"The year 2006 is shaping up to be a strong year for new ETF issues on the American Stock Exchange," said Cliff Weber, Senior Vice President of the ETF Marketplace at the Amex. "Creativity and product innovation are hallmarks of all our issuers, and the Amex is pleased these institutions have chosen to list their products on our market."
During February, the Amex listed the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index Fund (ticker DBC), the first ever commodity index-linked fund on a United States exchange.
In addition, the Exchange partnered with PowerShares Capital Management to bring the Zacks Small-Cap ETF to market (ticker: PZJ), its 36th ETF listed at the Amex. State Street Global Advisors also launched three new funds: SPDR Biotech (ticker XBI), SPDR Homebuilders (ticker XHB) and SPDR Semiconductor (ticker XSD).
