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A Bold Commodities Call
Monday, June 19, 2017 - 7:28am | 513Read More...With few exceptions, the commodities complex is being taken to task this year. Even diversified commodities exchange-traded products are not offering much shelter from the storm in the face of slumping oil prices. For example, the WisdomTree Continuous Commodity ETF (NYSE: GCC) is down 4.3 percent...
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Revisiting An Overlooked Precious Metals ETF
Thursday, June 15, 2017 - 10:14am | 499Read More...The U.S. dollar is one of this year's most disappointing developed market currencies, but that is not helping the commodities complex. Most commodities, an asset class denominated in dollars, are sagging, but some precious metals have been notable exceptions. Among exchange-traded products, the...
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How The Next President Could Affect Commodities ETFs
Tuesday, November 8, 2016 - 9:49am | 456Read More...Despite all the commotion about this being a good year for commodities, the iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed (ETF) (NYSE: GSG) is flat year-to-date. That condition is unlikely to persist after the results of Tuesday's presidential election start trickling in. The Climate As has been...
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Here's Why You Should Buy The Dip In Gold ETFs
Tuesday, October 25, 2016 - 9:00am | 509Read More...After spending considerable time as one of this year's hottest exchange-traded funds, the SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSE: GLD), the world's largest ETF backed by physical holdings of gold, has retreated 5.5 percent over the past month. Not surprisingly, much has been made of this decline....
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Dodge The Pesky K-1 With This New Oil ETF
Thursday, September 29, 2016 - 7:39am | 490Read More...Exchange-traded products have made commodities investing available to the masses, and that is great. What is not so great? The pesky K-1 tax forms that accompany those investments come tax season. A new exchange-traded fund from ProShares looks to ameliorate that problem, at least for those...
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A Brexit Boon For These Leveraged ETFs
Thursday, June 30, 2016 - 12:26pm | 485Read More...Gold has been a predictable beneficiary of the Brexit outcome, which in turn is predictably benefiting already scorching hot gold miners stocks and exchange-traded funds. That includes leveraged fare such as the Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bull 3X Shares (Direxion Shares Exchange Traded Fund Trust (...
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A Fundamental Case For The Steel ETF
Thursday, June 16, 2016 - 1:55pm | 581Read More...Thanks to some positive guidance and bullish analyst commentary, the Market Vectors Steel (ETF) (NYSE: SLX) climbed nearly 3 percent Wednesday, extending its year-to-date gain to 35.7 percent. Steel On The Move SLX, the lone exchange-traded fund dedicated to steel stocks, got a lift after Bank of...
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Energy ETFs Are Soaring, But Some Investors Lack Enthusiasm
Monday, June 13, 2016 - 11:14am | 695Read More...The Energy Select Sector SPDR (ETF) (NYSE: XLE), the largest equity-based exchange-traded fund tracking the energy sector, is up more than 10 percent in the second quarter. That extends a run that has XLE up 12.5 percent year-to-date, a showing that, among the sector SPDR ETFs, has been trumped...
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Go-Go Days For Gold ETFs
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 - 1:38pm | 559Read More...The SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSE: GLD) and the iShares Gold Trust(ETF) (NYSE: IAU) are each up more than 20 percent this year. Not only that, but the two gold exchange-traded funds are raking in new assets at a fevered pace. Gold's Golden Promises GLD, the world's largest gold ETF, has seen $8.1...
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It's Not Surprising What's Boosting Gold Miners ETFs
Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 12:35pm | 558Read More...This is how things are going for gold exchange-traded funds this year. Physically-backed ETFs, such as the SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSE: GLD), have been good. Gold mining ETFs have been better. A lot better. For example, the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX), is up 73.1 percent year-to-date...
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It's Going To Be An Interesting Day For Oil Services ETFs
Monday, May 2, 2016 - 7:30am | 548Read More...Yes, that is stating the obvious in the wake of news that Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) and Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE: BHI) are calling off a marriage that would have created an oil services behemoth. Speculation has been intensifying for several weeks, if not longer, that the combined...
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Betting On The Brent ETF? Watch These Factors
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - 12:11pm | 482Read More...Among futures-based oil exchange-traded products, the United States Oil Fund LP (ETF) (NYSE: USO) gets the most attention. USO tracks front-month West Texas Intermediate futures, the U.S. benchmark oil contract. USO And BNO However, Brent futures are the global oil benchmark contract. Fortunately,...
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Commodities Rally Chases Shorts From South Africa
Thursday, April 14, 2016 - 7:13am | 515Read More...For a couple of years as commodities prices struggled, plenty of single-country emerging markets exchange-traded funds struggled as well. A prime example of that theme was the iShares MSCI South Africa Index (ETF) (NYSE: EZA). Stymied by South Africa's status as a major gold producer, the world...
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Traders Nail The Silver ETF Trade
Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 1:35pm | 572Read More...Twenty exchange-traded funds hit 52-week lows Wednesday, and in a telling sign about the impact expectation of higher interest rates on some asset classes, six of those offending funds were commodities products. Perhaps surprisingly, no dedicated silver ETFs joined the 52-week low club Wednesday,...
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Imperial Sugar Earnings Preview: A Positive Surprise Coming?
Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 9:14am | 601Read More...Imperial Sugar (NASDAQ: IPSU) is scheduled to report its third-quarter fiscal 2011 results Friday morning, August 4. Speculation has been that positive surprises may be in store from this quarterly report and the next as the uptrend in refined sugar prices continues and production at two new...
