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March 24th, 2010 by john | 636 Comments | Filed in Spin-off Investing, Value Investing

In a recent article on CSD, the stock spin-off exchange traded fund, Claymore/Clear Spin-Off, Michael Johnston has given a very concise and complete look at the ETF.

CSD, can serve the value investor seeking better than average returns in serveral ways.

Of course, you can simply buy the fund.
You can also use its portfolio as one source for building your watch list.
And, the content of its quarterly and annual reports is a good source of educational information on spin-off stocks.

Depending on when you got into CSD it has been a very rough or a very rewarding ride for investors so far as shown by the chart below.

Chart for Claymore/Beacon Spin-Off (CSD)

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