Stoyan Bojinov: With the evolution of the ETF industry, investors now have numerous cost-efficient tools at their disposal to “fix” just about any financial objective. The growing popularity of commodities investing has also spawned a wave of interest in exchange-trade products Read more…

NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:GGGG, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:RING, PSAU

Michael Johnston: Interest in gold as a holding within long-term, buy-and-hold portfolios has skyrocketed in recent years, thanks to both the rapid price appreciation of the yellow metal as well as Read more…

NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GGGG, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:RING, PSAU

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 Read more…

NYSE:DUST, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:GGGG, NYSE:GLDX, NYSE:SIL, PSAU

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 4^th quarter of 2010. Read more…

NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:GLD, PLTM, PSAU

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, a leading provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with more than $50 billion in franchise assets, announced today that it expects to deliver zero Read more…

PBP, PCEF, PKOL, PLK, PSAU

Initially, the response from the markets to Ben Bernanke and Company’s historic attempt to revitalize the markets with a second round of QE was rather muted; U.S. markets stayed relatively Read more…

NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:JO, NYSE:SGG, NYSE:SIL, PSAU

In trading Thursday, the PowerShares Global Gold & Prec Metals (NASDAQ:PSAU) outperformed other ETFs, up about 3.63% on the day. Also up on the day is the Read more…

AMEX:BHH, NASDAQ:IFNA, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:UBD, PSAU

The Dow Jones Industrial Average made a familiar move today back below 11,000 after spending a little over 1 week above the threshold.  Beside the leveraged exchange traded funds that did poorly Read more…

NYSE:CZI, NYSE:EDZ, NYSE:KWT, NYSE:XME, NYSE:ZSL, PSAU

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…

NYSE:EMT, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:IAU, NYSE:SGOL, NYSE:SIL, NYSE:SIVR, NYSE:SLV, PALL, PLTM, PPLT, PSAU

In midday trading Tuesday, the iShares TMSCI ACWI ex US Consum (NYSE:AXSL) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 4.55% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…

NYSE:AXSL, NYSE:EGPT, NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:KRE, NYSE:THD, PSAU

In trading on Monday, the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil Equipment & Services Index Fund (IEZ) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.67% on the day. Also up on the day is the Read more…

NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:IEZ, NYSE:VXX, NYSE:XSD, PIE, PSAU

In trading on Tuesday, the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 4.4% on the day. Also up for the day is the Global Gold and Precious Read more…

NYSE:EWY, NYSE:VXX, NYSE:XLES, PSAU, RSX

In trading on Wednesday, the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX) is outperforming other ETFs, trading up 2.5% on the day. Also up for the day is the Read more…

NYSE:EWA, NYSE:EWP, NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:IDX, PALL, PSAU

In trading on Thursday, the PowerShares DB Base Metals ETF (DBB) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1.7% on the day. Also up on the day is the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) up about 1%. And underperforming Read more…

NYSE:DBB, NYSE:EWP, NYSE:THD, NYSE:UNG, PSAU

In midday trading Tuesday, the Claymore/Beacon Glbl Exchanges, Brokers (EXB) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2% on the day. And underperforming Read more…

NYSE:EXB, PSAU