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Dow Jones Utility Average Ends 2011 Up 14.74% For Its Best Annual Performance In Four Years
NiSource Tops All DJUA Component Stocks,
Ending 2011 with 35.13% Increase
13 of the 15 Component Stocks Finish the Year with Gains
December 30, 2011--The Dow Jones Utility Average closed up 14.74% in 2011, with 13 of its 15 component stocks finishing with gains to give the DJUA its best yearly performance since 2007.
Shares of NiSource Inc. led all DJUA stocks, closing 2011 with an increase of 35.13%. Williams Cos. (up 33.58%), CenterPoint Energy Inc. (27.80%), Consolidated Edison Inc. (25.14%) and Dominion Resources Inc. (24.25%) rounded out the top five performers.
Merrillville, Ind.-based NiSource, Williams of Tulsa, Okla.; and Richmond, Va.-based Dominion Resources are the only DJUA components to repeat their Top Five showings from 2010 when Williams finished first, NiSource third and Dominion Resources fifth.
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Source: Dow Jones Indexes
Columbia Management Investment
December 29, 2011--Columbia Management Investment has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the Columbia Concentrated Large Cap Value Strategy Fund (GVT).
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Source: SEC.gov
Van Eck files with the SEC
December 30, 2011--Van Eck has filed a application for exemptive relief with the SEC.
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Source: SEC.gov
SEC To Weigh Exchanges' Volatility-Control Plans
December 30, 2011--The Securities and Exchange Commission intends to take a closer look at two separate plans by U.S. stock-exchange operators--designed to prevent another "flash crash"--to ensure that the measures don't create new problems, according to regulators.
The SEC will consider jointly a proposal for a new system of price limits, intended to soften rapid swings in the price of individual securities, alongside a separate effort to tighten market-wide halts that freeze ...
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Source: Wall Street Journal
CFTC Commitments of Traders Reports Update
December 30, 2011--The current reports for the week of December 27, 2011 are now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
PowerShares files with the SEC
December 30, 2011--PowerShares has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the PowerShares S&P International Developed High Beta Portfolio
(IDHB)
PowerShares S&P Emerging Markets High Beta Portfolio (EEHB)
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Source: SEC.gov
PowerShares files with the SEC
December 30, 2011--PowerShares has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the
PowerShares S&P International Developed Low Volatility Portfolio (IDLV)
PowerShares S&P Emerging Markets Low Volatility Portfolio
(EELV)
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Source: SEC.gov
SSgA & PowerShares Clash Over KBW Products
December 30, 2011--On Oct. 24, State Street Global Advisors changed the indexes on five of its ETFs from benchmarks provided by KBW to a quintet from Standard & Poor’s in a shift that belied a bit of intrigue involving Invesco PowerShares.
Indeed, four of the KBW indexes SSgA dropped were adopted by four new ETFs PowerShares rolled out Nov. 1. One industry source told IndexUniverse that SSgA sped up the transition to the new indexes before the launch date of the PowerShares funds—a move PowerShares hoped to block, possibly with legal action.
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Source: IndexUniverse
NYSE Euronext : NYSE Announces First-Quarter 2012 Circuit-Breaker Levels
December 30, 2011--The New York Stock Exchange will implement new circuit-breaker collar trigger levels for first-quarter 2012 effective Tuesday, January 3, 2012.
Circuit-breaker points represent the thresholds at which trading is halted marketwide for single-day declines in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). Circuit-breaker levels are set quarterly as 10, 20 and 30 percent of the DJIA average closing values of the previous month, rounded to the nearest 50 points.
In first-quarter 2012, the 10-, 20- and 30-percent decline levels, respectively, in the DJIA will be as follows:
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Source: NYSE Euronext
Trading Session Remaining In 2011, Dow Jones Utility Average On Track for Its Best Annual Performance in Four Years
DJUA Up 15.34% From Its 2010 Close
Shares of NiSource Top All DJUA Component Stocks Through Close of Trading on December 29, 2011
13 of the 15 Component Stocks Poised to Finish 2011 with Gains
December 29, 2011– With one trading session remaining in 2011 the Dow Jones Utility Average is on track for its best yearly performance since 2007. The DJUA has gained 15.34% through the close of trading on December 29, 2011.
In 2007, the DJUA ended the year up 16.59% from its close in 2006. The DJUA is comprised of 15 leading utilities companies in theU.S.
Shares of NiSource Inc. are up 41.85% thus far in 2011 leading all other component stocks in the DJUA. Williams Cos. (up 35.22%), CenterPoint Energy Inc. (34.35%), Consolidated Edison Inc. (32.02%) and Dominion Resources Inc. (Virginia, 30.55%) round out the top five DJUA performers for 2011.
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Source: Dow Jones
