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Stocks ended the session mixed on Friday as volume quickened. Bigger cap issues showed strength as high beta issues struggled. By the closing bell the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSEArca:DIA) and the S&P 500 (NYSEArca:SPY) posted gains of 0.4% and 0.2% respectively. The S&P MidCap 400 and Read more…
Stocks eased modestly on Monday, on very light trade. The major indices chopped around in a tight range for the entire day and eventually closed just below session highs. The small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSEArca:IWM) fell 0.3%, while the Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ), DJIA (NYSEArca:DIA)and S&P Read more…
For the third time in as many days, stocks showed little direction, and ended the session mixed. By the closing bell three of the five major indices were up and two were down. Higher beta issues led the way, as the small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSEArca:IWM), S&P MidCap 400 and the Nasdaq Read more…
David Gillie: As an equities analyst, I’m expected to know the answer to this question. Quite honestly, I don’t. Here’s why: Read more…
Jason Simpkins: 2011 was an up-and-down year for oil prices, but don’t expect that pattern to repeat in 2012. In the coming year, the trajectory for oil prices will be far more linear – and it’s pointed up. In fact, we could even see $150 oil by mid-summer. Read more…
Jason Simpkins: 2011 was an up-and-down year for oil prices (NYSEARCA:USO), but don’t expect that pattern to repeat in 2012. No, next year, the trajectory for oil prices will be far more linear – and it’s pointed up. In fact, we could even see $150 oil by mid-summer. Read more…
Jared Cummans: Crude oil has been in the limelight in recent weeks, as its priced surged from a low of $75 barrel to break through the century mark, marking an increase of over 35%. While oil has long been, arguably, the most popular commodity on the market, investors and traders alike are looking to Read more…
Todd Shriber: Earlier this year, I wrote about contango, the commodities market situation where longer-dated futures contracts are trading above the current spot price. This can happen with any commodity under the sun, but in most cases, I’d bet that investors know a little something about contango as Read more…
Sam Subramanian: A supply glut resulting from excess production from shale formations depressed natural gas prices (NYSE:UNG) in 2010.
Since then, persistent inclement weather Read more…
Inflation has been a particularly frustrating topic in recent months. Despite widespread predictions for a surge in CPI in the wake of unprecedented injections of liquidity into global financial markets, upward pressure on prices has not yet materialized–at least not in many developed markets. Read more…
News coming from the United States and Europe has once again changed the tone in a fast-pasted market. On our side of the pond, the Wall Street Journal reported: Read more…
Sumit Roy: All large precious metals ETPs saw substantial inflows over past week, but grains ETPs performed best. Record highs in gold and one-month highs in the overall commodity sector spurred investors to finally deploy a large amount of capital into commodity-related exchange-traded Read more…
Sumit Roy: Another quiet week for commodity-related ETPs as a whole, but MOO continues to attract interest.
Despite steep gains in stock and commodity markets over the course of the week Read more…
David Fry: Our goal in this profile is to help investors wade through the many competing ETF offerings available. Using our long experience as an ETF publication, we can help select those ETFs that matter and may not be repetitive. The result is a more manageable list of issues from which to Read more…
In trading on Friday, the Global X Oil Equities ETF (NYSE:XOIL) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 7.18% on the day. Also up on the day are the 
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