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Inflation ETF Special: 25 ETF Ideas To Fight Rising Prices

Stoyan Bojinov — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:30:23 +0000

Inflation has been a particularly frustrating topic in recent months. Despite widespread predictions for a surge in CPI in the wake of unprecedented injections of liquidity into global financial markets, upward pressure on prices has not yet materialized–at least not in many developed markets. The prospect of what seems to be an inevitable outcome has prompted many to take measures to protect their portfolios, increasing allocations to asset classes expected to generally perform well when inflationary pressures spike. Countless investors have been wrong in their calls on inflation, ranging from Wall Street titans such as Morgan Stanley to smaller money managers and individuals. Another frustrating aspect of inflation is the difficulty many investors face in protecting their portfolios from the phenomenon. Debates over the relative merits of various securities as safeguards against inflation have raged for decades, with different investors pursuing different strategies. Each inflationary environment is unique, and inflation [...]

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Van Eck Slashes Fees On Five ETFs

Michael Johnston — Fri, 06 May 2011 12:30:15 +0000

Van Eck announced this week that it has reduced the expense caps for five of its exchange-traded funds, effective May first. The move represents the latest development in a string of fee reductions by ETF issuers, reflecting both increasing asset bases and economies of scale as well as efforts to lure cost-conscious investors. The ETFs affected by the latest round of fee cuts include the ultra-popular GDXJ, which currently has close to $2.5 billion in assets [see all the Gold Miner ETFs here]. The ETFs impacted by the price cuts, along with the annual savings generated based on assets at the end of April, include: Ticker ETF Old Cap New Cap Savings* AFK Market Vectors Africa Index ETF 0.83% 0.78% $57.7 BRF Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap ETF 0.65% 0.62% $296.7 GDXJ Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF 0.59% 0.56% $728.6 HAP Market Vectors RVE Hard Assets Producers ETF 0.65% 0.59% [...]

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Commodity ETFs Get No Love From Investors

Michael Johnston — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:00:34 +0000

It doesn’t seem like that long ago that exchange-traded commodity products were the darlings of the ETF world. Praised for democratizing an entire asset class (and one capable of delivering non-correlated returns to investors at that), commodity ETFs saw billions of dollars of cash inflows in 2009. Investors rushed to get their hands on everything from copper to tin, and they embraced the transparency and liquidity that the exchange-traded structure had to offer. Last year was a banner year for commodities, with inflationary pressures, surging demand from emerging markets, and a host of supply issues conspiring to push prices of various resources sharply higher. Corn prices surged, gold repeatedly set new record highs, and a host of other agricultural products–including sugar and soybeans–climbed sharply higher. While 2010 was a stellar year all around for investors–most major asset classes posted nice gains–commodities were clearly the star. Lists of the year’s best [...]

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Global X Files For Oil Equities ETF

Eric Dutram — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:00:05 +0000

Global X, the New York-based ETF issuer that already offers sector-specific China and Brazil funds and a number of ETFs focused on commodity-intensive equities, continued to expand its pipeline; the firm recently made an SEC filing laying the groundwork for an oil equities ETF. Although details from the filing were scarce, there were a few revelations: The fund will track the Solactive Global Oil Equities Index, a global benchmark tracking firms engaged in the production and refinement of crude oil around the world. This index is free float adjusted, liquidity tested and market capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the performance of oil companies globally that are highly correlated with the price of oil, as defined by Structured Solutions AG. Currently, the index has 25 component securities. The proposed fund would enter into an already crowded corner of the ETF market; currently, there are over 40 ETFs in the [...]

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More Ideas For “Contango-Free” Commodity Access

Michael Johnston — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:00:10 +0000

With the finish line in sight, 2010 has been a generally solid year for commodities as an asset class; strong demand from emerging markets, a shaky dollar, fears about inflation, and a number of supply issues have conspired to send prices of everything from corn to gold to sugar skyward [see Top Five Commodity ETFs Of 2010]. Despite the impressive performance from a number of different commodities, inflows into commodity ETFs have been light in 2010. After more than $30 billion flowed into commodity ETPs in 2009, inflows through the first ten months totaled only about $10 billion–almost all of which was attributable to physically-backed gold products. Part of the explanation for the relatively slow weak inflows may be related to frustrations with the performance of certain futures-based products. The underlying holdings of most commodity ETFs are not the actual commodity, but rather futures contracts written on the specified resource [...]

