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Jared Cummans: Trading natural gas has long been the dominant way of obtaining exposure to this fossil fuel. While it is possible to establish positions using stocks and ETFs, the most direct and often most liquid options come from futures contracts (or futures-based products). Read more…
Jared Cummans: Natural gas is not only one of the most vital energy sources in the world, but is also one of the most popular commodities. The fossil fuel is well-known Read more…
Ron Rowland: JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) announced that one day soon it intends to halt new note creation for the JPMorgan Alerian MLP ETN (NYSEARCA:AMJ). Read more…
Michael Johnston: One of the largest ETNs has reached its maximum weight according to the issuing institution, and will soon face restrictions on growth. JP Morgan announced on Monday that it would cap the maximum number of shares of the popular Alerian MLP Index ETN Read more…
Eric Dutram: The broad ETF industry has seen its share of controversy over the past few years thanks to a number of issues. These misunderstandings have undoubtedly hurt the ETF world and have probably pushed some investors into other products as a result, diminishing an otherwise solid period for the Read more…
Ron Rowland: Dear ETF Regulators, It is time to step up to the challenge of your job’s main mandate - protecting investors. Investor confidence in exchange traded funds (“ETFs”) and Read more…
Ron Rowland: Investors in a VelocityShares exchange-traded note took a huge hit last week — losing more than 50 percent in two trading days. Ouch! The sad part is that the loss was perfectly predictable. No one should have been surprised. Still, more than a few folks were blindsided. Read more…
Daniela Pylypczak: Ever since markets crashed in 2008, investors have been slowly increasing their risk appetites, shifting towards more lucrative and risky asset classes such as commodities. Some investments in this category have flourished, while others haven’t fared so well. Natural gas is perhaps the first cringe- Read more…
Michael Johnston: Though ETFs may appear as very simple and straightforward investment vehicles, there is a rather complex infrastructure that lies beneath the surface. Under the hood of exchange-traded products is a unique “creation / redemption” mechanism that allows for the number of shares Read more…
Ron Rowland: Last week Sean Brodrick used my space to tell you some Inconvenient Truths About Alternative Energy. I think he is right on track about the natural gas sector, and you need to pay Read more…
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Thomas Carreno: Natural Gas Futures appear to be diving into a death spiral from a technical analysis stand point. There is no cup and handle pattern on natural gas futures but one cannot help notice what Read more…
Jared Cummans: Natural gas has been one of the most talked about commodities this year, as its prices have been on a slippery slope, bringing them down to historical lows. NG futures have sank more than 17% on the year as investors have been scrambling in and out of positions which have continually Read more…
Jason Cimpl: The market had a fairly boring session yesterday. Banks continued to provide the usual leadership, which is bullish. And the financial index finished 0.49% higher in an otherwise mundane Read more…
Bill Luby: Yesterday’s post on Natural Gas, Contango and UNG appears to have generated a fair amount of interest across a broad base of readers, so for an encore I have decided to forego the typical collection of dazzling Liszt miniatures and skip directly to more on the ways to benefit from the persistent Read more…
Bill Luby: I have talked at length in this space about the contango and negative roll yield issues that plague (NYSEArca:VXX). Periodically these discussions trigger a question from a reader about the Read more…
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