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Jared Cummans: Gold trading has quickly become one of the most popular ways to make a play on the global economy and developing trends. Though the precious metal is often used as a part of a long-term strategy to battle inflation and store value, its prevalence Read more…
Tony Daltorio: The average coffee drinker probably doesn’t realize what a huge global business coffee is. As one of the so-called breakfast commodities (along with orange juice, sugar and cocoa), coffee is the world’s most widely-traded tropical agricultural commodity. Read more…
Jared Cummans: Commodities are potentially very powerful investments, but they also come with their fair share of risks. In recent years, investors and advisors have begun to adopt commodities into portfolios, as many have seen the benefits of adding these low-correlated Read more…
Michael Johnston: ETFs have become so popular in recent years in part because of the tax efficiencies that they offer relative to traditional mutual funds. Due to the nuances of the creation / redemption Read more…
Michael Johnston: Investor interest in commodities has surged in recent years, the result of both a prolonged rally in natural resource prices and the development of new vehicles that facilitate access to this asset class. Specifically, the launch of a robust lineup of exchange-traded products that utilize Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: If you’re still bearish on long-term silver prices, you’d better reconsider your stance. Dollar-denominated Chinese silver futures were scheduled to begin trading on the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange early today (Friday). This development will grant Asian investors direct Read more…
PIMCO, the world’s largest bond manager, has ETF investors salivating over the prospect of an ETF version of the ultra-popular Total Return Fund. In a recent SEC filing, PIMCO laid the groundwork Read more…
Bloomberg published a critical report for anyone who has ever purchased a commodity ETF – especially the US Crude Oil ETF (NYSE:USO) and the US Natural Gas ETF (NYSE:UNG) Read more…
“The volatility of the last two years has investors searching for investment vehicles that can help diversify their portfolios from the wild swings of the stock market. The old-school method often Read more…
“The $4.2-billion U.S. Natural Gas Fund (UNG) may be in for a wave of share redemptions that would force the largest exchange-traded fund in the fuel to sell thousands of futures contracts as cold weather Read more…
“United States Natural Gas Fund lost almost 60% in 2009, but its difficulties went beyond falling prices for natural gas due to the poor economy and oversupply issues. U.S. Natural Gas Fund (UNG) , with assets of about $5 billion, was the worst-performing ETF Read more…
“United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG), an exchange-traded fund in the natural gas market, reiterated on Tuesday that it could invest in interests other than futures contacts Read more…
The rapid development of exchange traded products has brought with it increased diversity in the investing space. Markets segments that were once nearly impossible for the average Joe to reach 
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