George Van Dyke, an independent financial consultant in Towson, Maryland, advises his clients to use real estate investment trusts, EITS, and exchange-traded funds, ETFs, to diversify into real estate. The vehicles are Read more…

NYSE:DMM, NYSE:DRN, PSR, UMM, VNQ

“With oil at $74 a barrel and natural gas at $2.75 per tcf (thousand cubic feet), the price divergence between the two commodities is near a 20-year high. These prices represent a near 27-to-one natural gas-to-oil ratio, compared with nearly a 13-to-one average this past year Read more…

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Finra said it plans increased margin requirements for leveraged funds and uncovered options tied to the funds starting Dec. 1 Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

The Market Vectors ETF Trust announced regular monthly distributions today for five ETFs within the Market Vectors Family of Municipal Bond ETFs*.

The following dates apply to today’s distribution declarations: Read more…

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