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Definitive Guide To Coffee ETFs: Coffee ETF Investing 101

by Michael Johnston on December 8, 2009 | Updated December 9, 2009

The rise of the ETF industry has made commodity investing readily available to millions of investors whose options for exposure to this “fourth asset class” were previously limited. Most of the money in commodity exchange-traded products is in diversified funds offering exposure to more than a dozen natural resources through a single security (see a detailed breakdown of the sectors included in these products here). Among commodity-specific funds, those focusing on precious metals, agriculture, and oil and gas tend to be the most popular – GLD ($42.6 billion in assets), DBA ($2.4 billion), and UNG ($4.0 billion) are among the largest ETFs across all asset classes. [click to continue…]

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“Inverse Dollar ETFs” Continue Rally

by Michael Johnston on November 12, 2009

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday that a strong dollar is key for the U.S. economy, a goal that may please U.S. consumers but that appears increasingly out of the control of the current administration. “We bear special responsibility for trying to make sure that we are implementing policy in the U.S. that will sustain confidence not just among American investors and…savers but investors around the world,” said Geithner to a group of reporters in Japan. [click to continue…]

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Basics of ETN Investing

by Michael Johnston on May 19, 2009

Perhaps you’ve noticed that many of the investment vehicles in the ETF industry are technically referred to as exchange-traded notes, or ETNs. While ETNs are similar to ETFs in many ways, there are also some key differences that should be considered before investing.

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