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Stoyan Bojinov: Exchange-traded funds offering exposure to Commodity Producers Equities have become a popular tool for those looking to make an indirect play on natural resource prices. These funds offer investors the ability to easily tap into the lucrative commodities market through a diversified basket of Read more…
Jared Cummans: Income investors often feel that commodities are not sound investments for their portfolio as something like a futures contract on gold offers no yield. But there are plenty of other ways to make a play on commodities while adding the safety net of dividend yield. Some turn to stocks while Read more…
Michael Johnston: Heading into 2011, many observers of the ETF industry were warning that this year could see a wave of fund closures, as ETFs that were failing to generate positive cash flow for the institutions behind them could be shuttered. That wave of contraction has yet to really play out, as only Read more…
In trading on Monday, the iPath Pure Beta Sugar ETN (NYSEArca:SGAR) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 10.29% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…
Tony Daltorio: It was a disappointing summer for mining stocks, with some measures falling more than 25% for the year at one point. Read more…
EGA Emerging Global has announced that they will will begin trading under the new names and tickers at the opening of business on Thursday, June 23, 2011. The four funds affected are the Emerging Global Shares Dow Jones Emerging Markets Energy Titans Index Fund (NYSE:EEO), Emerging Global Shares Dow Jones Emerging Markets Financials Titans Index Fund (NYSE:EFN), Emerging Global Shares Dow Read more…
NYSE:AGEM, NYSE:EEG, NYSE:EEO, NYSE:EFN, NYSE:EMT, NYSE:FGEM, NYSE:OGEM
Innovation has always been a hallmark of the ETF industry, as recent years have seen issuers get creative in efforts to expand the universe of assets available and refine the mechanisms through Read more…
Perhaps no corner of the ETF market has exploded as rapidly as the precious metals space, as the democratization of an asset class previously off limits to many investors has resulted in billions of Read more…
IAU, NYSE:EMT, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:GLD, PALL, PLTM, PPLT, PSAU, SGOL, SIL, SIVR, SLV
Economic growth in the U.S. in recent years has been virtually non-existent, prompting more and more investors to turn to emerging markets, whose economies–as well as overall populations–are Read more…
EGA Emerging Global Shares (EGShares) announced today a 2-for-1 stock split for three of its exchange traded funds (ETFs), and a 3-for-1 stock split for one of its ETFs. A 2-for-1 stock split will be conducted for EGShares’ Emerging Markets Composite ETF (NYSE:EEG); Emerging Markets Energy ETF Read more…
There is no denying that the ETF boom is in full swing, as billions of dollars continue to flow into the industry every month despite a difficult economic environment. As individual investors and Read more…
ILF, INP, IWD, IWF, NYSE:BRAZ, NYSE:EEO, NYSE:EFN, NYSE:EMT, NYSE:EWZ, NYSE:EZU, NYSE:GMF, PLND, SCIN, XLE, XLES, XLF, XLI, XLV
Emerging Global Advisors, the only ETF issuer focusing exclusively on emerging markets, has filed details on a suite of products that would offer more targeted exposure to India’s stock market. 
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