REC - News and Analysis from Seeking Alpha 'REC' Tag RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/rec REC's 86% Distribution: Good Riddance to 2008 http://seekingalpha.com/article/110587-rec-s-86-distribution-good-riddance-to-2008?source=feed 110587 By Jim Wiandt

An 86% distribution (REC)? Who even thought that was possible?

Well so much for the "Wonders of ETF Tax Efficiency" presentation I was putting together. Holy IRS Bonanza, Batman... now that is a distribution. Oh I remember the good old days of the (was it 8%?) capital gains distribution in the Vanguard small-cap fund or the 15%-ish distribution of the Webs that tracked the somewhat ill-designed MSCI country indexes... but this one, these, will go down in capital gains distribution history.

]]> Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:46:13 -0500 Index Universe IndexUniverse submits:

By Jim Wiandt

An 86% distribution (REC)? Who even thought that was possible?

Well so much for the "Wonders of ETF Tax Efficiency" presentation I was putting together. Holy IRS Bonanza, Batman... now that is a distribution. Oh I remember the good old days of the (was it 8%?) capital gains distribution in the Vanguard small-cap fund or the 15%-ish distribution of the Webs that tracked the somewhat ill-designed MSCI country indexes... but this one, these, will go down in capital gains distribution history.


Complete Story »]]> REC Index Universe Strange Stuff in Double Inverse ETF Land http://seekingalpha.com/article/110446-strange-stuff-in-double-inverse-etf-land?source=feed 110446 I get the RSS feed from IndexUniverse.com and a weird thing happened to an article I was interested in yesterday. The article was about the fact that the the Rydex Inverse 2X S&P Select Sector Energy ETF (REC) went ex-distribution with a 86% distribution. The link stopped working as I went from page 1 to page 2 of the article.

I used the search function on the Index Universe website for “REC” and only found an article referencing planned distributions on 12/19. It appears the article I was reading has been taken down. I took another look at the site and the article is back up. You can read it here.

]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:53:15 -0500 Tim Plaehn Tim Plaehn submits:

I get the RSS feed from IndexUniverse.com and a weird thing happened to an article I was interested in yesterday. The article was about the fact that the the Rydex Inverse 2X S&P Select Sector Energy ETF (REC) went ex-distribution with a 86% distribution. The link stopped working as I went from page 1 to page 2 of the article.

I used the search function on the Index Universe website for “REC” and only found an article referencing planned distributions on 12/19. It appears the article I was reading has been taken down. I took another look at the site and the article is back up. You can read it here.


Complete Story »]]> REC Tim Plaehn More On Capital Gains and Leveraged ETFs http://seekingalpha.com/article/110350-more-on-capital-gains-and-leveraged-etfs?source=feed 110350 By Matthew Hougan

My article on the Rydex ETF distributions brought in a number of questions from readers.

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By Matthew Hougan

My article on the Rydex ETF distributions brought in a number of questions from readers.


Complete Story »]]> REC Index Universe The Sun Is Not Also Rising Over Solar Stocks http://seekingalpha.com/article/101918-the-sun-is-not-also-rising-over-solar-stocks?source=feed 101918 We may be ready to enter a period of intensive private and public investment in alternative energy, but as of last week, the sun was certainly not rising over solar stocks.  The theme may have legs eventually, but not right now.

Some have predicted that Americans would lose their will to seek greater energy independence from foreign sources if oil prices declined significantly.  Oil prices have come down a lot, and solar stocks have done poorly.

]]> Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:10:16 -0400 Richard Shaw Richard Shaw (QVM Group) submits:

We may be ready to enter a period of intensive private and public investment in alternative energy, but as of last week, the sun was certainly not rising over solar stocks.  The theme may have legs eventually, but not right now.

Some have predicted that Americans would lose their will to seek greater energy independence from foreign sources if oil prices declined significantly.  Oil prices have come down a lot, and solar stocks have done poorly.


Complete Story »]]> AKNS ASTI CSIQ CSUN EMKR ENER ESLR FSLR JASO LDK REC SOL SOLF SPWRA STP TAN TSL WFR YGE Richard Shaw Inverse, Healthcare ETFs Raise the Roof in July http://seekingalpha.com/article/90588-inverse-healthcare-etfs-raise-the-roof-in-july?source=feed 90588 By Murray Coleman

As the old investing adage goes, the enemy of short-term stock trading is a sideways-moving market.

]]> Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:46:20 -0400 Index Universe IndexUniverse submits:

By Murray Coleman

As the old investing adage goes, the enemy of short-term stock trading is a sideways-moving market.


