Claymore debuts 7 ETFs

April 3, 2007

SAN DIEGO (ETFguide.com) - The American Stock Exchange announced trading in 7 new exchange traded funds (ETFs) from Claymore Securities.

"The American Stock Exchange and Claymore enjoy a collaborative commitment to introducing ground breaking investment vehicles for investors," said Scott Ebner, Senior Vice President of the Amex ETF Marketplace.

Among the new funds introduced are the Claymore/BIR Leaders 50 ETF (Symbol: BST), which tracks an index of 50 publicly traded ADRs and U.S. companies. Stock components are analyzed and selected by Best Independent Research, LLC (BIR), a consortium of the following five independent research companies: Ativo Research, Channel Trend Inc., Columbine Capital Services, Ford Equity Research, and Thomas White International.

Another offering focuses on companies with an arsenal of intellectual property.

The Claymore/Ocean Tomo Growth Index ETF (Symbol: OTR) is comprised of 60 mid and large cap domestic stocks selected from the Ocean Tomo 300 Patent Index.

Two ETFs follow indexes operated by Chicago-based Zacks Investment Research.

The Claymore/Zacks Growth & Income Index ETF (Symbol: CZG) is comprised of 225 domestic stocks and the Claymore/Zacks Mid-Cap Core ETF (Symbol: CZA) follows an index of 100 mid-cap stocks.

Including these new funds, Lisle, IL-based Claymore now offers 18 U.S. listed ETFs.

--Claymore/BIR Leaders 50 ETF (AMEX: BST),

--Claymore/BIR Leaders Mid-Cap Value ETF (AMEX: BMV)

--Claymore/BIR Leaders Small-Cap Core ETF (AMEX: BES)

--Claymore/Great Companies Large-Cap Growth Index ETF (AMEX: XGC)

--Claymore/Ocean Tomo Growth Index ETF (AMEX: OTR)

--Claymore/Zacks Growth & Income Index ETF (AMEX: CZG)

--Claymore/Zacks Mid-Cap Core ETF (AMEX: CZA)