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To: Sam who wrote (7903)	4/21/2010 4:03:36 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Respond to of 16955

re: QCLN top 10 Holdings, %: First Solar, Inc. 8.67 Cree, Inc. 8.30 Linear Technology Corporation 7.91 National Semiconductor Corporation 5.42 ON Semiconductor Corporation 5.35 MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. 4.52 Itron, Inc. 3.87 AVX Corporation 3.78 Veeco Instruments Inc. 2.90 Baldor Electric Company 2.77 expense ratio: 0.6% ftportfolios.com my comments: 2008-9 lo, today, % change, ETF: 7.83, 16.25, +108%, QCLN 8.57, 13.47, +57%, FAN 4.65, 08.51, +83%, TAN Looks like QCLN is more of a semiconductor ETF than anything else. Expense ratio should be lower, if all they are doing is matching an index. A smart teenager with a calculator can do that. Anyone else have any suggestions for alt-energy ETFs?.