After a rough start to this shortened trading week, major indexes weathered the storm to close out the week on a positive note. The S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) gained 0.53%, while the Dow Jones Read more…
UNG, VXX
In trading on Thursday, the Europe 2001 HOLDRs (AMEX:EKH) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 5.81% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…
AMEX:EKH, NYSE:DDP, RTSA, SPGH, USV, VZZ
By Kevin Feldman: Leased silver? Derivatives? Phantom silver? No, no and no. I’ve seen a lot of comments like the one following this Seeking Alpha post, speculating on the various ways Read more…
SLV
Sumit Roy: Although commodities got hit hard late last week and early this week, they have since recovered quite substantially, thanks to a plunging U.S. dollar and strong corporate earnings Read more…
IAU, NYSE:AGQ, NYSE:BAL, NYSE:DBS, NYSE:GLD, SLV, UNG, USO, XLE, ZSL
It has been a very interesting week thus far. Monday kick started traders with a heart pounding equities sell off which sent money into the US Dollar (NYSE:UUP), precious metals and bonds as the Read more…
NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GLD, SPY, UUP
PIMCO, the world’s largest bond manager, has ETF investors salivating over the prospect of an ETF version of the ultra-popular Total Return Fund. In a recent SEC filing, PIMCO laid the groundwork Read more…
MINT, MUNI, NYSE:BABZ, SMMU
Jeb Handwerger: Silver (iShares Silver Trust (NYSE:SLV)) hit the ball out of the park yesterday as it hit a record high exceeding my late January target of $40. Silver has doubled in the past seven Read more…
NYSE:AGQ, NYSE:FXE, NYSE:GLD, SLV, TLT, UGL, UUP
David Fry From ETF Digest goes into detail on two oil ETFs discussing the United States Oil ETF (NYSE:USO) and the United States 12 Month Oil ETF (NYSE:USL) in the video below. Read more…
USL, USO
With bullion over $1,500 an ounce now, gold’s (NYSE:GLD) shining much more brightly. Perhaps not with as much gleam as silver, but better than stocks. For the year, spot metal’s risen 6.7 Read more…
NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:GLD
To this point, much of the tremendous growth in the ETF industry–we now have close to 1,200 U.S.-listed exchange-traded products with aggregate assets approaching $1.1 trillion–has been Read more…
NYSE:FEX, PDP, RYJ
Online broker Firstrade has become the latest firm to roll out a commission-free trading platform in an effort to lure ETF investors. The firm announced this week that ten ETFs would be available Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS
Barclays Bank PLC announced that today is the first day of trading on the NYSE Arca for 18 new commodities iPath® Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS
Are you trying to call a top in silver? You’re not alone – I’ve been picking up on a lot of chatter in the blog (and email) world about traders and analysts trying to call that proverbial “top” in Silver Read more…
NYSE:AGQ, NYSE:DBS, PSLV, SIL, SIVR, SLV, USV, ZSL
Once again, technology giant Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) beat analyst expectations and continues to be the envy of the technology world. This outperformance is likely to provide support Read more…
IYW, QQQ, VGT, XLK
In emerging markets land the central banks are active today. But in Brazil at least, the pace seems to be slowing. Read more…
NYSE:BZF, NYSE:EWZ
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