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Emerging markets have hit some rough patches in 2011, as concerns over debt in the developed world as well as a possible slowdown in some key developing countries has caused many to pull out of risky markets entirely. As a result, broad based funds such as (NYSE:VWO) or (NYSE:EEM) are Read more…
One of the more innovative and popular recent additions to the fast growing ETP lineup is the VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short Term ETN (NYSE:XIV), an exchange-traded note that offers daily inverse exposure to an index comprised of short-term VIX futures contracts. XIV has become Read more…
Jeb Handwerger: One of the functions of Gold Stock Trades is to help subscribers separate the daily chaff from the long term view of the economic grain. The markets will do what they have always done, which is to confuse, misdirect and obfuscate. Read more…
Todd Shriber: I love going to our annual Global Profits Alert seminars in Houston every year, aside from the part where I have to wear a suit in Houston in June, because our attendees are a savvy bunch and always ask plenty of great questions. Last weekend was no exception and in my haste in Read more…
Sy Harding: QE2 ends today, and the bond market doesn’t seem to like the idea. As the end approached, the last three Treasury Department bond auctions have not gone well, investors not snapping up the new supply as they had been since February. It took higher yields (lower prices) to Read more…
Noel Archard: Recently we discussed why it was not likely for an ETF tracking a broad index to experience a short squeeze (link to first post). Today we’re going to use one of our own funds as a case study in order to address concerns about highly shorted ETFs and their potential susceptibility Read more…
Ron Rowland: The ETF revolution allows everyday investors to achieve the impossible. Just a few short years ago, short-selling, leverage, spreads, and commodities were practical only for the Wall Street insiders. Now, with ETFs, anyone can play. Read more…
Andrew Butter: The latest idea coming out of the “Hedge-Fund” camp that I saw to explain the recent climb in the price of gold as expressed in US dollars is “Real” interest rate. Read more…
A very quiet revolution going on in the energy markets as the Greeks pass their austerity package and the euro goes back on the offensive. Read more…
Last week, western nations, through the International Energy Agency, announced the impending release of the largest amount of oil from their emergency strategic reserves since 1991. Over the next month, the IEA will release 60 million barrels of light, sweet crude oil. The United States will lead the release by providing 30 million barrels of oil to the market. The IEA stated that the release of oil from Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: With everything from the Greek debt crisis to worries about China’s growth roiling the markets these days, the investing outlook seems to get shakier by the minute. And that means the same old tricks won’t work any longer. Read more…
David Zeiler: The reduction or elimination of several federal energy subsidy programs later this year could further dim prospects for solar power stocks (NYSE:KOL) – bad news for a sector already in a months-long slump. Read more…
Toby Connor: It appears that the approval of Greece’s austerity measures has finally halted the correction in the stock market. But has it really? Read more…
In trading on Thursday, the Russell 2000 High Beta ETF (NYSE:SHBT) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 7.74% on the day. Also up on the day are the 
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