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But in the meantime,
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you can buy or sell shares in the fund on the stock exchange.
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They also have what are called creation units,
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which are in large denominations, like millions of dollars.
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Institutional investors can
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either create or redeem shares in the ETFs,
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but you as an individual cannot.
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If the creation unit is one million dollars,
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then an institutional investor who is an authorized participant
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and has signed the right papers can go to the AMEX and say,
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I want to create ten million dollars of new SPDRs.
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Then, the AMEX will--that's ten creation units.