J.W. Jones: Currently risk assets are in a constant crossfire stemming from multiple forms of headline risk. The price action as of late has been choppy as the news flow is directly impacting the tape. I have been reluctant to accept any significant risk recently and I would point out that cash Read more…
IAU, NYSE:AGQ, NYSE:DZZ, NYSE:GLD, SLV, ZSL
Przemyslaw Radomski: In general, gold market overview appears mixed according to PM Investors and it is obvious. Some say gold has miles to travel, other suggest gold may take a pause before next journey and some others say it’s time for gold to fall. Debates continue in blogosphere. Read more…
IAU, NYSE:DZZ, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:GLL
Thomas Carreno: The S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) blasted higher today and the PowerShares QQQ ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ) is within inches of a new 52 week high. It is starting to look like the markets are going to break out to new all time highs if they can manage to evolve into breakouts from the head Read more…
NYSE:DIA, QQQ, SMH, SPY, XLF
George Maniere: There’s an old saying. “What goes around comes around.” Well today President Obama held a quick press conference and announced that the “Gang of Six” had presented him a compromise plan that he felt everyone could agree on. The market immediately spiked up on the Read more…
IAU, NYSE:AGQ, NYSE:GLD, PSLV, SLV, ZSL
David Fry: Our goal in this profile is to help investors wade through the many competing ETF offerings available. Using our long experience as an ETF publication, and nearly 40 years in the investment business, we can help select those ETFs that matter and may or may not be repetitive. Read more…
IBB, IHF, IYH, NYSE:FBT, NYSE:FXH, NYSE:PPH, XBI, XLV
Van Eck has filed paperwork with the SEC for a “Greater China Corporate Bond ETF.” Market Vectors Greater China Corporate Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Greater China Corporate Bond Index. The Index is comprised of publicly issued bonds issued by corporations located in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (the Read more…
NEW FILING
Van Eck has filed paperwork with the SEC for a “Market Vectors Greater China High Yield Bond ETF.” Market Vectors Greater China High Yield Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Greater China High Yield Bond Index. The Index is comprised of publicly issued bonds denominated in either local currencies or U.S. dollars Read more…
NEW FILING
Ian Wyatt: If you are interested in silver and silver-related stocks it would be in your best interest to take notice of the current extremes that have moved into the silver market and understand what it means for the future of silver. Bears beware! Read more…
NYSE:AGQ, SLV, ZSL
In trading on Tuesday, the Broadband HOLDRs (NYSE:BDH) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 4.15% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…
IGN, NYSE:CVOL, NYSE:EPU, NYSE:FLYX, VIXY
Emerging market investing has been extremely rocky in 2011, as fears over inflation and political issues have plagued nations around the world. Broad-based funds such as (NYSE:VWO) or (NYSE:EEM) are still down for the year while ETFs tracking important emerging nations such as Read more…
NYSE:EEM, NYSE:EPU, VWO
David Fry: Our goal in this profile is to help investors wade through the many competing ETF offerings available. Using our long experience as an ETF publication, we can help select those ETFs that matter and may or may not be repetitive. The result is a more manageable list of issues from Read more…
IRV, IYM, MXI, NASDAQ:EMMT, NYSE:FXZ, NYSE:PYZ, VAW, XLB
Sumit Roy: Multiple catalysts continue to propel precious metals higher as gold ETF holdings surged to new record. Read more…
IAU, NYSE:AGQ, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GLD, SLV, UUP
So far in 2011 more than 200 new exchange-traded products have debuted, taking the ETF lineup close to the 1,300 mark. Over the past several years, the exposure accessible through ETFs has become increasingly granular; while some of the new products debuting are “plain vanilla” funds Read more…
INXX, NASDAQ:SKYY, NYSE:BRAQ, NYSE:CHIQ, NYSE:ECON, NYSE:EIRL, NYSE:SCHZ, NYSE:SOIL
BMO Financial Group today announced the July 2011 cash distributions for the 20 BMO Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)* which pay monthly distributions. Unitholders of record, at close of business on July 28, 2011, will receive cash distributions payable on August 8, 2011. Read more…
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