Consumption In Chile Feeds the Economy and ETF
August 27, 2008 – Chile experienced rapid growth during the second quarter that could give room for its exchange traded fund (ETF) to flourish and giving the Central Bank room to raise interest rates in an effort to stave... Continue Reading »

Silver Takes Home the Gold When It Comes to Medals, But Not ETFs
August 25, 2008 – We know who took home medals at the Olympics, but did exchange traded funds (ETFs) come out a winner? The final tally for U.S. medals is 36 gold, 38 silver and 36 bronze. Not bad! Sorry Michael... Continue Reading »

Base Metal Prices Are Boosting ETFs
August 19, 2008 – You could be carrying some of the day’s biggest exchange traded fund (ETF) rallies right in your pocket. Copper, nickel and other base metals surged today as the dollar weakened and oil prices crept back up,... Continue Reading »

Commodities Continue To Fare Well In South Africa And ETFs
August 4, 2008 – The pressure is on for the South African central bank to raise interest rates as the cost of exports leaving the country rose the fastest pace in 19 years, changing the dynamic of exchange traded... Continue Reading »

Latin ETFs Deliver Heat Over Last Five Years
July 10, 2008 – Over the last five years, Latin America’s exchange traded funds (ETFs) have shown they’ve got the moves. What’s more, the region is exhibiting signs of being a reliable long-term sector, says Tom Sullivan for Barron’s. Latin... Continue Reading »

Commodity ETFs’ Growth Stunted After Supply Concerns Ease
July 8, 2008 – Commodities exchange traded funds (ETFs) took a wallop yesterday after news about the U.S.’s crop outlook was improved. They plunged by the most since March, as grain futures fell, while rain from Colorado to Pennsylvania... Continue Reading »

Poland Has Potential As Top Holding in Frontier Market ETF
July 6, 2008 – With the recent launch of the Claymore/BNY Mellon Frontier Markets (FRN), it is now possible to invest in the first U.S.-listed exchange traded fund (ETF) that provides investors access to up to 41 countries... Continue Reading »

Construction Spending Slips in May, Lands on Homebuilder ETFs
July 1, 2008 – Homebuilder exchange traded funds (ETFs) were deflated at the news about a further slump in construction spending as the housing crisis deepened. For the month of May, it was down 0.4%, making it the 11th... Continue Reading »

PowerShares, Deutsche Bank Team Up With Oil, Base Metal ETNs
June 19, 2008 – PowerShares and Deutsche Bank are teaming up again to launch eight base-metal and crude oil-linked exchange traded notes (ETNs). The notes will be linked to the performance of industrial metals and crude oil, through a... Continue Reading »

S&P Launches Commodities and Natural Resource Indexes, Perhaps ETFs For Them Will Follow
May 30, 2008 – Standard & Poor’s has launched two new indexes which may someday give exchange traded fund (ETF) investors a benchmark with some more exposure to commodities and natural resources. The S&P Global Natural Resources Index provides... Continue Reading »

17 Commodity ETFs to Help Hedge Your Portfolio
May 28, 2008 – Americans are being hit by rising inflation and the subsequent explosion in commodity prices where it hurts most—at gas stations and grocery stores. Right alongside this growth have been the opportunities available to investors... Continue Reading »

Brazil and Its ETF Reaping Rewards of Natural Resources
May 27, 2008 –   Global demand for Brazil’s exports are leading to strong economic growth for the country and its related exchange traded fund (ETF). Commodities such as iron ore, beef, ethanol, soy and copper are trading... Continue Reading »

Digging Deeper Into Metals And Mining ETFs
May 20, 2008 – As commodities become all the rage with investors, commodities exchange traded funds (ETFs) have proliferated alongside them. ETF Expert’s Gary Gordon for Equities Magazine has five mining-focused funds that might fit an investor’s risk... Continue Reading »

Mexico ETF Goes Great With Chips and Salsa
May 5, 2008 – What better way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo than with a heaping bowl of guacamole, a round or three of margaritas and a Mexico exchange traded fund (ETF)? The timing is good, too: the... Continue Reading »

New ETN Line Gives Broad Range of Commodity Exposure
May 3, 2008 – UBS rolled into the exchange traded note (ETN) business last month with a line of commodity notes. The UBS E-TRACS CMCI Total Return (UCI) is designed to track the UBS Bloomberg Constant Maturity Commodity Index... Continue Reading »

Gold ETFs Are the Squeaky Wheels, But Other Metals Might Deserve Some Grease
April 25, 2008 – Gold and its exchange traded funds (ETFs) are real attention hogs. Sure, the metal is pretty to look at. It’s shiny. But it’s also being outperformed by other decidedly less sexy metals. streetTRACKS Gold Trust... Continue Reading »

