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Technology ETFs: Reasons To Be Bearish In The Nasdaq Composite Index (XLK, VGT, QQQ, QLD, QID, SPY, DIA, IWM)

May 31st, 2011
Scott Pluschau:  There are multiple reasons to be bearish in the Nasdaq Composite Index from a technical standpoint. Let’s look at the 2011 daily chart of the Index. View the rising channel noted Read more…

QID, QLD, QQQ, VGT, XLK

Global X Wants to Fertilize Your Portfolio (SOIL, CF, IPI, POT, AGU, SQM, MOO, CROP)

May 31st, 2011

Ron Rowland:  Global X Fertilizers/Potash ETF (NYSE:SOIL) began trading last Thursday (5/26/11), as the first ETF targeting fertilizer producers.  This narrow subindustry within the Read more…

NYSE:CROP, NYSE:SOIL

What’s Gold Really Worth?

May 31st, 2011

Kevin Feldman:  Determining an exact value for gold isn’t easy—but the pressure to do so is diminished by the fact that, for most investors, gold shouldn’t be a short-term investment. Read more…

IAU, NYSE:GLD, SGOL

Guggenheim BulletShares ETFs Declare Monthly Distributions

May 31st, 2011

Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC, is pleased to announce that the following Guggenheim BulletShares® ETFs have declared monthly distributions. The table below summarizes Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

(Canada) XTF Capital Corp. Launches 4 ETFs

May 31st, 2011

XTF Capital Corp. is pleased to announce the launch of four XTF Capital eXchange Traded Funds (“XTFs”). Two of these XTFs – Can-60 Income ETF and Can-Energy Income ETF will begin trading on Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Top Ten Retail ETFs For Investors (RTH, XRT, XLY, VCR, RCD, IYC, FXD, PMR, RXI, CHIQ)

May 31st, 2011

David Fry:  As a market technician looking at good chart patterns adorned with many other indicators may seem all that matters. Read more…

IYR, NYSE:RTH, VCR, XLY, XRT

Investors: Gold and Silver Shares Retest of 2010 Breakout Almost Complete (AGQ, ZSL, SLV, GLD, GDX, SGOL, IAU, GDXJ, DZZ, PSLV)

May 31st, 2011

Jordan Roy-Byrne:  At the start of the year we wrote about what we could expect from the gold stocks and juniors over the first half of the year. All of these markets experienced significant multi Read more…

NYSE:DZZ, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:GLD, SLV, ZSL

Leveraged BDC ETN With 14.6% Yield Launched (BDCL, MLPL, ARCC, ACAS, AINV, PSEC, FSC, BKCC, PNNT)

May 31st, 2011

Ron Rowland:  Just a month ago, UBS introduced the first ETP focusing on Business Development Companies.  Now they are upping the ante with a leveraged version.  The UBS ETRACS 2x Read more…

MLPL, NYSE:BDCL

S&P 500 Breaks Out North From Short Term Trading Channel BOT Neutral For Now (SPY, SDS, SH, SSO, TNA, TZA, VXX, RTH)

May 31st, 2011

Thomas Carreno:  The S&P 500 today broke out north from the tightly compressed downward sloping trading channel we have been working through the past several weeks.  The market appears Read more…

SDS, SH, SPY, SSO

ETF Daily News: Tuesday, May 31 ETF Movers

May 31st, 2011

In trading on Tuesday, the iPath Pure Beta Cotton ETN (NYSE:CTNN) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 6.48% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…

MFLA, MFSA, NYSE:CTNN, NYSE:CVOL, RTSA, TAN

Russell Launches Series Of 10 “Factor” ETFs

May 31st, 2011

Russell Investments has launched the first comprehensive series of Factor ETFs designed to offer practical solutions to help sophisticated investors manage risk exposures within their portfolios. Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Triple Stock Index Check To Start The May 31, 2011 Week (SPY, DIA, IWM, QQQ)

May 31st, 2011

Corey Rosenbloom:  What message is the market sending as we transition into June 2011? More importantly, what levels are the current reference boundaries that – when broken – will likely Read more…

IWM, NYSE:DIA, QQQ, SPY

Chart of the Week: VIX Short-Term ETN Celebrates Six-Month Birthday (XIV, VXX)

May 31st, 2011

Bill Luby:  Yesterday marked six months since the launch of the VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short-Term ETN (NYSE:XIV). Read more…

VXX, XIV

Calling The End Of The Commodity Bull Market (GLD, SLV, DBA, MOO, AGQ, ZSL, IAU, GDX)

May 31st, 2011

Kevin McElroy:  I started writing the Resource Prospector over a year ago. Back then, folks were saying the bull market in commodities was coming to an end. As proof or evidence, they pointed to Read more…

IAU, MOO, NYSE:AGQ, NYSE:DBA, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GLD, SLV, ZSL

Four ETFs Hit By Falling Home Values (ITB, XHB, IYR, SRS, NVR, LEN, PHM, DRH)

May 31st, 2011

Kevin Grewal:  According to the S&P/Case-Shiller index of property values in 20 major cities, the housing sector continues to face headwinds and remains in a slump. Read more…

ITB, IYR, SRS, XHB

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