Leveraged ETF

Commodities are certainly getting there fare share of media attention.  In our opinion, it is about time. It isn’t until it starts hitting the pocketbooks that people realize how expensive things have become. Considering the $USD is close to approaching .70 against the Euro, investors might start looking elsewhere to invest there money, commodities being [...]

We mentioned a couple of times water is the new oil. In our Water ETF article we compare water to it being as valuable as oil. While it may be a metaphor the global impact of water is under estimated in our opinion.  The good thing about the situation is companies and even countries are [...]

The rise and fall of commodities affects pretty much everything. The high price of crude oil for example affects not only the consumers disposable income but also a firms transportation costs which ultimately trickle down to the consumer. Another example is the high prices individuals are paying for food. Behind the inflation scares of higher [...]

While ETFs are expanding on a daily basis, certain types of investments might get lost in the shuffle. Exciting ETFs such as Rare Earth ETFs, Precious Metals ETFs and Emerging Market ETFs continue to get most of the media attention but sometimes boring could be profitable. This might be the case for a Base Metal [...]

The last couple of years have been a blessing for the retail investors. As exchange traded funds continue to expand, the ability to invest in every asset class is becoming feasible. This is certainly true for commodities. Slowly but surely commodities are becoming open to the general public. Most, if not all,of the straight commodity ETFs [...]

With oil above $100/barrel the price of gasoline is once again in the spotlight. The national average is approaching $4/gallon but larger cities are already paying well above $4 a gallon. The current debate among analysts and those working in the Fed is whether it is already pinching a already shaky consumer. The price of [...]

Inflation is slowly starting to creep up in the economy. In certain cities, the price per gallon is well above $4. In adittion, certain items like clothing and food are becoming more expensive as retailers adjust there prices to reflect the rising cost of raw materials. Commodities have gone up so fast in such short [...]

The Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) is a fund for investments in smaller companies trading gold and silver mining stocks. The fund represents a blend of small, mid, and large cap stocks currently trading publicly, generally investing 80% in gold. This fund has gained popularity recently, because precious metals are one area that [...]

According to Citigroup, if exchange-traded funds providers introduced ETFs backed by metal, it could cause Aluminum to gain a 24% increase, or $500 per metric ton. A Citigroup analyst David Thurtell said the forecast is based on the amount that consumers will use in two weeks, which equals to about 1.4 million tons. The abundance [...]

Cotton has quietly soared recently and not too many individuals are paying attention to it. But as earnings from major retailers came out, the price of cotton was often the main subject as cotton is hovering around 15 year highs and putting big pressure on retailers to raise prices. 2011 might finally be the year [...]