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Top Five Commodity ETFs Of 2010

Jared Cummans — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:00:43 +0000

As we put the finishing touches on 2010, the year has shaped up to be one of the most eventful in recent memory for global markets as a number of important events impacted the world economy. Among the events that dominated financial headlines this year were an (ongoing) sovereign debt crisis, the flash crash, a violent volcanic eruption that grounded air traffic for some time in Europe, a major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and another wave of quantitative easing aimed to get the U.S. back on track. Equities have struggled to fall into a pattern, as the S&P 500 started the year off around 1,132, and has managed to fight through uncertainty to gain around 100 points on the year. Overall, a 100 point gain seems solid from the outside looking in, but halfway through 2010, the S&P was down 100 points from its opening level, showing [...]

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Best Performing ETFs Of 2009

Michael Johnston — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:00:53 +0000

Following a year that saw some of the worst performances in recent memory, many asset classes have bounced back in 2009. But some have performed better than others, and as the year draws to a close we take a look at some of the best-performing ETFs. The year’s top gainers include a few of the largest and most-heavily traded funds, but the majority of those that made the list are lesser known ETFs likely off the radar of many ETF investors. Each of the 900-plus ETFs currently included in the ETF Screener has been allocated to a single “best fit” ETFdb Category (see a complete list of ETFdb Categories here). While ETFs in the same ETFdb Category generally share similar objectives and risk/return profiles, they aren’t necessarily perfect substitutes for each other. The following list shows the fund from each ETFdb Category with this highest year-to-date return as of December [...]

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The Definitive Silver ETF Guide: Silver ETF Investing 101

Eric Dutram — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:35 +0000

While most investors are well aware of gold’s unprecedented march to $1,100/oz., far fewer are familiar with the yellow metal’s often overlooked cousin, silver. While gold has received a great deal of attention as a hedge against the U.S. dollar, the leading silver ETF, SLV, has outperformed its gold counterpart, GLD, by a factor of 2 to 1 in 2009. Although silver has flown under the radar (thanks in large part to its price of around $17/oz.), many investors consider the metal to be a sound investment due to robust industrial demand, its traditional role as a store of value, and its current ratio compared to gold. These three factors will help to ensure that despite silver’s volatility, there will always be demand for this “forgotten precious metal.” In any case, silver ETFs are an efficient way to invest in the metal without dealing with the associated “headaches” of holding [...]

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ETF Securities Enters U.S. Market With Silver Fund

Michael Johnston — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:32:11 +0000

One of Europe’s most prominent ETF sponsors has jumped across the pond, making its initial foray into the U.S. markets. ETF Securities (ETFS), which has about $12 billion invested in more than 130 products worldwide, launched the ETFS Silver Trust (SIVR) on Friday. The new fund will trade on the NYSE Arca Exchange, and has an initial expense ratio of 0.30% (the expense ratio will be capped at 0.45% after July 24, 2010). ETFS has a history of innovations in the ETF industry. The company, led by chairman Graham Tuckwell, developed the world’s first gold exchange-traded product in Australia and London and launched the first crude oil ETP in 2005. The company is perhaps best known for a full line of commodity ETPs, but also offers a number of leveraged and inverse leveraged funds, as well as equity ETFs offering European investors exposure to the U.S. markets. ETFS’ products are [...]

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