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	<title>ETF Trends &#187; Commodity ETFs</title>
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	<description>Setting the Pace for Exchange Traded Funds</description>
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		<title>Gasoline ETF Slides as Drivers Hit Roads for Memorial Day</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/gasoline-etf-slides-as-drivers-hit-roads-for-memorial-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/gasoline-etf-slides-as-drivers-hit-roads-for-memorial-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 18:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commodity ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gasoline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UGA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We are heading into Memorial Day weekend, and the official start to the the summertime driving season. Gasoline prices, along with a related exchange traded fund, have dipped from their April highs, a boon to travelers but not so much for investors.
U.S. Gasoline Fund (NYSEArca: UGA), which follows the price movement of gasoline futures, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silver ETFs: Not Shining in 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/silver-etfs-not-shining-in-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/silver-etfs-not-shining-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 10:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commodity ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feature Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precious Metals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SIL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silver Miners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SLV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Physically-backed silver exchange traded funds have given back most of the gains made in 2011, and have been negative most of 2012. As many major governments have taken value from currencies, a precious metals fund can still give a portfolio protection.
&#8220;Unlike equities or bonds, commodities are non-earning assets whose value  comes only from what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will the Gold ETF Recovery Last?</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/will-the-gold-etf-recovery-last/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/will-the-gold-etf-recovery-last/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 19:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commodity ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feature Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precious Metals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While we saw gold exchange traded funds attract robust safe-haven demand over last year, investors now favor the U.S. dollar over bullion as the go-to asset during this bout of Eurozone induced market volatility.
SPDR Gold Shares ETF (NYSEArca: GLD) has strengthened somewhat over the past week, but the fund is still down 3% over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Gas ETF Rally: Hot Air or the Real Thing?</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/natural-gas-etf-rally-hot-air-or-the-real-thing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/natural-gas-etf-rally-hot-air-or-the-real-thing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commodity ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feature Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FCG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNG]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Natural Gas Fund (NYSEArca: UNG)  has appreciated by almost 30% from its bottom near the $14.24 a share level. This trend can sustain if supply continues to wane and demand holds steady.
&#8220;Recent years have seen the expansion and refinement of new natural gas  collection techniques. North American shale formations have provided  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gold Demand In India Supported by ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/gold-demand-in-india-supported-by-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/gold-demand-in-india-supported-by-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 10:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commodity ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feature Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IAU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precious Metals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SGOL]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Word Gold Council, demand in India for gold through exchange traded funds is likely to double this year. The Indian gold market is expected to exhibit the greatest growth in the near future.
&#8220;The investment demand for gold under exchange traded funds continues to be very very strong. In future, the total tonnes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Funds Shift Gold ETF Holdings</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/hedge-funds-shift-gold-etf-holdings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/hedge-funds-shift-gold-etf-holdings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 18:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commodity ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feature Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precious Metals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=85943</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hedge funds and prominent money managers have held onto their gold exchange traded fund positions, with some even raising their bullion exposure, over the first quarter, but market observers believe they are beginning to lighten their holdings.
According to recent regulatory filings, hedge fund manager John Paulson has maintained his 17  million share position in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Spotlight: Inflation Protection</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/etf-spotlight-inflation-protection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/etf-spotlight-inflation-protection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 12:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asset Class ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feature Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bond ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commodity ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DGL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ETF 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ETF Spotlight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inflation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precious Metals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S&P 500]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SHV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TLT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury Bonds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ETF Spotlight on IQ Real Return ETF (NYSEArca: CPI), part of an ongoing series.
Assets: $28.6 million.
Objective: The IQ Real Return ETF tries to reflect the performance of the IQ Real Return Index, which tries to provide a hedge against U.S. inflation rate by generating &#8220;real return,&#8221; or a return above the inflation rate. [TIPS ETFs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Junior Gold Miner ETF Hits All-Time Low as Investors Favor Bullion</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/junior-gold-miner-etf-hits-all-time-low-as-investors-favor-bullion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/junior-gold-miner-etf-hits-all-time-low-as-investors-favor-bullion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 19:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commodity ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feature Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IAU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precious Metals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SGOL]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An exchange traded fund that invests in small-cap gold miners fell more than 7% on Tuesday to a new all-time low as more investors use bullion-backed ETFs for exposure to the precious metal rather than miner shares.
Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners (NYSEArca: GDXJ) was down 30% over the past three months heading into Tuesday&#8217;s sell-off. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yield Hunters Get More MLP ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/yield-hunters-get-more-mlp-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/yield-hunters-get-more-mlp-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commodity ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feature Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMLP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MLPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MLPs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=85272</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Investors searching for yield are taking a liking to master limited partnerships, or MLPs. More MLP funds such as Global X MLP ETF (NYSEArca: MLPA) are hitting the market, and there are plans to launch additional offerings.
&#8220;MLP investors have historically received a generous income stream&#8211;even  greater than those holding MLPs&#8217; utility company cousins. MLPs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Miner ETFs Finally Emerge from Gold&#8217;s Shadow?</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/will-miner-etfs-finally-emerge-from-golds-shadow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/will-miner-etfs-finally-emerge-from-golds-shadow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 10:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feature Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sector ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commodity ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDXJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gold Miners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precious Metals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gold miner stocks are underperforming bullion prices to a degree seldom seen in the past three decades. Essentially, the spread between gold miner shares and spot gold prices is near a 30-year low.
Gold has been stifled over the last two months and even dropped below its $1,600 threshold, with miner stocks and exchange traded funds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Gas ETF Rebound Continues with 9% Weekly Advance</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/natural-gas-etf-rebound-continues-with-9-weekly-advance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/natural-gas-etf-rebound-continues-with-9-weekly-advance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 12:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[BAL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biotech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bond ETFs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cotton]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[PALL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palladium Precious Metals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SIL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silver Miners]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=85228</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The largest exchange traded fund following natural gas futures was the top gainer in ETFs this week with a 9% rally, stirring hopes that the recovery in natural gas prices is real.
Natural Gas. The U.S. Energy Information Administration revealed a smaller-than-expected increase in natural gas inventories, stoking a rally in natural gas futures that have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Gasoline ETF Past Its Peak?</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/is-the-gasoline-etf-past-its-peak/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/is-the-gasoline-etf-past-its-peak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 11:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commodity ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feature Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=84866</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As we enter the summer months, vacationers and leisure drivers may breathe easier. Gasoline, along with exchange traded funds tracking the movement in gas prices, is pulling back, with Middle East tensions easing and demand slackening.
U.S. Gasoline Fund (NYSEArca: UGA) is down sharply over the past month and is now testing its 200-day support level.
According [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Gas Rallies but ETN Sees Weekly Loss</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/natural-gas-rallies-but-etn-sees-weekly-loss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/natural-gas-rallies-but-etn-sees-weekly-loss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 18:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commodity ETFs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=84302</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Natural gas prices rallied this week but an exchange traded note designed to track futures contracts actually ended the week with a steep loss.
The iPath Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas ETN (NYSEArca: GAZ) was on track for a weekly loss of 5.8% in afternoon trading Friday, according to StockCharts.
Meanwhile, U.S. Natural Gas Fund (NYSEArca: UNG), an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Industrial Demand Brings Out Palladium ETF Luster</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/industrial-demand-brings-out-palladium-etf-luster/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/industrial-demand-brings-out-palladium-etf-luster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 12:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commodity ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feature Stories]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[PALL]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Precious Metals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Investors seem to have lost a bit of their appetite for gold and silver lately, but palladium, along with the exchange traded fund that follows palladium prices, have caught the attention of metals traders.
ETFS Physical Palladium Shares ETF (NYSEArca: PALL) is up about 5% the past month. The fund recently crossed over its 50-day and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Physical with Copper, Industrial Metal ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/getting-physical-with-copper-industrial-metal-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/05/getting-physical-with-copper-industrial-metal-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 13:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copper demand is set to exceed supply, for the third year in a row, based upon large demand from China. If a physically-backed copper exchange traded fund launches in 2012,the global shortage of 240,000 metric tons could grow.
Physically-backed ETFs exist for many precious metals such as gold, silver platinum and palladium. Copper will be the [...]]]></description>
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