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Jeff Nielson: Arithmetic is a harsh mistress. Irrespective of how badly the banking cabal wishes to suppress the prices of gold and silver, and irrespective of how much brute force they are able to apply to the market over the short term with their (illegal) manipulations; the inexorable pull of supply and Read more…
Money Morning: Silver is better than gold. In fact, it’s poised to be the “Greatest Trade Ever.” I know that’s a big statement. I’m certain that it grabbed your attention. Perhaps you’re even considering arguments that would shoot it down. Read more…
“Assets in the exchange-traded fund industry totaled about $689 billion as of Oct. 30, down 0.8%, or $5.3 billion, from a month earlier Read more…
“As wealthy investors stream out of hedge funds this year, Wall Street is trying to lure them back with a much simpler product: exchange-traded Read more…
“The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission inserted themselves into the debate surrounding controversial, non-traditional exchange traded funds last week — a debate that could harm the entire Read more…
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) will come under the spotlight this year as investors eye the product for greater diversity and lower costs.
iShares, a unit of UK-based bank Barclays, which issued more than 31 ETFs over the past several years, said assets of mutual funds related to ETFs could go up to US$2 trillion (HK$15.6 trillion) globally by 2011, with Asia being the major growth area.
“2008 was the fastest growing year for the ETF market,” Jane Leung, senior director of product, iShares Asia ex- Japan, told The Standard. Read more…
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