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iShares

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iShares
Exchange-traded funds with portfolios based on a series of stock indexes including the S&P indexes, the Dow Jones indexes, and the Russell indexes. iShares are also available for MSCI foreign indexes. Shares of each fund represent proportional ownership of individual stocks that make up the index on which the fund is based. iShares were developed by Barclays Global Investors and are mostly traded on the American Stock Exchange.
iShares
A family of exchange-traded funds that tracks various stock or bond markets. iShares can be traded like stocks or other securities and operate much like mutual funds but without any net asset value. The largest issuer of exchange-traded funds, iShare funds are traded on several stock exchanges globally.


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29, 2004) Exchange: 1-Year Fundname Ticker Category Return iShares S.
Scandal-free mutual funds: exchange-traded funds can shelter ... by Korn, Donald Jay / Black Enterprise
SAN FRANCISCO -- Barclays Global Investors (BGI), a worldwide leader in exchange traded funds (ETFs), announced today that the second phase of iShares products, 15 iShares Funds, will move to the NYSE Arca, a national securities exchange and a subsidiary of the NYSE Group, on October 20, 2006.
Fifteen iShares(R) Funds Move to the NYSE Arca by Business Wire
SAN FRANCISCO -- Barclays Global Investors (BGI) announced that five new iShares S&P Global Sector Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) began trading today on the New York Stock Exchange.
Barclays Global Investors Expands the iShares(R) Global Sector ETF ... by Business Wire
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