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Boost In China Consumption Could Mean Higher Corn Prices (DBA, JJG)

June 22nd, 2011

I have to issue a major correction from last Thursday’s Smart Investing Daily article. In it, I said that the PowerShares DB Agriculture ETF (NYSE:DBA) was mostly made up of coffee futures. This is not the case. Read more…

JJG, NYSE:CORN, NYSE:DBA

WisdomTree ETFs Declare Quarterly Distributions

June 22nd, 2011

WisdomTree (Pink Sheets: WSDT) today announced that WisdomTree Trust declared distributions for the following WisdomTree ETFs. Rates are listed below: Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

MarketRiders Launches Personalized Target Date Portfolios

June 22nd, 2011

MarketRiders, the online portfolio management service, today launches Version 3.0 of its software with important new features. Personalized Target Date Portfolios allow self-directed investors to build customized all-ETF target date portfolios and manage how they shift over time. Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

How To Get Exposure To Asia’s Booming Casino Market (BJK, LVS, WYNN, MGM, BYD, IGT)

June 22nd, 2011

Tony Sagami:  What amazes you the most about Las Vegas? The over-the-top casino buildings, like the Bellagio with its choreographed water fountain show or Paris with its Eiffel Tower reproduction? Read more…

NYSE:BJK

Options Safari: SPDR Gold Shares (GLD)

June 22nd, 2011

Host Dan Sheridan, CBOEtv, discusses an iron butterfly in Options on SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE:GLD). The iron butterfly spread is Read more…

NYSE:GLD

To QE Or Not To QE? That Is The BIG Question? (GLD, UUP, GS, GDX, SLV)

June 22nd, 2011

Jeb Handwerger:  While the media is customarily thought to disseminate news, there is a far more intriguing purpose in the role of the relationship between the national mindset and the intended purposes of economic establishment. Read more…

NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GLD, SLV, UUP

Why Investors Shouldn’t Ignore the Steel Industry (SLX)

June 22nd, 2011

While most investors are focused on precious metals, I prefer to look for investment opportunities in markets less traveled. Sure, precious metals are still wildly popular – or not popular enough – depending on who you ask. And they’re always in the mainstream consciousness. Either the dollar is going to be worthless and gold and silver will be the only true stores of value, or precious metals are in a Read more…

SLX

EGA Emerging Global To Change Ticker, Name and Ticker Symbol Changes For Four ETFs Thursday

June 22nd, 2011

EGA Emerging Global has announced that they will will begin trading under the new names and tickers at the opening of business on Thursday, June 23, 2011. The four funds affected are the Emerging Global Shares Dow Jones Emerging Markets Energy Titans Index Fund (NYSE:EEO), Emerging Global Shares Dow Jones Emerging Markets Financials Titans Index Fund (NYSE:EFN), Emerging Global Shares Dow Read more…

NYSE:AGEM, NYSE:EEG, NYSE:EEO, NYSE:EFN, NYSE:EMT, NYSE:FGEM, NYSE:OGEM

Expect Bernanke, Fed To Again Downplay Threat Of Inflation (SPY, TLT, TBT, GLD, SLV)

June 22nd, 2011

David Zeiler:  Caught between a weak economy and the threat of inflation – two problems that argue for opposite solutions – the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has little choice but to essentially stand pat at the culmination of its meeting today (Wednesday). Read more…

NYSE:GLD, SLV, SPY, TBT, TLT

AdvisorShares To Begin Trading The Meidell Tactical Advantage ETF (MATH) Thursday June 23

June 22nd, 2011

AdvisorShares will begin trading its new “Meidell Tactical Advantage ETF” (NYSE:MATH) Thursday, June 23, 2011. The AdvisorShares Meidell Tactical Advantage ETF (MATH) seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation and capital preservation. MATH is sub-advised by American Wealth Management (Portfolio Manager). The Fund is considered a “fund-of-funds” that seeks to achieve this investment Read more…

FUND LAUNCH, MATH

Food Crisis: Taking Advantage Of The Rising Agriculture Market With ETFs (JJG, DAG, DBA)

June 22nd, 2011

Kevin Kerr:  For a very long time in America we’ve enjoyed a seemingly endless, cheap, and abundant variety of foods from all over the globe. Read more…

JJG, NYSE:DAG, NYSE:DBA

Emerging Global To Begin Trading The EGShares Consumer Services GEMS ETF (VGEM) Thursday June 23

June 22nd, 2011

Emerging Global will begin trading its new “EGShares Consumer Services GEMS ETF” (NYSE:VGEM) Thursday, June 23, 2011. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield performance of the Read more…

FUND LAUNCH, NYSE:VGEM

Emerging Global To Begin Trading The EGShares Utilities GEMS ETF (UGEM) Thursday June 23

June 22nd, 2011

Emerging Global will begin trading its new “EGShares Utilities GEMS ETF” (NYSE:UGEM) Thursday, June 23, 2011. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield performance of the Read more…

FUND LAUNCH, NYSE:UGEM

Currency Indices and Gold/Silver Prices – What’s Next? (GLD, GDX, IAU, PSLV, AGQ, ZSL, SLV)

June 22nd, 2011

Przemyslaw Radomski:  Many times, we had talked about economic stability and precious metals markets and how significantly macroeconomic data influence the prices. While Greece is almost at the brim of a potential non-equilibrium, here comes again the scenario economic stability Read more…

IAU, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GLD, PSLV, SLV, ZSL

Emerging Global To Begin Trading The EGShares Telecom GEMS ETF (TGEM) Thursday June 23

June 22nd, 2011

Emerging Global will begin trading its new “EGShares Telecom GEMS ETF” (NYSE:TGEM) Thursday, June 23, 2011. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield performance of the Read more…

FUND LAUNCH, NYSE:TGEM

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