VelocityShares has filed paperwork with the SEC for six new ETNS linked to the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures™ Index due December 4, 2030 (the “Inverse VIX Short Term ETNs”), the Read more…

NYSE:CVOL, TVIX, TVIZ, VIIX, VIIZ, VXX, XIV, XXV, ZIV

It’s baaaaaaaack. After a brief hiatus that saw investors rushing to determine the best ways to battle deflation, inflationary concerns have begun to surface again. The cause of the latest bout of Read more…

IAU, LIT, NYSE:CCX, NYSE:COPX, NYSE:CPI, NYSE:CUT, NYSE:DBC, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:GLTR, SIL, SLV, STPZ, URA, USCI, WIP, WOOD

State Street has filed paperwork with the SEC for a “SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETF.” They did not reveal a trading symbol or fees in the initial filing. The SPDR S&P Emerging Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

On August 15, 1971, thousands of years of gold’s role in monetary history came to an end. That was the date President Nixon cut the U.S. dollar’s final link to gold. With that move, the age of fiat Read more…

NYSE:GLD

This focus of this past week was diverted overseas, as foreign affairs weighed heavily on U.S. equities. One of the biggest stories came out of China when the country hinted that they may raise Read more…

IAH, MOO, SPY

All of the major indices posted slight gains in Friday’s session, as volume decreased. Stocks slid modestly at the open, gained footing around 10:30 am, and spent the remainder of the day in a Read more…

NBB, SPY, XME

The past few months it seems the gold and silver play has been getting a little crowed with everyone wanting to own gold. While I am a firm believer that these precious metals are a great Read more…

NYSE:GLD, SLV, UUP

As emerging Asia continues to remain at the forefront of economic growth, Indonesia has positioned itself in a place to become a global economic powerhouse which would likely benefit the Read more…

IDX, NYSE:EIDO

Stocks rose briskly in the second half of last week as investors cheered the return of General Motors Co. (NYSE:GM) shares to the Street and the return of Irish budget officials to the debt negotiating Read more…

NYSE:ECH, NYSE:GDXJ, THD, UUP, XES

It is generally accepted that the recent financial crisis was brought about by excessive borrowing due to cheap and easy credit, and this excessive borrowing increased the risk in the financial Read more…

SPY

As the world’s three key developed market zones–the U.S., the EU, and Japan–continue to struggle under the weight of mounting debt burdens, high unemployment, and slow growth environments, Read more…

NYSE:EWH, NYSE:EWS, TAO

There is no other way to describe silver’s price movement of the past 13 weeks other than to call it parabolic.  With that in mind, I thought it would be interesting to do a little study of past silver Read more…

NYSE:AGQ, SIL, SIVR, SLV, USV, ZSL

After my last article about my predictions for the price of silver I’ve received dozens of emails asking about buying precious metals in a variety of tax-sheltered accounts. Read more…

NYSE:GLD, SLV

NASDAQ:EMFN, NYSE:GDX

Best Online Trades:   Here is a close up of the weekly reversal doji hammer on the S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY).  This weekly candlestick seems to support the case that we get a reversal higher next Read more…

SLV, SPY