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    • ON: Tue Aug 5th 15:53 PM
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      FOMC Statements: Let's Ban the Boilerplate
      Hilarious!
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    • ON: Thu Jul 24th 17:48 PM
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      ETF splits (EEM, IWN, IJR, EFA, IGE, IJK, IJH, IJJ, IWM, ICF, IJS, IYR)
      The correct list of splits from Barclays is:

      Barclays Global Investors Announces Share Split of Certain iShares® Funds
      San Francisco, July 11, 2008 - Barclays Global Investors (BGI), a worldwide leader in exchange-traded funds, announced today that the Board of Directors of iShares, Inc. and the Board of Trustees of iShares Trust have authorized a split of the shares of 15 iShares Funds (listed below) for shareholders of record as of the close of business on July 21, 2008, payable after the close of trading on July 23, 2008. Fund shares will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis on July 24th. Post-split shares are expected to be distributed to shareholders' accounts on July 28, 2008, and shareholders are expected to see the change in their holdings sometime after July 28th, depending upon their brokerage firm's procedures.




      Fund Name Ticker U.S. Listing Exchange Split Ratio
      iShares S&P Latin America 40 Index Fund ILF NYSE Arca 5 for 1
      iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Fund FXI NYSE Arca 3 for 1
      iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund EEM NYSE Arca 3 for 1
      iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan Index Fund EPP NYSE Arca 3 for 1
      iShares Russell Midcap Value Index Fund IWS NYSE Arca 3 for 1
      iShares S&P Global Energy Sector Index Fund IXC NYSE Arca 3 for 1
      iShares S&P North American Natural Resources Sector Index Fund IGE NYSE Arca 3 for 1
      iShares Dow Jones Energy Sector Fund IYE NYSE Arca 3 for 1
      iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index Fund IJT NYSE Arca 2 for 1
      iShares S&P 1500 Index Fund ISI NYSE Arca 2 for 1
      iShares MSCI South Africa Fund EZA NYSE Arca 2 for 1
      iShares S&P/TOPIX 150 Index Fund ITF NYSE Arca 2 for 1
      iShares MSCI EMU Index Fund EZU NYSE Arca 2 for 1
      iShares Russell Midcap Growth Index Fund IWP NYSE Arca 2 for 1
      iShares S&P Europe 350 Index Fund IEV NYSE Arca 2 for 1
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    • ON: Fri May 30th 09:13 AM
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      Six Ways to Trade Foreign Currencies
      Very interesting article but I would appreciate your opinion of the relative merits of each etf when considering fees. Your future discussion of the various strategies being employed also sounds promising.
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