State Street Global Advisors (SSgA)*, the asset management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), today announced that the SPDR® S&P® Emerging Markets Dividend ETF Read more…
NYSE:EBND, NYSE:EDIV
ETF Securities has filed paperwork with the SEC for a “ETFS Physical Copper ETF.” Copper is one of the most widely used industrial metals because it is an excellent conductor of electricity, has Read more…
NEW FILING
A resurgence of political risk has stuck the markets back down threatening any hope of a solid economic recovery. First, protests in Tunisia and Egypt rocked world equities and it now appears Read more…
NYSE:CRUD
ETF Securities has filed paperwork with the SEC for a “ETFS Physical Aluminum ETF.” Aluminum is the third most abundant element in the Earth’s crust, and weighs about one-third as much as steel Read more…
NEW FILING
Stocks got hit hard for a second consecutive day on Wednesday, as volume spiked. Sellers controlled the early action. However, a late session rally helped to repair some of the damage. Read more…
NYSE:EWW, NYSE:EWY
Bear markets begin when something fundamental breaks. Usually the sector initially affected will roll over before the general market and tends to be a warning sign of what lies ahead. Read more…
NYSE:BGU, NYSE:BGZ, NYSE:DIA, NYSE:DXD, NYSE:EEM, NYSE:FAS, NYSE:FAZ, NYSE:SDS, NYSE:SH, NYSE:SPY, NYSE:TNA, NYSE:TZA, NYSE:VXX
Factor Advisors, a New York-based asset management firm, announced today the launch of FactorShares, the first family of spread exchange traded funds (ETFs) that allow sophisticated Read more…
NYSE:FOL, NYSE:FSA, NYSE:FSE, NYSE:FSG, NYSE:FSU
In trading on Wednesday, the iPath Short Extended Russell 20 (NYSE:RTSA) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 8.52% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…
NYSE:AXIT, NYSE:BNO, NYSE:CVOL, NYSE:IVO, NYSE:PALL, NYSE:RTSA
Teucrium, the firm that debuted the only pure play corn ETF last year and recently added a natural gas fund, announced the launch of its third exchange-traded product today. The Teucrium WTI Read more…
NYSE:CORN, NYSE:CRUD, NYSE:NAGS, NYSE:USO
State Street will begin trading its new “SPDR Barclays Capital Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF” (NYSE:EBND) Thursday, February 24, 2011. The SPDR Barclays Capital Emerging Markets Read more…
FUND LAUNCH, NYSE:EBND
State Street will begin trading its new “SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETF” (NYSE:EDIV) Thursday, February 24, 2011. The SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to Read more…
FUND LAUNCH, NYSE:EDIV
David Fry From ETF Digest goes into detail on two oil ETFs discussing the United States Oil ETF (NYSE:USO) and the United States 12 Month Oil ETF (NYSE:USL) in the video noted below. Read more…
NYSE:USL, NYSE:USO
Mike Norman (Norman): Hey everybody, welcome back to HardAssetsInvestor.com. I’m Mike Norman, your host, here for the second part of my interview with Kevin Kerr. So Kevin, in the last Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS
Yesterday was an object lesson in systematic risk. Tuesday, the U.S. markets played catch-up with the Mideast turmoil after the Presidents Day holiday. Metals and oil shot up while equities tumbled. Read more…
NYSE:MOO
The king of Saudi Arabia is definitely feeling the heat from watching just about every country in North Africa go up in flames — not to mention Bahrain and Yemen closer to home. Read more…
NYSE:USO
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