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Jared Cummans: Despite Friday’s relatively large miss in GDP, stocks were able to post a week in the black as strong earnings helped major indexes make a run higher. Unfortunately, it seems that we are still at the mercy of Europe as any news about Spanish debts will rock markets. The coming week features the Read more…
Jared Cummans: As earnings season comes to an end, investors will have one more week to focus on blue chip quarterly results to help guide their trades and positions. Last week saw earnings come in as a mixed bag, but that all changed on Friday when unemployment figures shattered the mold and Read more…
Noel Archard: A reader recently wrote to us asking about the Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Index Fund (NYSE:IEO). In his view, he felt the fund was lopsided toward oil vs. gas. “If you call an ETF Read more…
Although the global economy remains shaky to say the least, commodity prices have been soaring as worries over the U.S. dollar continue to dominate the market. Oil prices have held up especially well considering the possibility of a reduction in demand in the foreseeable future and are currently Read more…
Stocks posted solid gains on Tuesday as trade surged. All five major indices closed near session highs. The S&P MidCap 400 led the advance as it tacked on 1.0% yesterday. The Dow Jones Read more…
Sumit Roy: Bigger isn’t necessarily better, as our most recent Commodity ETF Flows report shows. (For those who haven’t seen our new feature yet, each Friday we examine how much Read more…
In an attempt to address the rising costs of fuel and crude oil, President Obama stated that it is vital for the US to embark on a long-term plan to tap domestic resources and soften its dependency on Read more…
The high cost of oil and the fast-rising price of gas is stimulating the markets this month – but in the wrong direction. To help investors who want to profit from and have a portfolio hedge from rising energy prices, MarketRiders (www.marketriders.com) is offering its own all-Exchange Traded Fund Read more…
For the financial markets, the ramifications of the Tōhoku earthquake and its aftermath are many. We already saw significant moves across asset classes, from stocks to commodities to currencies, Read more…
Income investors are frequently looking for high yield investments in the energy sector, and the master limited partnership (MLP) is one of my favorite structures to help investors meet that Read more…
Optimism over the health of the global economy has surged in recent weeks as investors have scooped up shares in a variety of industries in order to benefit from a budding recovery. Read more…
As global demand for crude oil continues to increase to record levels and supply remains constricted, the price of gasoline continues to itch upwards, passing the $3 per gallon mark in Read more…
Supply concerns pushed crude futures contacts north of $90 per barrel on Tuesday, providing positive price support to the US Oil Fund (NYSE:USO), PowerShares DB Oil Fund (NYSE:DBO) Read more…
IndexIQ rolled out the latest ETF offering exposure to oil companies today, debuting the IQ Global Oil Small Cap ETF (NYSE:IOIL). The new ETF will be the first exchange-traded product to offer 
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