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The PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking ETF In Focus (DBC)

October 26th, 2010

David Fry From ETF Digest goes into detail on a commodity ETF discussing the PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking ETF (NYSE:DBC) in a video. Read more…

NYSE:DBC

Invest In The World’s Cheapest Market With This ETF (EWJ)

October 26th, 2010
The world’s cheapest major stock market is… Japan. “It’s hard for investors to buy stocks,” Tomochika Kitaoka, a senior strategist at Tokyo’s Mizuho Securities, told Bloomberg yesterday. Read more…

NYSE:EWJ

Behavioral Shift In The United States Oil ETF (NYSE:USO)

October 26th, 2010

Since its volatility heyday of 2008, the United States Oil Fund (NYSE:USO) has experienced a notable behavioral shift.  In fact, when juxtaposed with late 2007 through 2008, the last two years Read more…

USO

Is the U.S. Federal Reserve Setting the Stage for Hyperinflation? (GLD, GDX, GDXJ, SGOL, DGP, IAU, DZZ, GLL, SLV, SIVR, AGQ, ZSL, SIL, PPLT)

October 26th, 2010

The U.S. government wants to stimulate growth in the moribund economy by stoking the fires of inflation. But by leaving interest rates low and buying up bonds – a policy known as quantitative Read more…

IAU, NYSE:AGQ, NYSE:DGP, NYSE:DZZ, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:GLL, PPLT, SGOL, SIL, SIVR, SLV, ZSL

Is Silver Set To Beat Out Gold? (SIVR, SIL)

October 26th, 2010

Silver has served as a measure of value and currency for over 4,000 years. As early as around 600 B.C., citizens of Lydia used it for coins. But while hardly new, it’s still giving investors something to talk about these days. In the past month, silver has hit prices it hasn’t seen since the Hunt brothers Read more…

SIL, SIVR

VIX and The Short-Term Futures ETN: In the Beginning… (NYSE:VXX)

October 26th, 2010

Last week in What Do You Want to Know About VXX? I asked readers for their thoughts on what to cover in what I anticipated would be a big kitchen sink post about the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Read more…

VXX

AdvisorShares Teams Up With Cambria On Active Global ETF (GTAA, VWO, SCZ, RWX, TLT, IYR, RWR, GRV)

October 26th, 2010

AdvisorShares continues to expand its footprint in the active ETF arena, announcing today the launch of the Cambria Global Tactical ETF (NYSE:GTAA). The new fund comes out of a partnership Read more…

IYR, NYSE:GRV, NYSE:GTAA, RWR, RWX, SCZ, TLT, VWO

BlackRock Forms Global iShares Investment Strategy Group

October 26th, 2010

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) today announced that its iShares® Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business, the world’s largest provider of ETFs, has created the Global iShares Investment Strategy Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

ETF 360 Conference Helps Financial Advisors Navigate Changing Industry Landscape

October 26th, 2010

Christian Magoon, founder of Magoon Capital and a recognized industry thought leader on finance and market issues, recently co-chaired the successful “ETF 360 Conference: Investing Strategies for Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Natixis Global Asset Management Acquires Majority Stake in OSSIAM, a Specialty ETF Start-up

October 26th, 2010

Natixis Global Asset Management (NGAM) has acquired a majority stake in Ossiam, an asset management start-up, which will specialize in exchange traded funds (ETFs), once the relevant Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Cambria Global Tactical ETF Opens Doors To Investors (GTAA, GRV, ALT, DENT)

October 26th, 2010

AdvisorShares launches the Cambria Global Tactical ETF (NYSE:GTAA) today, trading under the ticker name GTAA on the NYSE. This is AdvisorShares’ fourth actively-managed ETF product Read more…

NYSE:ALT, NYSE:DENT, NYSE:GRV, NYSE:GTAA

Tuesday’s ETF To Watch: Materials SPDR (XLB)

October 26th, 2010

Over the past quarter, equity markets have soared despite low levels of economic growth in much of the developed world. Two of the biggest gainers during this time period have been the materials Read more…

XLB

Wagner Daily: A Technical Look At These ETFs (RSX, SOXL, UUP, XLK)

October 26th, 2010

The major indices opened Monday’s session with a solid morning gap up, but at 10:00 am the market was met with resistance, and stocks sold off. For most of the day the market “chopped” Read more…

RSX, SOXL, UUP, XLK

ETF Radar Magazine Releases Issue No. 8 (4th Quarter 2010) Edition

October 25th, 2010

ETF Radar Magazine has just released Issue No. 8 (4th Quarter 2010). We have attached a snapshot of the issue and you can view the current issue by downloading the magazine from the link below. Read more…

IYZ

Monday, October 25th ETF Movers: (PALL, GDXJ, EWT, KRE, XBI, PQBW)

October 25th, 2010

In midday trading Monday, the ETFS Physical Palladium Shares (NYSE:PALL) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 3.55% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…

KRE, NYSE:EWT, NYSE:GDXJ, PALL, PQBW, XBI

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