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Michael Johnston: Odds are that 2011 is a year many investors will be eager to forget. Ongoing uncertainty over Europe, combined with a frustrating employment situation stateside and even weakness among emerging markets has put many core asset classes in the red for the year. Most equity ETFs Read more…
Platinum has witnessed a nice upward trend in 2010 and increased demand from the heavy-duty transportation sector and the industrial sector are expected to provide further positive price 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…
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Increases in investment demand, a recovery in automotive sales and further tightening of emission standards, paint positive picture for the demand of platinum which is expected to support prices of Read more…
ETF Securities has filed paperwork with the SEC for a ETFS White Metals Basket Trust. The ETFS White Metals Basket Trust (Trust) will issue ETFS Physical WM Basket Shares (Shares) which represent units of fractional undivided beneficial interest in and ownership of the Trust. The investment Read more…
“Dan Sullivan, editor of two investment advisory services — The Chartist and the Chartist Mutual Fund Letter — emailed clients last night that he was changing his recommendation from being 100% invested in equities to being completely Read more…
First Trust has launched its “First Trust ISE Global Platinum Index Fund” (PLTM). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the Fund’s fees and expenses) of an equity index called Read more…
This morning, the market crackled with news that billionaire investor George Soros had bumped up his holdings of the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE:GLD) 0.5 percent in the 4th quarter of 2010. 
Precious metals have had a heck of a year, even the non-gold metals. Especially those, in fact: As of December 23rd, silverprices had risen 73% for the year and platinumup 17%; palladium, 
ETFs in the commodity space have had an incredible run in 2010, with some funds gaining over 80% on the year and becoming some of the year’s top performers. Commodities across the board 
The platinum group metals (PGMs) are six metallic elements clustered together in the periodic table: platinum, palladium, rhodium, osmium, iridium, and ruthenium. They have similar physical 
In midday trading Wednesday, the iPath DJ-UBS Cotton TR Sub-Idx ETN (NYSE:BAL) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 5.5% on the day. Also up on the day are the 
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