Benzinga's Mandatory ETF Reading for September 23, 2013

Big winners (up at least 5%): Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bear 3X Shares DUST, VelocityShares 3x Inverse Natural Gas ETN DGAZ and the iPath Pure Beta Crude Oil ETN OLEM.

Big winners (down at least 5%): Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bull 3X Shares NUGT, iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Value ETF EVAL and the VelocityShares 3x Long Natural Gas ETN UGAZ.

Unusual volume (at least 5X ADV): iShares Utilities ETF IDU, First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund FXU, iShares MSCI Germany Small Cap ETF EWGS, iShares MSCI USA ETF EUSA, SPDR S&P Emerging Europe ETF GUR, PowerShares Water Resources PHO and the Vanguard Industrials ETF VIS.

Must reads of the day:

CNN Money: The IPO market is stronger than you think.

Reformed Broker: Presents the case for investing in Africa.

All-Star Charts takes a look at what you can expect false moves or failed breakouts/breakdowns

The Philippines remains a shining star that could shine brighter still.

Bloomberg: Coffee bear market getting worse.

The Emmy Awards were a non-event for some ETFs.

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