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Our Complete ETF Download List now categorizes ETFs and Closed End Funds into the following five categories:
US Listed Stocks ETF:  All constituents trade on a US exchange.  ETFs with this classification may be considered for inclusion in MasterDATA’s index / ETF compilation list.

Non-US Listed Stocks ETF:  One or more of the constituents do not trade [...]

In the past, the MasterDATA.com web site was hosted on a remote web server with the remaining MasterDATA sites hosted on in-house servers.  This structure reduced bandwidth demand on the in-house servers thus enhancing download and access times for subscribers to MasterDATA’s various subscription web sites.
Recently, the remote web servers  experienced frequent interruptions in service.  [...]

The MasterDATAlink downloader program released earlier this month now additionally generates MetaStock format datafiles.  Users now have the option of automatically creating MetaStock format price files (Metafiles) from the downloaded .csv composite / breadth datafiles.  Soon, capabilities will be added allowing creation of such datafiles to incorporate any data field within MasterDATACSV’s downloadable .csv datafiles.
While [...]

This letter should have been out over a week ago, but I decided to postpone its publication until ready to make an announcement promised in last month’s letter.  As I stated in my last letter, “The program is written and fully functional and will be distributed after addition of a few more features and completion [...]

The new web site, MasterDATACSV.com, provides the same historical composite / breadth .csv datafile downloads as the previous web site, but with an entirely new and greatly improved method of datafile delivery to subscribers.  MasterDATAlink is a program provided our .csv datafile subscribers that allows them to update or download one, any or all available [...]

iShares Russell 1000 Value Index (IWD) recently added a component which trades only on non-U.S. Exchanges.  Currently, MasterDATA compiles data on indexes and ETFs with all constituents trading on a U.S. Exchange.  As a result, IWD has been removed from MasterDATA’s ETF list, replaced by iShares S&P MidCap 400 Index (IJH).

Being the first in quite a long while, this letter is kind of a purpose statement for me and a commitment to you.  It will first address some of the major enhancements recently implemented into the MasterDATA web site.  Then, I will provide a brief overview of where we are going from here.  The immediate [...]

Upon further investigation of the iShares web site constituent lists, we discovered that several included issues simply no longer existed (some for many years).  That fact explained the great difficulty of finding information about the issues.  Thus what we originally concluded were “non-US” trading securities are now found to no longer exist.  Having identified these [...]

Although MasterDATA’s original 61 indexes and ETFs always provided a current constituent list as part of their report, now constituent lists for all 130 indexes and ETFs are available for easy viewing or easy downloading in .csv files.  Log in to the free “Charts and Reports” section and place your mouse over the “Special Reports” [...]

Replacing the four removed Exchange Traded Funds listed in the previous item, four ETFs are added to MasterDATA’s ETF list.  All the new ETFs trade in excess of 100,000 shares per day based upon average trade volume and meet MasterDATA’s criteria for inclusion on its list.  Historical composite / breadth datafiles on a total of [...]