Jared Cummans:  August was a hectic month to say the least, as the first few days saw violent swings in major indexes, at times reaching up to 6% in either direction. The majority of the market volatility came first from our inability to pass a solid debt plan in a reasonable amount of time. Read more…

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Van Eck will begin trading its new “Market Vectors Mortgage REIT Income ETF” (NYSE:MORT) Wednesday, August 17, 2011. The Market Vectors Mortgage REIT Income ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Market Vectors® Global Mortgage REITs Index. The Index is a rules based index intended to give investors a means of tracking the overall Read more…

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