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The following is a pretty useful video on using exchange traded funds (ETFs) to avoid getting socked by bear markets. Peter Navarro, in a video made for thestreet.com, shows how to use Asian, European and Latin American market performance to predict a us bear Read more…
“Renewable energy uses natural resources like sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat to produce energy. High oil prices, concerns about global climate change, and the U.S. government’s growing support of renewable energy through legislation has driven the push to commercialize alternative energy sources Read more…
The Natural Gas ETF has failed to receive regulatory approval to issue new shares which has prevented the exchange-traded fund from buying new contracts. While natural gas prices have plummeted, the ETF has gone the opposite way as demand for the ETF has increased. Read more…
Barclays Plc’s iShares will offer the first exchange-traded funds that track Mexican government debt indexes, said Daniel Gamba, Barclays Global Investors’ executive director for Latin America. Read more…
As we wrote Wednesday, Schwab is looking to gain regulatory approval to introduce its own line of exchange-traded funds by the end of the year. Yesterday, Schwab submitted a prospectus for three international ETF’s as well as firming up their domestic offerings. Overall there are nine porposed ETF’s listed: Read more…
Nouriel Roubini’s official statement taken from his blog on Jul 16, 2009: “It has been widely reported today that I have stated that the recession will be over “this year” and that I have “improved” my economic outlook. Despite those reports – however – my views expressed today are no different than the views I have expressed previously. If anything my views were taken out of context. Read more…
The triple-leveraged fund offerings from Direxion topped both the ETF winners and losers for second-quarter 2009. According to a recent Barron’s report, five out of the top 16 fund gainers in the second quarter belong to the Direxion family, including a more than 100% gain in its Emerging Market Bull 3X ETF (EDC). As a matter of a fact, the 52 week range on the Direxion Daily Emrg Mkts Bull 3X Shares spans Read more…
On Thursday, Direxion launched a pair of exchange-traded funds targeting domestic real estate investment trusts. The funds are: Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3x Shares (DRN) and Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3x Shares (DRV). See the Press Release below. Read more…
A great piece from ETF Database covering the people who have changed the ETF industry forever. “Over the last two years, equity markets have cratered, volatility has skyrocketed, and retirement portfolios have been crushed under the weight of a global recession
The logistics of Gold (GLD) and Silver (SLV) ETF’s has always been debated. We found an interesting piece that is worth a look. “Ever since the launch of the US gold ETF, GLD, in November, 2004 and the launch of the US silver ETF, SLV Read more…
Peter Kenny,from Knight Equities and Jim Iuorio, with TJM Institutional Services spoke with CNBC’s Erin Burnett about their ETF picks today. The focus of the story seemed to be on Singapore which is not on every one’s radar right now, although its economy is growing at a rate of more than 20%. The growth is mostly due through the construction and biomedical sectors. Jim chimed in with his approach of buying the iShares Read more…
A reason to get long the home-builder and real estate ETF’s may in our view, as Fitch Ratings says a bottom in US Housing is here. With major new home metrics leveling off from fresh lows, the long-awaited bottom in U.S. housing may finally be in sight Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS, IYR, UMM, URE, XHB
In what appears to be a tsunami of inflation on the way, Greenlight Capital Inc. has decided to change the way they are investing in gold. They apparently found that there is a benefit to buying physical gold and storing it, as opposed to going the ETF route. The difference is storage costs versus ETF management costs. Bloomberg reports: ”Greenlight Capital Inc., the $5 billion hedge-fund firm run by David Einhorn, told investors it switched all of its holdings in a gold exchange-traded fund into bullion during the second quarter.” Read more…
Secretary of State William Galvin of Massachusetts’s has launched a formal review of the sales practices of leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETF’s) which are designed to magnify the market’s daily performance. Galvin says he’s concerned about the returns and costs of the increasingly popular financial products. Read more…
Deutsche Bank’s exchange-traded funds unit is planning to offer one of its funds for free, Financial News reports. db x-trackers will drop the fees for investing in the DJ Euro Stoxx 50 ETF. The ETF, which is the company’s third biggest fund, has an annual total expense ratio of 0.15%. How are they able to achieve this no fee Read more…
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