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BlackRock Announces Unitholder Meetings Concerning Proposed Merger of

iShares Natural Gas Commodity Index Fund (“GAS”) iShares Broad Commodity Index Fund (CAD-Hedged) (“CBR”) (together, the “iShares Funds”) Continue reading

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New Alternative Fund Tax, Cost Efficient

Robert Worthington, president of the Hatteras Funds, says the new Alpha Hedged Strategies Variable Fund is a cost and tax efficient way for investors to get hedge fund like returns. Continue reading

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First Person: Why I Didn’t Buy Into the Facebook IPO Hype

COMMENTARY | “Buy Facebook,” brokers cried. Wall Street experts and talking heads touted the mega million dollar to be the hottest IPO since Google Continue reading

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BlackRock Announces Certain Changes to XHY and XIG

TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – April 18, 2012) – BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited (” BlackRock Canada “), an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK), has determined to change the indices which the iShares U.S. High Yield Bond Index Fund (CAD-Hedged) (” XHY “) and the iShares U.S Continue reading

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