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I would like to know your thoughts on the Claymore 1-5 Yr Laddered Corporate Bond ETF. Thanks.

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Claymore 1-5 Yr Laddered Corporate Bond ETF, $20.82, symbol CBO on Toronto (Units outstanding: 20.5 million; Market cap: $426.8 million), invests in a portfolio of short-term bonds drawn from the DEX (formerly Scotia Capital) Bond Index. The ETF first sold units to the public at $20 each, and began trading on Toronto on February 25, 2009. The fund’s 25 holdings are divided into five staggered, or “laddered,” maturities that generally range from one to five years. Each maturity is equally weighted and includes five or more bonds with a minimum credit rating of “A.” Each year, the two-year to five-year bonds will be a year closer to maturity and one-year bonds will reach maturity. The fund will use proceeds of the matured bonds to “roll over” or buy new bonds that restore the desired one-to-five year portfolio balance. The ETF’s portfolio is weighted 41.03% toward financials, followed by industrials (25.96%), utilities (12.03%), unclassified industries (10.80%), consumer discretionary (8.25%), energy (0.99%)…