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Daily ETF Roundup: VIX ETN Stumbles On Strong Earnings, Natural Gas ETF Skyrockets On Supply Issues (VXX, UNG, SPY, DIA)

April 21st, 2011

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

ETF Daily News: Thursday, April 21st ETF Movers (EKH, SPGH, USV, RTSA, VZZ, DDP)

April 21st, 2011

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

Attention: What’s In The iShares Silver ETF? Silver (NYSE:SLV)

April 21st, 2011

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

Weekly Commodity ETF Flows Report: Precious Metals ETP Assets Hit $100 Billion (GLD, SLV, IAU, GDX)

April 21st, 2011

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

ETFs: Gold and Stocks Rally But Is It Time For A Little Pullback (UUP, GDX, SPY, GLD)

April 21st, 2011

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

Active ETF Blockbuster: PIMCO Files For Total Return Fund (MINT, SMMU, MUNI, BABZ)

April 21st, 2011

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

Why Gold And Silver Are Supreme Safe Haven Assets (GLD, SLV, TLT, UUP, UGL, AGQ, FXE, GE, GM, GS)

April 21st, 2011

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

Technical Trading: Two Popular Oil ETFs In Focus (USO, USL)

April 21st, 2011

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

Gold In Them Thar Stocks! (GDX, GDXJ, GLD)

April 21st, 2011

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

Passive Or Active: Closer Look At Quant-Based ETFs (FEX, PDP, RYJ, SPY)

April 21st, 2011

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

Firstrade Offers Commission Free ETFs

April 21st, 2011

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 Launches New iPath Commodity Exchange Traded Notes – ETNs

April 21st, 2011

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

Attention: Look At These Silver ETF Charts Before Calling A Top In Silver (SLV, ZSL, PSLV, AGQ, SIVR, DBS, USV, SIL, GLD)

April 21st, 2011

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

Four ETFs To Play Apple Inc.’s Stellar Quarter (QQQ, XLK, IYW, VGT, AAPL, VZ)

April 21st, 2011

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

Brazil May Be Nearing The End Of The Rate Hikes (BZF, EWZ)

April 21st, 2011

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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