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Christian Magoon: Gold is getting hammered – first by the crushed hopes for QE3 in late February and now by the EU debt crisis and weakening economies within India and China. These factors combined this week to push traditional gold ETFs into negative territory for 2012. Read more…
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Jordan Roy-Byrne: The junior sector had a very difficult year in 2011 but has led the recent recovery (at least statistically) in the precious metals sector. Two of our favorite exchange traded funds, Market Vectors Junior Miners ETF (NYSEArca:GDXJ) and BMO Junior Gold Index ETF (TSE:ZJG) are up Read more…
Stocks ended mostly down on Monday, but barely. The S&P 500 (NYSEArca:SPY) was the day’s only winner, as it closed higher by a meager 0.1%. For the second time in as many days, the S&P MidCap 400 closed flat. Both the Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) and the Dow Jones Industrial Average Read more…
Stocks closed modestly higher on Thursday on mixed trade. All five major indices ended up on the day. The S&P MidCap 400 led the way, as it rose by 0.8%. The Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) tacked on 0.7%, while the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:SPY) finished up by 0.5%. Both the DJIA (NYSEARCA:DIA) Read more…
Stocks closed modestly higher on increased volume. Stock meandered in a tight range for the entire session. Each of the major indices finished in higher territory, as smaller cap stocks showed the most resiliency. By the close, the small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSEARCA:IWM) added 0.6%, while the S&P Read more…
Stocks lost ground on Friday on higher trade. Friday’s lower close resulted in mixed results for the major indices in 2011. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSEARCA:DIA) finished just over 5.0% higher in 2011, while the S&P (NYSEARCA:SPY) ended flat and the Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) slid Read more…
Michael Johnston: Direxion, one of the largest issuers of leveraged exchange-traded funds, will make significant changes to ten of its products next week. The Direxion ETFs currently offering 2x and -2x exposure to their underlying index Read more…
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The Board of Trustees of the Direxion Shares ETF Trust has approved changes to the names, investment strategies and investment objectives of 10 leveraged funds, based on the recommendation of the funds’ advisor, Rafferty Asset Management, LLC. Each fund’s investment objective Read more…
Jared Cummans: Gold ETFs have become some of the most popular options for investors to make a speculative play on their favorite precious metal. With unparalleled transparency, rock bottom fees, and superior liquidity, the exchange-traded structure has emerged in recent years as the vehicle of choice Read more…
John Townsend: Today, June 11th, is the one year anniversary of The TSI Trader. Hooray! I started this website last summer when my summer vacation as a public school teacher began with utterly Read more…
Precious metals have been on a tear for much of the last year, no doubt delivering huge profits to some of the hedge fund managers who began stocking up on bullion in early 2010. Read more…
The ETP lineup now consists of nearly 1,200 individual products with aggregate assets of well more than $1 trillion. And both of those numbers continue to expand at an impressive rate; 
The ETF industry as a whole has grown tremendously in recent years, with both assets and the number of products surging as investors embrace the exchange-traded structure as an efficient 
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