“The big option action in exchange-traded funds today is in the materials sector. The Materials Select Sector SPDR (NYSE:XLB) continues to retreat from its second highest close of the year. Read more…
XLB
Sprott is set to begin trading their new Sprott Physical Silver Trust ETV (NYSE:PSLV) tomorrow. The Trust was established on June 30, 2010 under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada Read more…
JJP, NYSE:AGQ, NYSE:DBP, NYSE:DBS, PSLV, SIL, SIVR, ZSL
Van Eck is set to begin trading their new Market Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF tomorrow. This new fund, which was originally proposed as the Minor Metals ETF, was recently Read more…
REMX
In an interview with Forbes, Jason Huntley – CIO of Mars Hill Global Relative Value Fund, spoke about the what Active ETFs are, how they compare with passive ETFs, what it’ll take Read more…
NYSE:GRV
Corn prices have surged more than 70% since May and could rise even higher in coming weeks. Prices will remain elevated for at least the next year, perhaps even testing their 2008 record high Read more…
MOO, NYSE:CORN
Barclays Bank PLC has announced that it will implement a one-for-four reverse split of the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (NYSE:VXX), effective Tuesday November 9. Read more…
VXX
With midterm elections around the corner, the entire nation is sitting on the edge of their seats, awaiting what some believe will be a major shift in the political balance of power in the halls of Read more…
XLP
This essay is based on the Premium Update posted on October 22nd, 2010. We’ve heard a lot about the currency war, but next thing you know they’ll be calling it the McCurrency War. If we needed Read more…
NYSE:GLD
Tuesday brought the fourth consecutive day of directionless trading. Since last Thursday, the major indices have “chopped” in a tight trading range. The market is obviously in consolidation Read more…
IEO, IWC, IXC, NYSE:EWC, TBT
Barclays Bank PLC announced today that it will implement a 1 for 4 reverse split of its iPath® S&P 500 VIX Short-Term FuturesTM Exchange Traded Notes (the “Notes”) effective Tuesday Read more…
VXX
A sustainable economic recovery is likely to not be intact until financial institutions start lending and the credit markets loosen up, at which time small-cap exchange traded funds (ETFs), like the Read more…
IYW, PJM, PZJ, VBR
In trading Tuesday, the ETFS Physical Palladium Shares (NYSE:PALL) outperformed other ETFs, up about 2.5% on the day. Also up on the day is the Read more…
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NYSE:GLTR, PALL, PPLT, SIVR, SLV
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