Van Eck Global launched the Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap ETF (NYSE:RSXJ) last week (4/14/11).  RXSJ is the first US-listed fund to target Russian small cap stocks. Read more…

NYSE:COLX, NYSE:EGPT, NYSE:RSXJ, RSX

For many months now I’ve been warning we were going to have a dollar (NYSE:UUP) crisis and that dollar crisis would drive the final leg up in gold’s (NYSE:GLD) ongoing two year C-wave advance Read more…

NYSE:GLD, UDN, UUP

“PIMCO’s Bill Gross, who runs the world’s largest bond fund, will be managing his first exchange-traded fund (ETF) that will invest primarily in investment-grade fixed-income securities. Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

PIMCO has filed paperwork with the SEC for a “PIMCO Total Return Exchange-Traded Fund ETF.” The Fund seeks maximum total return, consistent with preservation of capital and prudent investment management. PIMCO plans to trade this new fund under the symbol (NYSE:TRXT). They did Read more…

NEW FILING, NYSE:TRXT

A bit of buzz out there about a revaluation of the yuan. Not many are talking about it yet, but it could happen this weekend. Read more…

NYSE:CYB

For better worse, the rapid growth of the exchange traded products business has delivered to investors some, shall we say, interesting concepts. Sure, plenty of new ETFs and ETNs Read more…

MNA, NYSE:CSD, NYSE:FPX, SPY

Jared Woodard:  The team at FT Alphaville have been on a tear recently, analyzing all manner of VIX-related issues and potential problems. I’ve linked to those posts below, and they’re definitely Read more…

SPY, VXX, VXZ

Mike Norman (Norman): Hi everybody, and welcome to HardAssetsInvestor.com. I’m Mike Norman, your host, here with the second part of my interview with Andre Julian, who is the senior Read more…

JJG, NYSE:DBC

As economic uncertainty continues to prevail around the world and political instability takes its toll in North Africa and the Middle East, the appeal for gold and other precious metals is expected Read more…

IAU, NYSE:AGQ, NYSE:DBS, NYSE:DZZ, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:GLD, PALL, PPLT, SLV, ZSL

Never before has the government’s manipulation of financial markets created greater dangers — and opportunities — for investors! Read more…

NYSE:FAS, NYSE:FAZ, SKF, VXX

Tony Sagami:  You’re probably reading this column because you want to make money, and you’re probably not a millionaire … yet. Read more…

NYSE:FXI, NYSE:GXC, PGJ, TAO, YAO

S&P Indices® announced today that it is launching two new indices designed to provide market participants with unique measuring tools for specific stock characteristics within the Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

DB Commodity Services LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG, and Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, a leading provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), Read more…

NYSE:DBC

As the ETF world has grown over the past few years, investors have had the opportunity to access a number of different asset classes that were once off-limits to the average investor. Read more…

NASDAQ:FONE, NYSE:AOM, NYSE:GTAA, PCA, PFM, PXH, VCSH

IEZ, NYSE:FCG, NYSE:GAZ, UNG, UNL, USO