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Jeff Nielson: U.S. Thanksgiving has become a highly ritualized holiday with a large segment of the American population. Eat turkey. Watch football. Go shopping. And then listen to the media lie about the shopping the next day. Read more…
Jared Cummans: Late last year, Global X brought to market the FTSE Norway 30 ETF (NYSEARCA:NORW), the first-ever product to feature targeted exposure to Norway. While the FTSE Nordic 30 ETF (NYSEARCA:GXF) has been around since late 2009, it only features a 21% exposure to the Norwegian Read more…
Anna Andrianova: Sberbank shares jumped 6% yesterday to 83 rubles and are only giving back a bit of that advance this morning in Moscow as traders try to get ahead of what are expected to be blow-out earnings on Wednesday. Read more…
Michael Johnston: One of the latest innovations in the ETF industry came in the form of the first exchange-traded fund offering exposure to copper, one of the most widely used and heavily-traded commodities in the world. The recently-launched United States Copper Index Fund (NYSEARCA:CPER), which Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Equity indexes started the week with a bang as bullish sentiment swept over Wall Street thanks to news of European leaders making progress in the right direction, along with a stellar start to the holiday shopping season at home. The Nasdaq led the way higher, gaining 3.52% on the day Read more…
Stocks posted impressive gains on Monday amidst higher trade. Stocks gapped up strongly at the open, consolidated for most of the session and ultimately closed near session highs. All five major indices closed well in the black with higher beta issues leading the advance. By the closing bell the small Read more…
Larry D. Spears: A lot of investors have pocketed big gains from the so-called “January Effect.” In fact, the January Effect – which refers to the historical tendency for stock prices in general, and small-caps in particular, to rise during the first month of the year – has better than an 80% success rate since the Read more…
US stock futures point to a higher open again Tuesday, but are well off early morning highs after American Airlines filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Hopes continue to surge that Europe will again take action to stem the tide of a deepening sovereign debt crisis. Bond yields remain high in major Eurozone countries, and policy makers are discussing creative ways for re-financing debt. Italy saw its borrowing costs Read more…
In trading on Monday, the iPath Long Extended Russell 2000 TR ETN (NYSEArca:RTLA) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 14.80% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…
Jonathan Yates: Oil has been giving back some of its recent gains, but compared to natural gas, the exchange-traded fund, United States Oil (NYSEARCA:USO) actually looks a little rich when you consider how gloomy the outlook is for Europe and the United States. Read more…
Michael Johnston: And just like that, another star active manager bites the dust. Earlier this month, one of the most respected mutual fund managers in history announced that he was stepping down after a tumultuous stretch that cast a long, red shadow over an otherwise illustrious career. Bill Miller, who has Read more…
JT Long: Among the specters lurking in ShadowStats.com’s Editor John Williams’ gloomy outlook for the U.S. are the demise of the dollar, hyperinflation and the ongoing lack of political will to take sound corrective measures. Still, as he tells The Gold Report in this exclusive interview, investors have options Read more…
Kevin McElroy: The dollar will eventually be revealed as the biggest financial fraud ever perpetrated against mankind. That’s been my long-standing prediction. In retrospect – once the whole charade is exposed – our children and grandchildren will think we’re under some kind of mind-control device, Read more…
Przemyslaw Radomski: Analysts for Goldman Sachs have recently predicted that low interest rates will keep gold prices climbing for the rest of this year and into 2012 and raised their price forecasts for the precious metal to $1,930 per ounce from $1,860. So far this year, the price of gold is up about 26 percent. Read more…
Sara Nunnally: The markets are volatile, but if you stand on the sidelines, you will get crushed. Here is what you need to do. Read more…
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