WisdomTree is set to begin trading the “WisdomTree Dreyfus Commodity Currency Fund ETF” (NYSE:CCX) this Friday. The WisdomTree Dreyfus Commodity Currency Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve total returns reflective of money market rates in selected commodity-producing countries and changes to Read more…

NYSE:CCX

As the term ‘BRIC’ has entered the average American’s lexicon over the past two decades, many investors have seen the promise and peril of exposure to these rising superpowers. As more have Read more…

IDX, NYSE:EGPT, NYSE:EIDO, NYSE:EZA, NYSE:GXG, TUR, VNM

I have got a bit of a dilemma on my hands.  I have been preaching to the choir in recent days and weeks about how bullish the market looks and how it is going back up to the April 2010 highs etc Read more…

SPY

As fears of weak economic growth continue to prevail in the U.S., Brazil has been a hot ticket amongst emerging markets and is likely to continue to witness a booming economy. Read more…

ILF, NYSE:BRF, NYSE:EWZ, NYSE:GML

“The Direxion Daily Large Cap Bear 3X Shares (NYSE:BGZ) — This fund seeks daily investment results of 300% of the inverse of the price performance of the Russell 1000 Index. The fund Read more…

NYSE:BGZ

On September 21^st, PIMCO launched its fourth actively-managed ETF in the US, the PIMCO Build America Bond Strategy Fund (NYSE:BABZ). This is the first actively-managed ETF to hit them Read more…

NYSE:BAB, NYSE:BABS, NYSE:BABZ

If you read the business news or watch CNBC, you’ve been bombarded with a steady stream of experts warning you about China. Warning you about the Chinese stock market, warning you about Read more…

NYSE:CHIE, NYSE:CHII, NYSE:CHIQ, NYSE:CHIX, NYSE:CQQQ, NYSE:FXI, NYSE:GXC, NYSE:HAO, PGJ

The Commerce Department recently announced that housing starts rose 10.5% last month to an adjusted annual rate of 598,000, giving positive price support to the SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF Read more…

ITB, PKB, XHB

“What’s stressing out options traders more than anything else these days? How about the ugly, ugly iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures ETN (NYSE:VXX)?  The chart below shows VXX since Read more…

UNG, USO, VXX

As the ETF industry has evolved over the last several years, it has seen its share of both ups and downs. Recent years have seen a tremendous surge in ETF assets, as well as the number of funds Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

The SPDR Gold ETF (NYSE:GLD) today closed above the large rising wedge I alluded to yesterday and did so on very robust volume.  This was a very clear and powerful signal today for the Read more…

NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GLD, UUP

The Janna Herron Associated Press article entitled GMAC Stops Some Evictions, Foreclosed Home Sales relates: In a deposition taken in December, GMAC employee Jeffrey Stephan said he signed Read more…

IWM, KME, NASDAQ:CU, NYSE:EIRL, NYSE:EPP, NYSE:EWA, NYSE:EWD, NYSE:FAA, NYSE:FEZ, NYSE:FXA, NYSE:FXE, NYSE:FXS, NYSE:FXY, NYSE:GAZ, NYSE:GLD, QABA, RZV, USO, XLYS

The Gold/Silver ratio has just broken in favor of Silver. In other words, the ratio has broken to the downside. This development along with persistent strength in Gold has prompted the mainstream Read more…

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

With lingering uncertainty over the outlook for the global economy, safe havens have generated a tremendous amount of interest this year. While much of the attention has focused on gold and its Read more…

NYSE:EDV, SBND, TBF, TBT, TLT, TMV

With the fed decision out of the way, the market is only showing very limited weakness and it appears the squeeze that began yesterday is in continuation mode today. Read more…

SPY