Chris Ciovacco: The markets face numerous problems, including still-elevated bond yields in Spain and Italy, slowing global growth, and the media’s latest obsession…the dreaded “fiscal cliff”. Yet, despite all that, stocks and commodities are flashing bullish signals. Read more…
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Stoyan Bojinov: Investors of all walks have embraced ETFs as the investment vehicle of choice when it comes to accessing virtually any asset class in the global market. Read more…
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Don Miller: Legendary Wall Street trader and best-selling author Jim Rogers recently offered this unconventional advice: If you want to get rich, you should be investing in farmland. Read more…
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Eric Dutram: For the most part, ETFs and ETNs are similar. Both offer investors basket exposure to a particular asset class and they can each trade on the open market throughout the day. Read more…
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Chris Ciovacco: To the casual observer, the announcements made late last week in Europe may appear to be just another in a series of “do the minimal to get by” moves by policymakers. In reality, Germany moved off their hard-line stance, which may mark a watershed Read more…
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Chris Ciovacco: The video below highlights areas in several markets, including U.S. stocks (NYSEARCA:SPY), foreign stocks (NYSEARCA:VEU), commodities (NYSEARCA:DBC), semiconductors (NYSEARCA:SMH), and Treasuries Read more…
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Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: “Buy. Real. Assets. Now!” That strong suggestion, from the highly-trafficked website to which investors go for their daily dose of critical analysis of daily economic Read more…
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Chris Ciovacco: The markets made some progress last week based mainly on speculation a bailout for Spanish banks was coming soon. A June 9 story from the Wall Street Journal confirms the high probability of a bailout-related statement before Asia opens on Sunday night: Read more…
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Jared Cummans: It seems that the collapse of the euro, and possibly a global financial market correction, has become more likely than not in the next few year. It started with the fiscal disaster otherwise known as Greece, which has public debt equal Read more…
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Michael Johnston: French banking behemoth BNP Paribas has become the latest financial institution to jump into the ETF industry, rolling out an exchange-traded commodity product this week. The new STREAM S&P Dynamic Roll Global Commodities Fund (BNPC) Read more…
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Eric Dutram: Although ETFs have become more well-known and prevalent among financial circles, there are still a host of misconceptions regarding the products. Read more…
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Jeb Handwerger: Around the year 1650 A.D. the word highwaymen entered our language. It referred to robbery committed on a public road against travelers. Now we use the phrase “highway robbery” for which we pay the tolls to travel on modern day roads. Read more…
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Chris Ciovacco: Prior to the open on May 7, we discussed concerns about Greece (NYSEARCA:GREK) and outlined evidence of slowing momentum in stocks. Since then, the S&P 500 has dropped 31 points. Read more…
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Michael Johnston: UBS, one of the largest issuers of ETNs including a number of commodity products, is the latest to make an addition to the fast-growing ETP lineup. The new ETRACS DJ-UBS Commodity Index 2-4-6 Blended Futures ETN (NYSEARCA:BLND) will take a unique approach to delivering exposure to Read more…
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Chris Ciovacco: A good way to sum up the conflicting signals that the markets are giving from a short-term perspective is to look at our comments from Wednesday. Before the market opened, we posted charts that had a bullish slant. At 2:30 p.m. EDT, we said the session was weaker than it appeared. Read more…
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