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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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CINCINNATI -- Today's Schaeffer's Midday Options Update features iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund (AMEX:IWM), Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S), and Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ:WFMI).
CINCINNATI -- Among the stocks featured in the May 22 edition of Schaeffer's Market Blog are Dillard's (NYSE:DDS), Inco (NYSE:N), iShares Russell 2000 Index (NYSE:IWM), and Nasdaq-100 Trust (NASDAQ:QQQQ).
This trade, which was on the iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund (IWM), occurred approximately one year after ISE traded its 1 billionth contract on May 24, 2005.
 
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