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Kevin Kerr: Over the last decade commodity prices have been surging at a breathtaking rate, except perhaps for the end of 2008 and into early 2009, when we saw a significant correction. Even so, the vast majority of investors, around 90 percent, have little or no exposure to commodities and resources at all. Read more…
Eric Dutram: As the European debt crisis goes on the back-burner thanks to hopes for a new bailout package, focus is beginning to shift back to the United States and our own economic problems. Read more…
Scott Martin: Despite fretting about trouble in Europe spreading to Brazil’s (NYSE:EWZ) financial system, exposure to the troubled markets of Spain and Portugal seems minimal at best for South America’s biggest country. Read more…
Todd Shriber: I wasn’t around when the movie “Cool Hand Luke” came out, but my mom loves old movies and she always had them on when I was a little kid. To this day, I remember her renting Read more…
Zig Lambo: It may not sparkle or shine, but fertilizer has a bright future. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Bruno del Ama, CEO of Global X Funds, tells us why investors should be looking at this “growing” industry and how his company’s new global fertilizer and potash ETF Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: Gloom has enveloped most of the investment landscape these days, but there is still one region that offers strong growth and serious returns. Read more…
Equities moved higher for a second consecutive day but closed well off session highs. In a follow up to Monday’s action, stock prices whipsawed again but Tuesday’s session ended with stocks in retreat. All five major indices closed higher as smaller cap issues led the advance. The S&P MidCap 400 tacked on 2.2% while the small-cap Read more…
There isn’t too much new to say today as futures point to another higher open. Markets are still in bounce/relief mode as the move off the lower end of the range continues. Most stocks pulled off the Read more…
David Fry: In an era of low interest rates and perhaps a good deal of distrust of equity markets investing for income has become quite a challenge. There are many ETF sectors to choose from where yield is a prime consideration. Read more…
Eric Dutram: Van Eck, the New York-based ETF issuer best known for its hard asset and country specific funds such as the Gold Miners ETF (NYSE:GDX) and the Market Vectors Russia ETF (NYSE:RSX), Read more…
Tim Seymour: Stock markets around the world gained ground Tuesday as global traders became more sanguine about the European Union’s ability to come together to save its troubled currency. Read more…
Thomas Carreno: The S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) is looking quite bullish as we go into the end of month and end of quarter window dressing time frame. It is looking like ‘they’ will squeeze this market right up into the end of quarter. Read more…
In trading on Tuesday, the iPath Long Enhanced MSCI EAFE ETN (NYSE:MFLA) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 11.88% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: As the ETF industry has expanded rapidly in recent years, the universe of asset classes and investment strategies accessible through the exchange-traded wrapper has increased dramatically. In addition to funds offering exposure to natural resources and volatility–two asset classes Read more…
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