Complete Story »]]> DDG DEE DTO DUG FBT HHJ HHK HHU IAT IBB KBE KRE LD OLO PBE PJB PTD REC REZ RXL SDP SH SJL TUR XBI XLF Index Universe ETF Watch: New Listings (June 12 - June 18) http://seekingalpha.com/article/83097-etf-watch-new-listings-june-12-june-18?source=feed 83097 By Heather Bell

NEW LISTINGS

First Trust Launches First Wind Energy ETF

]]> Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:32:00 -0400 Index Universe IndexUniverse submits:

By Heather Bell

NEW LISTINGS

First Trust Launches First Wind Energy ETF


Complete Story »]]> BDD BDG BOM BOS DDG DTO DXO FAN OLO PNQI PQBW REA REC RFL RFN RHM RHO RTG RTW SEF SZO Index Universe Rydex, ProShares Introduce 10 New Leveraged, Inverse ETFs http://seekingalpha.com/article/81533-rydex-proshares-introduce-10-new-leveraged-inverse-etfs?source=feed 81533 By Murray Coleman

If imitation is the best form of flattery, then certainly ProShares and Rydex can be considered gushing all over themselves to claim supremacy in the market for inverse and leveraged exchange-traded funds.

]]> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:51:57 -0400 Index Universe IndexUniverse submits:

By Murray Coleman

If imitation is the best form of flattery, then certainly ProShares and Rydex can be considered gushing all over themselves to claim supremacy in the market for inverse and leveraged exchange-traded funds.


Complete Story »]]> DDG REA REC RFL RFN RHM RHO RTG RTW SEF Index Universe ETF Update: Hedges Against Oil, Retail ETFs Up, ETFs and a Bullish Dollar http://seekingalpha.com/article/81269-etf-update-hedges-against-oil-retail-etfs-up-etfs-and-a-bullish-dollar?source=feed 81269 Hedge Against Oil's Wild Swings With New Long/Short ETFs

Is the time nigh for some ETFs that short oil and gas?

The answer seems to be mixed - while oil prices have retreated some yesterday, down to $132 a barrel, gas is continuing its forward march. The national average is now $4.06 a gallon, John Wilen for the Associated Press reports.

]]> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:03:25 -0400 Tom Lydon Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits:

Hedge Against Oil's Wild Swings With New Long/Short ETFs

Is the time nigh for some ETFs that short oil and gas?

The answer seems to be mixed - while oil prices have retreated some yesterday, down to $132 a barrel, gas is continuing its forward march. The national average is now $4.06 a gallon, John Wilen for the Associated Press reports.


Complete Story »]]> DDG DIG DRR DUG REA REC RFL RFN RHM RHO RTG RTH RTW RXI SEF SKF SRT UUP UYG VCR Tom Lydon Inverse (Short) Sector ETFs http://seekingalpha.com/article/31115-inverse-short-sector-etfs?source=feed 31115 Inverse (Short) Sector ETFs List
(click on symbol for data and articles)

Leveraged Inverse (Short) Sector ETFs
ProShares UltraShort Basic Materials (SMN)
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Goods (SZK)
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Services (SCC)
ProShares UltraShort Financials (SKF)
ProShares UltraShort Health Care (RXD)
ProShares UltraShort Industrials (SIJ)
ProShares UltraShort Oil & Gas (DUG)
ProShares UltraShort Real Estate (SRS)
ProShares UltraShort Semiconductors (SSG)
ProShares UltraShort Technology (REW)
ProShares UltraShort Utilities (SDP)
Rydex Inverse 2x S&P Select Sector Energy ETF (REC)
Rydex Inverse 2x S&P Select Sector Financial ETF (RFN)
Rydex Inverse 2x S&P Select Sector Technology ETF (RTW)
Rydex Inverse 2x S&P Select Sector Health Care ETF (RHO)
Direxion Russell 1000 Energy Bearish 3X ETF (BGZ)
Direxion Russell 1000 Financials Bearish 3X ETF (FAZ)

]]> Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:41:38 -0400 SA Editors Inverse (Short) Sector ETFs List
(click on symbol for data and articles)

Leveraged Inverse (Short) Sector ETFs
ProShares UltraShort Basic Materials (SMN)
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Goods (SZK)
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Services (SCC)
ProShares UltraShort Financials (SKF)
ProShares UltraShort Health Care (RXD)
ProShares UltraShort Industrials (SIJ)
ProShares UltraShort Oil & Gas (DUG)
ProShares UltraShort Real Estate (SRS)
ProShares UltraShort Semiconductors (SSG)
ProShares UltraShort Technology (REW)
ProShares UltraShort Utilities (SDP)
Rydex Inverse 2x S&P Select Sector Energy ETF (REC)
Rydex Inverse 2x S&P Select Sector Financial ETF (RFN)
Rydex Inverse 2x S&P Select Sector Technology ETF (RTW)
Rydex Inverse 2x S&P Select Sector Health Care ETF (RHO)
Direxion Russell 1000 Energy Bearish 3X ETF (BGZ)
Direxion Russell 1000 Financials Bearish 3X ETF (FAZ)


Complete Story »]]> BGZ DUG FAZ REC REW RFN RHO RTW RXD SCC SDP SIJ SKF SMN SRS SSG SZK SA Editors