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Michael Johnston: Sustainable Wealth Management has become the latest company to partner with Exchange Traded Concepts to debut an ETF, announcing this week the launch of the North American Oil Sands ETF (NYSEARCA:SNDS). The new fund will seek to replicate the Read more…
Michael Johnston: Energy stocks have struggled mightily so far in 2012, as soft demand for petroleum products and progress towards alternative sources of energy have weighed on this sector. Despite the recent challenges, allocations to energy stocks remain a key component Read more…
Michael Johnston: Van Eck announced today the debut of an exchange-traded fund that offers exposure to companies employing “unconventional” approaches towards producing energy commodities such as crude oil and natural gas. The new Market Vectors Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: I’m not a knee-jerk hater of the Obama administration. But the President’s decision to reject the Keystone pipeline was one of his worst. Aside from creating jobs, the pipeline would have decisively swung U.S. energy supplies more toward domestic sources and those of our friendly 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…
Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC, is pleased to announce the following Guggenheim Funds Exchange-Traded Funds (“ETFs”) have declared distributions. The table below summarizes the distribution schedule for each fund declaring a Read more…
Stocks traded in a tight range on Monday as they consolidated for a second consecutive day on light volume. The Nasdaq was the only major index to close in positive territory but the losses Read more…
Thursday’s session, the conclusion to the first quarter of 2011, ended with mixed results and in uneventful fashion. Throughout the session, stocks merely meandered in a tight range. Read more…
As we enter year three of record low interest rates, many investors continue to face significant challenges in constructing a portfolio that delivers attractive current income without taking on Read more…
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As global demand for natural resources remains insatiable, Canada’s vast supply of these natural resources makes it highly appealing to investors. Read more…
With its array of natural resources, supply of commodities and enviable banking system, Canada remains relatively appealing and poses an opportunity for investors. Read more…
Whether you win or lose on your Americas-related investments in 2011 will come down to a single factor – natural-resource prices. If the prices of oil, gold, copper and other natural resources are Read more…
Thailand last week joined the crush of Asian countries rushing to acquire a stake in Canada’s giant oil sands projects when its PTT Exploration & Production Public Co. Ltd. (OTC ADR: PEXNY) agreed Read more…
In trading on Tuesday, the ProShares Short Basic Materials (NYSE:SBM) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 3.3% on the day. Also up on the day are the 
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