Products February 3, 2011

Teucrium Trading Unveils Commodity ETFs

February 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Teucrium Trading has introduced two new single commodity exchange-traded products for the energy space – the Teucrium Natural Gas Fund (NYSE: NAGS) and the Teucrium WTI Crude Oil Fund (NYSE: CRUD). 
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The Teucrium Natural Gas Fund began trading on February 1, 2011 and the Teucrium WTI Crude Oil Fund is expected to begin trading in February 2011, pending final regulatory approval, according to the announcement.

Sal Gilbertie, President of Teucrium Trading, LLC, said the new funds have been designed to allow Registered Investment Advisers, pension funds, hedge funds, institutional and individual investors the opportunity to invest in single commodities through an easily traded, liquid and transparent New York Stock Exchange Arca-listed security.

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“With global growth and the increasing stress emerging markets are putting on commodities as pervasive as corn, oil and gas, it’s clear that commodities have become a valid asset class, although until now, access to single commodities for most investors has been very limited,” Gilbertie said.

The funds will be managed by Gilbertie and Kelly Teevan, both of whom have considerable commodities and energy trading experience.  More information is at www.teucrium.com.

Products February 3, 2011

Russell Introduces Stability Indexes

February 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investments announced the launch of the Russell Stability Indexes.
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The new indexes are designed to represent certain stock characteristics not taken into account by existing style indexes, offering benchmark clients another means of tracking investments than traditional growth and value indexes.  

According to the announcement, the Russell Stability Indexes are created by splitting existing Russell indexes in half based upon specific measurements of volatility and quality. The more stable half forms the “Defensive” index, while the less stable half makes up the “Dynamic” index. Dynamic companies are defined by greater exposure to certain risks, but their stock prices have tended historically to increase faster than those of Defensive companies during periods of rapidly rising stock prices. The stocks of Defensive companies historically tend to outperform stocks of Dynamic companies during weak market environments.  

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The indexes are designed to serve both active and passive investment managers.  

Returns data on the Russell Stability Indexes, including the U.S. large-cap Russell 1000 Defensive and Russell 1000 Dynamic, the U.S. small-cap Russell 2000 Defensive and Russell 2000 Dynamic and the U.S. broad-market Russell 3000 Defensive and Russell 3000 Dynamic, is available at http://www.russell.com/Indexes/data/US_Equity/Russell_stability_indexes.asp.

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