SMB VanEck Short Muni ETF

NEW YORK, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) today announced that Van Eck Global has launched its seventh ETF on the Exchange: Market Vectors-Lehman Brothers AMT-Free Short Municipal ETF (AMEX:SMB). "We enjoy continuing a partnership with Van Eck as they add new products to their growing family of ETFs," said Scott Ebner, Senior Vice President of the Amex ETF Marketplace. "SMB provides investors with exposure to investment-grade municipal bonds." SMB aims to track the Lehman Brothers AMT-Free Short Continuous Municipal Index, a market size weighted index comprised of publicly traded municipal bonds that cover the U.S. dollar denominated short term tax exempt bond market. The Index has four main sectors: state and local general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, insured bonds, and pre-refunded bonds. Kellogg Capital Group, LLC is the specialist for SMB. About the American Stock Exchange The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) offers trading across a full range of equities, options and exchange traded funds (ETFs), including structured products and HOLDRS(SM). In addition to its role as a national equities market, the Amex is the pioneer of the ETF, responsible for bringing the first domestic product to market in 1993. Leading the industry in ETF listings, the Amex lists 380 ETFs to date. The Amex is also one of the largest options exchanges in the U.S., trading options on broad-based and sector indexes as well as domestic and foreign stocks. For more information, please visit http://www.amex.com/. DATASOURCE: The American Stock Exchange CONTACT: Bari Trontz of American Stock Exchange, +1-212-306-8964, Web site: http://www.amex.com/

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