Claymore Securities, Inc. (“Claymore”), an innovator of investment solutions and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners, LLC (“Guggenheim Partners”), today announced it has changed Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

From a technical perspective, the big event in the markets in the last week is undoubtedly the breakout in the S&P 500 index, but since I devote so much time to the SPX and its derivatives, Read more…

NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ

At the end of July I published a series of articles calling an important buypoint in precious metals.  To see my archived article from that point click here Read more…

IAU, NYSE:DGL, NYSE:DGP, NYSE:DGZ, NYSE:DZZ, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:GLL, SGOL, SLV, UBG, UGL

The meteoric rise of the ETF industry–and to a smaller extent the introduction of index mutual funds some 20 years earlier–has had the effect of transforming indexes from hypothetical Read more…

NYSE:DLN, NYSE:EPS, NYSE:EQL, PRF, RSP, RWL, SPY

Back in April PowerShares came out with its lineup of Small Cap Sector ETFs, making it easier for small-cap investors to play certain sectors of the market. It’s a huge deal, and I recommend you Read more…

XLB, XLE, XLES, XLF, XLK, XLU, XLY

The past five days added more hues to the emerging snapshot of U.S. economic growth that is sluggish and top-heavy, but still rolling forward — kind of like a tank that can’t get out of first gear. Read more…

NYSE:ECH, NYSE:EPI, NYSE:EWS, THD, XLI

Last November, I wrote a story titled “6 Reasons Why Gold Is Going to $1,300 an Ounce.” Now, we’ve hit that target. And you know what? I think there’s much, much more to come. And you can Read more…

SLV

The debate on the prospects of actively-managed ETFs carries on and it continues to be a divisive issue. The latest discussions took place at the Morningstar ETF Invest conference held in Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

I was watching last week’s action in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) very closely as we had reached a critical resistance level. There were a number of technical indicators that were showing Read more…

SPY

It’s been a while since I have had time to write a substantive post due to my full-time employment as a public school teacher.  But I found time this morning, so let’s do some catching up on where we Read more…

SLV, UUP

After a fierce equities rally on Friday, which I figured would happen, just not that strong; I have to wonder if there is some event or major decision in the works we don’t know about? Read more…

NYSE:GLD, SPY, UUP

With Silver screaming to new price highs, it’s time to pull out the Fibonacci Price Projection tool to see where upper indicator price confluences exist. Read more…

SLV

I … Silver, (NYSE:SLV), rose 1.7% and World Stocks, (NASDAQ:ACWI), rose 2.3% on Friday, September 24, 2010, as currency traders took the Euro, (NYSE:FXE), 1.3% Read more…

IWM, JNK, NYSE:DRN, NYSE:FXE, NYSE:FXY, NYSE:GDXJ, SLV, TMF, TNA, URE, VXX, XSD, XXV

A mere 15 years ago, selecting the right exchange-traded fund (ETF) was no big challenge. That’s because the first ETF wasn’t introduced until 1993, and the second didn’t follow until 1995. Read more…

IIH, IYR, JCO, LIT, NASDAQ:CU, NYSE:BSCC, NYSE:CHII, NYSE:CORN, NYSE:DRN, NYSE:EFG, NYSE:EPU, NYSE:FXI, PLND, PZJ, THD, VNM, VWO

Gold is grabbing the headlines setting daily record highs. Silver is setting an-even-more-torrid pace. Wheat and coffee – American breakfast table staples – are surging due to bad weather around Read more…

JJS, NYSE:BAL