you never 
 can tell what is motivating a hedge fund or other investor to plunk down 
 their cash for stock. If you'd like some help with your research, <a href= 
 "http://pro.smallcapinvestor.com/" class="c3">click here</a> to sign up for a 
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