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Tom Lydon

Tom Lydon is president of Global Trends Investments and proprietor of ETFtrends.com. He has been involved in money management for over 20 years, beginning his career with Fidelity Investments Institutional Division.

Mr. Lydon is the co-author of iMoney: Profitable ETF Strategies for Every Investor, released in summer 2008. Mr. Lydon also serves on the Board of Directors for U.S. Global Investors, Inc. (GROW), a publicly traded San Antonio, TX investment advisory firm managing a diverse family of no-load mutual funds, the Board of Directors for Rydex Funds, a Rockville, MD mutual fund company, the Advisory Board for Tiburon Strategic Advisors, a national consulting firm to financial institutions, and is a founding member of Charles Schwab's Institutional Advisory Board.

He writes for Bottom Line Personal and is a contributor to major print, radio and television media.

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New ETFs Galore: iShares Target Dates, PowerShares Managed Real Estate
on Nov 21, 2008 about AOK, AOA, AOM
Retail ETF Investors Help Power Gold Demand
on Nov 21, 2008 about GLD, DGL
Heavy Reliance on Energy Depresses Russian ETF
on Nov 21, 2008 about RSX, EEM
Can Fundamental Index ETFs Tame the Bear?
on Nov 21, 2008 about PRF, PRFG
Healthcare ETFs May Feel the Pinch of Employer Insurance Cost Cutting
on Nov 18, 2008 about XLV, IHF
Back to Basics With RVE Hard Assets Producers ETF
on Nov 18, 2008 about HAP
Sugar ETN May Offer a Sweet Deal
on Nov 18, 2008 about SGG
ETF Update: Yum Restructuring, Telecom's Privacy Problems, REITs SOS
on Nov 17, 2008 about RWR, PEJ, IYZ
SEC Greenlights Barclays ETF of ETFs
on Nov 17, 2008
How Will Banks Spend Their Bailout Money?
on Nov 14, 2008 about GS, BAC, JPM
Redefining Strategy for ETFs
on Nov 14, 2008
Biotech ETFs a Rare Safe Haven
on Nov 14, 2008 about DNA, AMGN, CELG
German ETF Halts With Auto Industry
on Nov 13, 2008 about EWG
Why Investors are Shunning ETNs
on Nov 13, 2008
Study Looks at Bond ETF Activity During Market Meltdown
on Nov 12, 2008
Solar, Wind ETF Growth Could Suffer from Creaky Power Grid
on Nov 11, 2008
Brazilian ETF Mirrors Financial Distress
on Nov 11, 2008 about EWZ
Barclays' Two New Bond ETFs
on Nov 10, 2008 about SUB, AGZ
ETF Update: High-Grade Bond Opportunity?, Homebuilders on Edge, Retail Holiday Fears
on Nov 09, 2008 about HYG, ITB, LQD
ETF Coping Strategies for the Economic Crisis
on Nov 09, 2008 about RQI
History's Not on the Side of Consumer Staples ETFs
on Nov 07, 2008 about XLP
Obama's Win Could Lift Muni Bond ETFs
on Nov 07, 2008 about PZA
ETF Update: Investors Flee Mutual, 130/30 Funds, October ETF Asset Report, Emerging Markets Bond ETFs
on Nov 06, 2008 about EMB, PCY
Crumbling Real Estate Market Knocks Some REITs Down
on Nov 06, 2008 about VNO, ICF, RWR
New Direxion Triple Leverage Funds: Proceed with Caution
on Nov 05, 2008 about ERX, BGU, BGZ
ETFs as the Core of Your Portfolio
on Nov 05, 2008 about VTI, SPY
Target Date ETFs Investors Have to Take the Good with the Bad
on Nov 05, 2008 about TDX
ETF Update: Consumer Staples' Smaller Losses; New Actively Managed ETF, Industrial Blues; Options Traders Love ETFs
on Nov 04, 2008 about IYJ, XLI, VDC
ETF Update: Tax Swaps, Leverage Caution, October Performance Report, Retail Doldrums
on Nov 03, 2008 about RTH, FXY, IWB
Target-Date ETFs: Sufficiently on Target?
on Oct 31, 2008 about TDH, TDN, TDD
India ETFs Growth Could Stall Amid Crisis Conditions
on Oct 31, 2008 about PIN
Precious and Base Metal ETFs Draw Attention During Turmoil
on Oct 31, 2008 about DBB, DBP, GLD

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