{"id":14968,"date":"2019-05-18T16:07:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T20:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insurance-journal.ca\/article\/horizons-etfs-launches-exchange-traded-fund-focused-on-uranium\/"},"modified":"2019-05-18T16:07:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T20:07:34","slug":"horizons-etfs-launches-exchange-traded-fund-focused-on-uranium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2019\/05\/18\/horizons-etfs-launches-exchange-traded-fund-focused-on-uranium\/","title":{"rendered":"Horizons ETFs launches exchange traded fund focused on uranium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/insurance-journal.ca\/media\/photologue\/photos\/etfs_img_card.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Horizons ETFs<\/strong> has announced the launch of Horizons Global Uranium Index ETF, a new exchange traded fund that provides exposure to global uranium companies. Units of the ETF have begun trading on the <strong>Toronto Stock Exchange<\/strong> under the ticker symbol HURA.<\/p>\n<p>HURA seeks to replicate the performance of the <strong>Solactive Global Uranium Pure-Play Index <\/strong>net of expenses. Horizons ETFs says HURA is the first ETF in Canada to provide direct exposure to the global uranium sector.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Global mining ventures can carry significant investment risks. By investing through a diversified ETF like HURA, you can potentially achieve greater stability and risk-mitigation to your uranium-sector exposure,&#8221; said <strong>Nick Piquard<\/strong>, Portfolio Manager and Options Strategist at Horizons ETFs. &#8220;Our global basket approach to the uranium sector provides access to production happening across the globe \u2013 from the world&#8217;s largest in Kazakhstan to emerging mining operations in the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Canada is the second-largest uranium producing country and is home to the world&#8217;s largest publicly traded uranium company, <strong>Cameco<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/insurance-journal.ca\/article\/horizons-etfs-launches-exchange-traded-fund-focused-on-uranium\/\">Read the original article at insurance-journal.ca <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Horizons ETFs has announced the launch of Horizons Global Uranium Index ETF, a new exchange traded fund that provides exposure to global uranium companies. Units of the ETF have begun trading on the Toronto&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14968"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}