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One of the biggest stories in the ETF world over the past few trading sessions has been the Gold SPDR (NYSE:GLD) taking the top spot among most widely-held ETFs, finally surpassing SPY for the AUM crown. Yet, just as soon as this happened and gold hit $1,900/oz., investors saw a brutal sell-off in Read more…
Tyler Craig: This week gold junkies learned a lesson of the inevitable. Trends that turn parabolic are simply unsustainable. Nothing, not even gold, can defy gravity indefinitely. While picking the top of a steep uptrend is frustratingly difficult, it is not difficult to anticipate the correction will be steep Read more…
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…
Kevin McElroy: It seems like almost every analyst with even a small interest in gold is on the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE:GLD) bandwagon. The exchange traded fund introduced by State Street Global Advisors in November of 2004 has so much popular appeal and media coverage that you’d think it Read more…
Though most investors will be focused on comments from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and our U.S. GDP results, there will be another name to remember as we head into the weekend; Irene. Now that we are midway through hurricane season, which lasts from the beginning of June through the end Read more…
Przemyslaw Radomski: To quote Charles Dickens, this week was the best of times, it was the worst of times. This week Quaddafi was finally cast out, Dominique Strauss Kahn was cleared, Japans’ credit rating was cut, Washington quaked and everyone waited with bated breath for the words from Read more…
Larry Levinson: China, which already is the largest buyer of raw materials on the world stage, is reportedly adding U.S. corn to its shopping basket. Read more…
Tim Seymour: A recent team-up between Fiat and Turkish car maker Tofas may not generate much in the way of local sales, but it cements the growing role of Turkey as a manufacturer. Read more…
Although the week got off to a pretty good start, yesterday saw markets slide once again as fears over European juggernaut Germany and their credit rating as well as the end of a short-selling ban on the continent overshadowed any residual optimism. This combined with unemployment claims Read more…
David Zeiler: U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke has a choice to make this morning (Friday) before giving his Jackson Hole speech. Read more…
Shah Gilani: Fears of a banking crisis and rolling contagion are making global stock and bond markets extraordinarily volatile – and with good reason. Read more…
Chris Ciovacco: On August 3, we commented that recent breakdowns called for a defensive bias. Unfortunately, our concern about the market’s intermediate-term outlook has become more acute in recent weeks as we noted on August 22. The research presented below highlights the significant Read more…
Today, Zacks Investment Ideas feature highlights Features: New Gold, Inc. (AMEX:NGD), Randgold Resources Ltd (Nasdaq:GOLD), Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners (NYSE:GDXJ) and Deutsche Bank AG Double Gold Read more…
Stocks slid sharply on Thursday but on mixed trade. All five major indices gapped higher at the open, reversed at the 10 minute mark and slid haplessly into the close. Higher beta issues led the plunge as the small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM), S&P MidCap 400 and Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) Read more…
Okay, friends. Step right up, and set your eyes on the deal of a lifetime. If I could show you folks how to own gold at a third of its Read more…
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