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“With the planet’s total energy consumption rising at an exponential rate and concerns about global warming being pushed to the forefront, alternative energy seems like less of a gamble and more of an eventuality. However, as investors and the media often focus on sexier forms of alternative power Read more…
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that it is withdrawing two no-action letters that provided relief from federal agricultural speculative positions limits set forth in CFTC regulations (17 C.F.R §150.2). The PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund (DBC) and the PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (DBA), will no longer be Read more…
“A reader recently wrote in with kudos for our April article on the gold/oil ratio (“How Much Oil Can Gold Buy?”). The ratio, if you’re not familiar with it, measures gold’s purchasing power in barrels of crude. That got me thinking about what else gold Read more…
“Gold prices typically move in the opposite direction from the U.S. dollar, and as the value of the U.S. dollar has risen during the past few weeks, gold prices have fallen back down to support at $935 per ounce, the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement Read more…
CNBC’s “Squawk On The Street”produced a segment this morning on the most searched ETFs on the market. With the recent warnings from FINRA and the SEC, they decided to dive into the Direxion financial bull and bear ETFs (FAS) and Read more…
(Marketwire – August 19, 2009) – Grail Advisors, a leader in the development and distribution of active Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), today issued a white paper on Exchange-Traded Funds and the state of the ETF marketplace Read more…
New York-based asset manager Global X Management Company today launched the Global X FTSE Nordic 30 ETF (GXF) , a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) listed on the NYSE Arca. The fund is the first ETF in the U.S. that enables investors to gain diversified access to the largest and most liquid companies in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Norway Read more…
Deutsche Bank today announced that it will temporarily suspend, with immediate effect, any further issuance of the PowerShares DB Crude Oil Double Long Exchange Traded Notes (DXO) (“the Notes”). This suspension may cause fluctuations in the trading value Read more…
“iShares, the world’s biggest provider of exchange-traded funds, plans to list ETFs on Chile’s exchange next year and in Peru and Colombia within 12 months Read more…
Money flows from today show 3 ETF’s topping the charts in selling on strength, The PowerShares QQQ (QQQQ), SPDRs (SPY), and The iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index (FXI) Read more…
Online investment firm’s investing workshop helps customers make better–informed decisions
BOSTON, Aug. 18, 2009 —Scottrade (www.scottrade.com), a leading branch–supported online investment firm, is hosting a free Read more…
The Natural Gas ETF (UNG) has been facing many hurdles with regulators and has lost it’s direction on what it should follow. The ETF is suppose to invest in futures contracts on natural gas traded on the NYMEX that is the near month contract to expire Read more…
ETF Securities USA submitted preliminary paperwork for a new proposed “Gold Trust” which seems to be taking the popular SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) head on. The following is taken directly from the SEC filing. You can find the Read more…
Washington, DC — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have issued an Investor Alert called Leveraged and Inverse ETFs: Specialized Products with Extra Risks for Buy-and-Hold Investors warning Read more…
“Investors should beware of the increasing number of ETFs that use derivative contracts to achieve investment objectives. While the use of swaps has helped many ETF Read more…
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