I’ve been commenting both on the open blog and to members of the Weekly Intermarket Report of the “heavy” chart appearance in gold, as evidenced by the negative divergences and ’rounded Read more…
NYSE:GLD
Before we can answer that question intelligently, we need to ask three others: “The best for what?”, “The best for whom?”, and “Over what time frame?” Read more…
NYSE:EUM, NYSE:FXP, RWM, SDS, SH, TWM, TZA
In midday trading Tuesday, the S&P SmallCap Utilities Portfolio ETF (XLUS) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 7.93% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…
NYSE:AXEN, NYSE:GDX, XHB, XLFS, XLUS, XME
Global X Lithium ETF (NYSE:LIT) was listed for trading last Friday (7/23/10). The new ETF tracks the Solactive Global Lithium Index, which is designed to reflect performance of the largest and Read more…
LIT
Equal Sector investing notched another victory earlier this month when the ALPS Equal Sector Weight Exchange Traded Fund (“ETF”) (NYSE: EQL) outperformed the S&P 500 Index in its first Read more…
NYSE:EQL

In early 2007, investors were reading news stories about hundreds of new ethanol plants… enormous demand for grain in China… and rice shortages in Thailand.
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JJA, JJG, MLPI, MLPL, MLPN, MOO, NYSE:AMJ, NYSE:FUE, NYSE:GRU
Since their launch just two months ago, options on the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (NYSE:VXX) have attracted a robust following and have averaged about 20,000 contracts per day Read more…
VXX
Natural gas prices may have finally bottomed based on their technical outlook. As you are probably all too well aware, after following oil prices higher into July 2008, natural gas prices Read more…
UNG
Gold hit a twelve-week low on Tuesday as a rise in stock markets after well-received U.S. data dented the metal’s haven appeal, with a dip in holdings of the largest gold exchange-traded fund also undermining Read more…
IAU, NYSE:GLD
For the most part ETFs are index funds. But an index can go far beyond just market cap weighting. Most ETF insiders know this already that there is wide swath of opportunities, equal-weighted, market cap-weighted, fundamentally-weighted, some of them driving Read more…
NYSE:DEF, NYSE:FVD, PWV, SDY, VIG
“Claymore/MAC Global Solar ETF (NYSE:TAN) and Market Vectors Solar ETF (NYSE:KWT) have rallied since early June, but with earnings season fast approaching, can these ETFs break to higher Read more…
KWT, TAN
“One of top-performing exchange-traded funds so far in July tracks Chinese real estate companies as the small ETF has rallied more than 10% amid persistent talk of a bubble in China’s property Read more…
NYSE:FXI, TAO
LPL Financial Corporation (“LPL Financial”), an independent broker-dealer, today announced the introduction of third party Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) strategies to its Model Wealth Portfolios Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS
Great day for small-cap growth stocks today with a number of large breakouts to fresh highs. The Russell 2K Growth Index (NYSE: IWO) has now reclaimed all its primary moving averages Read more…
IWO, SPY
In trading on Monday, the FTSE NASDAQ Small Cap Portfolio ETF (PQSC) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 8.43% on the day. Also up on the day is the Read more…
NYSE:BDG, NYSE:FUE, PBTQ, PQSC, VXX
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