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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…
Eric Dutram: Although Hurricane Irene wasn’t nearly as devastating as some had feared, the storm did knock out power to millions and ground thousands of flights across the Northeast. Yet, the worst of the storm now appears to be over as flights are returning to the skies in major airports in New Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: As a young British banker in the inflation-ridden 1970s, I got used to carrying large amounts of German deutsche marks, Swiss francs and Japanese yen in my wallet – to have some security against the lousy performance of the British pound sterling. Read more…
CNBC’s Bob Pisani brings in the CNBC cameras for a look inside the gold vault of the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE:GLD). GLD is the largest exchange traded fund (ETF) in the world, backed by gold in a secret location in London. This is the largest private gold reserve in the world with more than 1,200 metric Read more…
Kevin McElroy: We’re not yet in the mania stage for gold. We could be as close as a year, or as far as 5 years, but we’re just not there yet. Take a look at the chart below, which shows gold compared to two of the last, biggest asset bubbles. Read more…
Justice Litle: The U.S. Dollar Index hasn’t been updated in years, and other vehicles give a broader perspective of how the greenback is doing. Read more…
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Larry Levinson: Data from across Asia show the troubles in the West, and tighter money, are starting to be felt in the manufacturing economies of the East. Read more…
Tim Seymour: China’s steel mills curbed their output over the summer, driving inventories of finished steel products well below historical averages and giving global steel prices a lift. Read more…
Jared Cummans: This past year has been marked by uncertainty and instability; what started off as a strong 2011, quickly turned into a wild ride for investors. As equities have been tossed back in forth in recent weeks, investors have their eyes fixed on major indexes and other indicators to judge the Read more…
Larry Edelson: So let’s get right to the market action now …no delays, no dilly-dallying, no pontificating about theories or philosophies. Just the cold hard truth about last week’s action in key markets — and what to expect this week. Read more…
With the dollar debunked and Treasuries troubled, the world’s other safe haven had no choice but to absorb transient demand and the price of gold reflected that, soaring $300 in the final month of its record run to $1900 an ounce. The irony is that Read more…
On July 15 2011, Exchange Traded Concepts Trust (formerly known as FaithSharesTrust) announced the scheduled liquidation of the FaithShares Christian Values Fund ETF (NYSE:FOC) Read more…
Todd Shriber: The worrisome, if not bad news for the mutual fund industry continues to mount as yet another report has come out highlighting some interesting things about ETF investors. Research from Cerulli Associates Inc. and the Investment Company Institute does note that there still plenty Read more…
Zig Lambo: With the price of gold (NYSE:GLD) soaring to over $1,900 an ounce and investors abandoning equities for commodities, John McClintock, equity research analyst at Mackie Research Capital, sees gold mining companies (NYSE:GDX) benefitting from this flight from risk. Read more…
In trading on Wednesday, the First Trust South Korea AlphaDE (NYSE:FKO) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 8.46% on the day. Also up on the day are the 
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