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Eric Dutram: Over the past few years, pretty much every investor has become familiar with gold. The shiny precious metal has surged in price and has managed to hold strong while broad indexes have slipped, highlighting its appeal as a diversification agent and safe haven investment. This has prompted many Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: I’ve made no secret of my aversion to Treasury bonds. Yields right now are irrationally low, and thus do not accurately reflect U.S. credit risk. Read more…
Stocks plummeted on Tuesday erasing Monday’s gains. The market gapped down at the open and closed near the dead lows of the day. All five major indices ended in the red. The small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) led the retreat as it plunged 3.0%. The S&P MidCap 400 dropped 2.4% while the Nasdaq Read more…
Joseph Hogue: Population dynamics and austerity measures in the developed world naturally compel a rebalancing toward emerging markets, and within the space, Latin America stands out as a solid bet. Read more…
Michael Johnston: RBS rolled out its fifth ETN this week, debuting a product that offers exposure to the world’s largest pharmaceutical firms. The new Global Big Pharma ETN (NYSE:DRGS) will seek to replicate Read more…
Michael Johnston: The ETF industry continues to grow by leaps and bounds as investors embrace the numerous benefits associated with the exchange-traded product structure. Recent volatility in the markets Read more…
George Maniere: Expecting good news from Europe today? Guess again. The market seemed to price in what they expect to hear tomorrow as the Dow fell 207 points to close at 11706, the S&P fell 25.14 points Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: We’ve been seeing copper in the news lately, mainly with its recent breakdown and consolidation off a key support level. Read more…
Przemyslaw Radomski: A recent International Monetary Fund report estimates that China exports more inflation to the developing countries than had been previously assumed. For every 1 percentage increase in Chinese inflation, the increase in Asia-Pacific countries is 0.25-0.5 percent. The report argues Read more…
Zig Lambo: Lithium (NYSE:LIT) continues to be in high demand as battery application growth outpaces the economy. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Jonathan Lee of Byron Capital calls on his engineering and manufacturing background to explain the factors shaping the evolution of this Read more…
BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, the global leader in investment services, has enhanced its Authorized Participant Interface (API) to allow authorized participants (APs) increased trade order flexibility and enhanced reporting tools. API is BNY Mellon’s industry leading global exchange-traded funds (ETF) Read more…
Jordan Roy-Byrne: Relative strength is defined as the measuring of one market against another over a specific period of time. Relative strength is an important concept in any bull market. After all, if you’ve found the bull market why not find the leaders? We consider relative strength particularly important Read more…
Justice Litle: Argentina’s president was re-elected in a landslide — even presiding over 25% inflation. Will American politicians follow suit? Cristina! Cristina! The chants are as loud today as they were four years ago. Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: The Gold SPDR (NYSE:GLD) is the 800 pound gorilla in the gold ETF space; this fund has become one of the largest exchange-traded products in the world, and one of the largest holders of physical bullion (GLD’s holdings dwarf reserves of some countries). This behemoth of a fund is physically Read more…
In trading on Tuesday, the iPath Short Extended Russell 2000 TR ETN (NYSE:RTSA) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 9.70% on the day. Also up on the day are the 
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