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Inflation-Fighting ETFs Back In Focus

Michael Johnston — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:00:56 +0000

It’s baaaaaaaack. After a brief hiatus that saw investors rushing to determine the best ways to battle deflation, inflationary concerns have begun to surface again. The cause of the latest bout of inflationary anxiety is of course the QE2 program recently announced by the Federal Reserve that calls for the purchase of hundreds of billions of dollars in bonds in an effort to push down borrowing costs and kick start the economy. Economists and investors are divided on the plan, as many believe the Fed’s latest capital injection is a step in the right direction. But others both domestically and abroad have lashed out at QE2 as a further compounding of an already serious problem. “They have already pumped endless amounts of money into the economy with extremely high budget deficits, and with a monetary policy which has already pumped in lots of money,” said German Finance minister Wolfgang Schauble. [...]

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State Street Launches Global Natural Resources ETF (GNR)

Eric Dutram — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:41:45 +0000

As world population levels have surged along with developing economies, an increased focus as been put on natural resource development and production in order to increase the average standard of living for the world’s nearly 7 billion people. This rapid increase–along with a variety of natural disasters, such as the devastating wheat crisis in Russia earlier this summer–has put a premium on the world’s natural resources and the companies that harvest or develop them. Following this trend, a number of ETF providers have stepped in to give investors access to this increasingly important sector. The newest foray into this market segment came earlier today when State Street, the Boston based ETF giant best known for its S&P 500 SPDR (SPY) and gold ETF (GLD), launched the newest addition to its product lineup, the Global Natural Resources ETF (GNR). The new fund will track the S&P Global Natural Resources Index, which [...]

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Direxion Files For Non-Leveraged ETFs

Michael Johnston — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:43:44 +0000

Direxion, one of the leaders in the rapidly-expanding leveraged ETF space, has filed for approval on 36 new ETFs, including two non-leveraged products. The Direxion Auto Shares would seek to match the performance of the Indus Global Auto & Auto Suppliers Index, a benchmark that consists of approximately 30 companies engaged in the manufacturing, maintenance, or retailing of automobiles. This index is global in nature, and includes companies based in the U.S., Germany, India, Japan, and Sweden. If the proposed auto fund ultimately makes it to market, it would be the first ETF to focus exclusively on the automotive industry, eliminating one of the most glaring holes in the ETF coverage map (see Who Else Wants An Auto ETF?) The company also filed for the Direxion Airline Shares, an ETF that would track the Indus Global Airline & Airline Suppliers Index. This benchmark consists of 30 companies involved in the [...]

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Earnings Season Kicks Off: ETF Winners And Losers

Eric Dutram — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:40:45 +0000

Although news of SEC charges against Goldman Sachs became the dominant story on Wall Street on Friday, the focus on investors for much of the past week was on the handful of companies that kicked off another critical earnings season. With the market recovering much of the ground lost during the recent recession, many investors were anxious to see how improved economic data had translated to profitability at industry bellwethers. The first week of earnings season was a mixed bag, with some big names reporting stellar results and outlooks and others falling short of expectations. While earnings reports are company-specific developments, they can often provide insight into macro economic trends and the outlook for an industry. Below, we highlight five sectors that were especially volatile this past week, including two clear winners, two clear losers, and a mixed sector on which the jury is still out. Winners: Semiconductors and Transportation [...]

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What Every Investor Should Know About Commodity ETF Investing

Michael Johnston — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:26:01 +0000

It’s difficult to put a finger on the exact cause of the recent surge in popularity of commodity investing. More than likely, the boom is attributable to a number of different factors. Correlation between international equity markets (and even between stocks and bonds) has surged in recent years, increasing both the importance and difficulty of adding non-correlated assets to investor portfolios. Given the relatively weak correlation with other asset classes, commodities have found a home in many investors’ portfolios. Moreover, unprecedented injections of liquidity into the financial system have created anxiety over a coming uptick in inflation that could erode returns to stocks and fixed income instruments. Commodities have historically served as an effective inflation hedge, and many are once again turning to natural resources to protect assets from a surge in the CPI. Regardless of the cause, commodity investing is hot, and many investors have turned to ETFs as [...]

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