Latest Q&A Based Profiles ( 6 Interview )


Inflation Linked ETNs

Consumer Goods-Services > NA

PowerShares DB Inflation Deflation ETNs

FCNAX

Jan 1, 2012

Investors have very few choices when it comes to getting direct exposure to inflation movements. Martin Kremenstein explains how the newly launched PowerShares DB US Inflation Exchange Traded Notes and PowerShares DB US Deflation Exchange Traded Notes provide a direct exposure to both rising inflation and falling inflation.

Precious Water

Multi-Cap > Value

PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio; PowerShares Global Water Portfolio

FBSIX

Mar 3, 2011

Water is one of the critical resources of the 21st century. The spatial and temporal scarcity of water creates a fundamentally compelling investment opportunity worldwide. This investment potential is further magnified by the economics of structural and institutional rationalization within the water industry itself; a fundamental component that is

Follow the Money

Mid-Cap > Growth

PowerShares Active ETFs

EISEX

Jan 1, 2009

In the world of investment, the efficiency of even the most elaborate models is often based on surprisingly simple truths. Harnessing the idea of making money where it is to be found, David O’Leary has organized his investment strategy around a proprietary money flow measure to generate alpha for the PowerShares

Efficient Access to Commodities

MLPs > NA

PowerShares DB Funds

EIPIX

Jan 1, 2009

Only a couple of years ago, investing in commodities was a complicated matter involving a futures account or an indirect approach through equities. Invesco PowerShares and Deutsche Bank now provide a more efficient access to an area that’s not correlated to equities. Investors can choose between diversified, leveraged, or inverse

Intelligent Indexing

NA > NA

PowerShares ETFs

Aug 8, 2008

Founded with the ambition to change the ETF industry, PowerShares has combined three concepts to carry out “the Intelligent ETF Revolution.” The three elements of its strategy are: the development of ETFs with the characteristics of quantitative rules-based indices; the implementation of fundamental indexing; and the availability of “intelligent access”

Investible Index for India

Large-Cap > Growth

PowerShares India Portfolio

EGFFX

Jul 7, 2008

The PowerShares India Portfolio is an ETF providing direct exposure to stocks of Indian companies. The Indus India Index, on which the India Portfolio is based, is designed to replicate the Indian equity markets as a whole, through a diverse group of 50 Indian stocks, selected from a universe of the
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