Media Contact: Bari Trontz
American Stock Exchange
212-306-8964 /Bari.Trontz@amex.com

New York, February 12, 2008 – The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) today announced that it has launched trading in three new exchange traded funds (ETFs) from Claymore Securities, Inc.: the Claymore U.S. Capital Markets Bond ETF (UBD), the Claymore U.S. Capital Markets Micro-Term Fixed Income ETF (ULQ) and the Claymore U.S.-1 – The Capital Markets Index ETF (UEM).  These three new ETFs bring the total number of ETFs listed on the Amex to 388. 

Claymore U.S. Capital Markets Bond ETF (Amex: UBD) seeks to track the Capital Markets Bond Index, a total return index comprised of approximately 6,146 long-term U.S. investment grade fixed income securities.  The Index includes long-term fixed income securities including U.S. Treasury securities, U.S. federal agency and other government sponsored entities fixed income securities, investment grade U.S. corporate fixed income securities and U.S. agency mortgage pass-through securities such as those issued by the Government National Mortgage Association, the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.

Claymore U.S. Capital Markets Micro-Term Fixed Income ETF (Amex: ULQ) seeks to track the Capital Markets Liquidity Index, a total return index designed to represent the traditional investment grade securities in the U.S. money markets and in the micro-term fixed income capital markets.  The Index includes micro-term U.S. Treasury fixed income securities, micro-term U.S. federal agency and other government sponsored entities fixed income securities, micro-term investment grade U.S. corporate fixed income securities, commercial paper, bankers acceptances, large time deposits, and U.S. federal agency discount notes.

Claymore U.S.-1 - The Capital Markets Index ETF (Amex: UEM) seeks to track the Capital Markets Index , a total return index that includes common stock equity securities, short-term investment grade fixed income securities and money market instruments, and long-term investment grade fixed income securities.

The CPMKTS Capital Markets IndexSM family, designed by Dorchester Capital Markets LLC, provides a single broad measure for the long-term performance of the U.S. investment grade capital markets, as well as benchmarks for the equity, fixed income, and liquidity components of the U.S. capital markets. 

“The Amex is proud to partner with Claymore in launching these new ETFs,” said Scott Ebner, Senior Vice President of the Amex ETF Marketplace.  “These three new products provide investors with highly-diversified, market-weighted portfolios.  UEM offers investors exposure to both stocks and bonds in a single index ETF.”

Kellogg Capital Group, LLC is the specialist for UBD, ULQ and UEM.