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Global X Funds' Robotics and Artificial Intelligence ETF (BOTZ) Crosses $450 Million at One-Year Anniversary

NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Global X Funds, the New York-based provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), today celebrated the one-year anniversary of the launch of the Global X Robotics and Artificial Intelligence ETF (BOTZ). BOTZ has received considerable interest from investors in its first year, having surpassed $450m in assets under management.(1) BOTZ launched on September 12, 2016 and tracks the Indxx Global Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Thematic Index.

Global X Funds Announces Launch of the Global X U.S. Preferred ETF (PFFD)

NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Global X Funds, the New York-based provider of exchange traded funds (ETFs), today launched the Global X U.S. Preferred ETF (BATS: PFFD). Tracking the BofA Merrill Lynch Diversified Core U.S. Preferred Securities Index, the fund provides investors with broad exposure to the income-oriented U.S. preferred asset class. PFFD's expense ratio is 0.23%, while the ETF.com category average for 'Fixed Income: U.S. - Corporate Preferred Stock' was 0.48% as of 8/31/2017.[1]

Morningstar Publishes Annual Global Guide to Strategic-Beta Exchange-Traded Products and an In-Depth Examination of the Performance of Strategic-Beta ETFs

CHICAGO, Sept. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- At its eighth annual ETF Conference, Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today published its annual global landscape report, "A Global Guide to Strategic-Beta Exchange-Traded Products," and a complementary examination of the performance of U.S. strategic-beta equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The landscape report examines trends in asset growth, asset flows, product development, and fees among strategic-beta exchange-traded products (ETPs) by region, while the performance study takes an in-depth look at these funds' performance compared to replicating portfolios made up of market-cap-weighted indexes.

ETFs Gain As World Economy Recovers

August 24, 2017 /Yassine Maaroufi/ -- The US stock market is thriving in response to solid economic growth prospects. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) rose 32% since the beginning of 2016 and 9% since January 2017. SPY continues its good performance going to higher highs for a year and a half without any significant correction. However, it has been jittery during this month showing higher volatility than usual with wider intraday price ranges and seesawing movement.