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Chasing Value: Here's How to Get a 6.76% Yield
Filed under: Chasing Value[TM], Vanguard Total Bond Market (BND), Stock Picks, ETFAn investment professional was stimulated by yesterday's post Chasing Value: Granny Said, 'It Has Turned into One Big...
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Options Update: CBOE Volatility Index Up, Gold at All-Time High
Filed under: Options, ETFGold closed at an all-time closing high of $1290.50. SPDR Gold Trust weekly put option implied volatility for the next four months is below the 26-week average of 22, according...
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Investment Bloggers Are Bullish and ETFs Are Hot
Filed under: Blogs, S and P 500, ETFIt comes as no surprise to me that current investment blogger consensus is bullish on the markets. They're not bullish by an extremely wide margin, but they are...
View ArticleSolar ETF Funds Are Shining Bright
Filed under: Stocks to Buy, ETFExchange-traded funds involving solar energy have been stellar over the past two months. A rising stock market and higher oil tends to help. Many companies are raising...
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Power-Up Your Portfolio with the Global X Lithium ETF
Filed under: ETF Investing, Stocks to Buy, ETFExchange-traded fund (ETF) issuer Global X Funds representatives were granted the honor of ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on the...
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Frontrunning The Fed: Buy Long-Dated Treasuries
Filed under: Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Federal Reserve, ETFGoldman Sachs (GS) was out with a note on Friday recommending that clients buy long-dated Treasuries ahead of the Federal Reserve quantitative...
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Van Eck Global Launches Rare Earth Metals ETF
Filed under: International Markets, Launches, China, Commodities, ETFLast week Van Eck Global launched Market Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals (REMX), a rare earth metals exchange-traded fund. Why...
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Gold Bull Forecasts $10,000 per Ounce
Filed under: Commodities, ETFWhen you make a prediction, why be squeamish? Meet Shayne McGuire, a 44-year-old fund manager from Texas who runs a $330 million gold portfolio at the Teacher Retirement...
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Commodity Prices Soar
Filed under: Major Movement, International Markets, Economic Data, Commodities, Oil, Agriculture, Federal Reserve, ETFThere are two primary forces at work in world economies. At this time they are...
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Options Update: Google December Volatility at Historic Lows
Filed under: Google (GOOG), Options, ETFGoogle (GOOG) November 620 weekly straddle is priced at $7.00; November monthly is at $14.20. November put option implied volatility is at 19, December is at 21,...
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Risk/Reward in the Dollar Attractive (UUP)
Filed under: ETF Investing, Currency, ETFThe recent sell-off in risk assets can be largely attributed to the strength in the U.S. dollar. While on a longer term basis the general decline in the...
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The World Gold Council Creates Its Own Gold Mine
Filed under: International Markets, China, Personal Finance, Commodities, ETFSometimes trouble and dissatisfaction propel us to move out of the box, to create something new and different. Such was the...
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JPMorgan Buys 50% of London Copper Stocks
Filed under: International Markets, JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Commodities, Federal Reserve, ETFOver the past couple of weeks, a mystery trader purchased more than 50% of all the copper stocks on the London...
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Copper Gains Glamour as Hedge
Filed under: Industry, JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Commodities, ETFA change is taking place in the world of commodity metals, and that change is now being accelerated by none other than JPMorgan Chase (JPM)....
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Investors Are a Growing Force in Commodities
Filed under: International Markets, Commodities, Oil, Agriculture, ETFIn earlier days, the commodities markets were dominated by large trading houses and a small percentage of speculators. The trading...
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Single Trader Dominates Copper in London Metals Exchange
Filed under: Market Matters, Commodities, ETFOver the years there have been some strange goings on in the commodity markets. One episode that comes to mind is the attempt by the Hunt brothers of Texas...
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Buy the Dip: Indian ETF, Freeport-McMoran
Filed under: India, Freep't McMoRan Copper (FCX), Commodities, Stocks to Buy, ETFBy now, most investors have heard the rallying cry of this market: "Just buy the dip!" However, the tape has been so...
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A New Smartphone ETF Launches
Filed under: Launches, ETFThere's an apt story in business: There's always room for one more. Take McDonalds (MCD) and Burger King (BKC) for example. Burger King competes directly with McDonalds. The...
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