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The markets seem certain in forecasting a recovery in the economy, which could cause inflation in the immediate future. Inflation refers to the increase in the money supply, and in economics inflation is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time. Read more…
“It’s been quite a week for the folks at ETF Securities (ETFS), one of the preeminent ETF sponsors in Europe that recently made the long jump across the pond to enter into the U.S. market. Last Friday ETFS launched its Silver Trust (SIVR), a bullion-backed Read more…
“Fidelity Investments became the latest to warn its customers about leveraged exchange-traded funds. “Leveraged products are complex, carry substantial risks and are intended for short-term trading,” a warning to customers on Fidelity’s Read more…
“GLD is one of the largest ETFs on the market in terms of asset value because the fund actually holds positions in gold bullion itself. As of this writing, the fund holds over 34K ounces of gold bullion. Because GLD is an ETF you can trade it like a stock Read more…
Bloomberg is reporting that Touradji Capital Management LP, purchased 126,000 shares of the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) in the second quarter and sold stock in EnCana Corp. as well as other energy companies. Touradji Capital Management Read more…
“The United States Natural Gas Fund LP (UNG.P), a giant exchange traded fund in the natural gas market, said on Monday it was still awaiting approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to issue new shares Read more…
Murray Coleman writing for IndexUniverse says, “Is Fidelity finally ready to jump into ETFs in a big way? My sources say maybe … but there could be one troubling hitch. As we noted last week, the name of Fidelity Investors Read more…
There has been much optimism in the auto industry because of the “CASH FOR CLUNKERS” program. This government stimulus program has proved to be quite successful. The initial response to the program was so vast Read more…
John Hyland, the chief investment officer of the widely watched funds known as U.S. Oil Fund (USO) and U.S. Natural Gas Fund (UNG), will be speaking for U.S. Commodity Funds, LLC addressing the current application of position limits and exemptions from position limits in energy markets. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will be holding a Read more…
Ron Rowland From Invest With An Edge Reports his ETF stats for the month of July. “The number of US-listed exchange traded products (ETPs) grew by nine in July, a slower pace than the increase of 13 in the prior month. The total value of shares traded declined -10.3% to $1.346 trillion from $1.5 trillion in June. Read more…
A representative for Deutsche Bank met with the South China Morning Post to discuss the recent introduction of six new ETFs to the Hong Kong stock exchange. The representative explained that Hong Kong has the greatest combination of retail and institutional investors in Asia. He also states that Hong Kong has the largest Read more…
“There were 272 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with exposure to emerging market benchmarks as of end-June, including 35 launched this year, according to a recent industry report by Barclays Global Investors. Those ETFs had combined assets of $116 billion. Read more…
“RevenueShares applies a revenue-weighting strategy to traditionally cap-weighted indexes. By allocating assets by revenue, this firm seeks to “reduce the erosion of investor returns created by cap-weighting’s tendency to overweight outlier firms in the index Read more…
“Weak consumer demand and a sluggish economy have been brutal for managers of commercial property. Vacancies are up in many cities as strip malls, office buildings and other property go unrented. The decline in commercial property Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS, ICF, NYSE:FRI, RWR, VNQ
“Last Friday (7/24/09), one ETF died and a new ETF was born. However, you won’t see these events in most ETF statistics because it was the same fund. The Claymore/Great Companies Large-Cap Growth Index ETF Read more…
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