Silver, Base Metals ETFs Reflecting Strong Demand
April 22, 2008 – Demand for silver is on the rise and it’s reflected in its exchange traded fund (ETF). Gene Arensberg for Resource Investor says the rise in demand is evident because the paper silver market isn’t... Continue Reading »

Commodities, Natural Resources Keep Chile ETF On Fire
April 22, 2008 – In these commodity-crazy times, Chile and its exchange traded fund (ETF) might be something to think about. The iShares MSCI Chile (ECH) launched on Nov. 20, and it’s been up 14.4% since then. Year-to-date, it’s... Continue Reading »

Copper and Other Resources Enrich Chile’s ETF
April 11, 2008 – With a reputation as one of the world’s most economically progressive free market-focused nations in Latin America, the global commodities market could take Chile’s exchange traded fund (ETF) to new levels. The country’s economy has grown... Continue Reading »

Canada Is Quiet, But Its ETF Is Showing Strength
April 4, 2008 – Canada has vast natural resources, aside from hockey players, and that’s evident in their exchange traded fund (ETF). iShares MSCI Canada Index (EWC) is up 7.2% over the last two weeks. Although it’s down 2% year-to-date,... Continue Reading »

Speculators and Bargain Hunters Go Fishing For Metals ETFs
April 2, 2008 – The more positive outlook on the dollar led to a selloff of precious metals and their related exchange traded funds (ETFs). Today, the outlook is a little better. streetTRACKS Gold Shares (GLD) and iShares COMEX... Continue Reading »

Foreign Worker Program Could Lift Austrian Economy and Maybe Its ETF
March 18, 2008 – An Austrian program that brings unpaid, experienced foreign workers to the country could spur its economy and, in turn, its exchange traded fund (ETF). The program, called Amadeus, brings bright, young things to work in... Continue Reading »

Basic Materials ETFs Could Spike From Commodities Bull
March 11, 2008 – At the moment, it doesn’t appear that raw materials stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) are crumbling under the weight of a struggling market and rising oil prices. Don Dion for Seeking Alpha says that... Continue Reading »

Nickel and ETN Are Part of the Commodities Bull
March 4, 2008 – The falling dollar has investors scurrying for cover under exchange traded funds (ETFs) representing gold, silver and…nickel? There’s no nickel ETF, but there is an exchange traded note (ETN): the iPath Dow Jones AIG Nickel TR... Continue Reading »

ETFs Reap Rewards of Continuing Oil Price Records
March 3, 2008 – Oil came within inches of the $104 mark, pushing exchange traded funds (ETFs) that hold oil futures and companies to new heights. If you were crying at the pump this morning, you weren’t alone. The... Continue Reading »

Have a Portfolio Oscar-Themed Party With Metals ETFs
February 24, 2008 – Just when you think gold exchange traded funds (ETFs) have hit their peak, the upward momentum continues. Yesterday, gold finished at $946.30. And let’s just say, if you’re an actor who has been appearing in... Continue Reading »

Have a Happy New Year and Look at China ETFs
February 7, 2008 – Chinese New Year is celebrated today, as the first day of the first lunar month has begun, and exchange traded funds (ETFs) are already reeling. Copper dipped in early afternoon trade while other base... Continue Reading »

Chile ETF Warms Up This Week
January 31, 2008 – One of the top-performing exchange traded funds (ETFs) over the last week might come as a surprise after all the talk about short ETFs amid market turmoil. It’s the iShares MSCI Chile (ECH), launched in... Continue Reading »

PowerShares Launches New Preferred ETF
January 31, 2008 – PowerShares has launched the newest exchange traded fund (ETF) of preferred stocks today. The PowerShares Preferred Portfolio (PGX) is based on the Merrill Lynch Fixed Rate Preferred Securities Index and gives investors exposure to fixed-income securities. Preferred... Continue Reading »

Amex Lists Commodity Index With ETFs To Follow
January 25, 2008 – The American Stock Exchange announced they have launched trading in the Greenhaven Continuous Commodity Index Fund (GCC), as the company enters into the exchange traded fund (ETF) community. GCC tracks the performance of the Continuous... Continue Reading »

Chilean ETF Gives Copper Exposure
January 8, 2008 – Chile is a quiet and lesser-known emerging market, but its exchange traded fund (ETF) is providing some valuable opportunities. The iShares MSCI Chile Index Fund (ECH) in particular exposes investors to copper, a commodity that... Continue Reading »

Access To Chile ETF Granted
November 29, 2007 – This month, Barclays added another single-country exchange traded fund(ETF) to it’s growing family, iShares MSCI Chile Index Fund (ECH). It tracks the performance of the MSCI Chile Index which measures the broad based equity... Continue Reading »

New Commodity ETNs Add to the Toolbox
November 8, 2007 – Exchange traded notes (ETNs), recently popularized because of the success of exchange traded funds (ETFs), are giving investors a new tool to access hard-to-reach asset classes. The original provider of the ETN is Barclays... Continue Reading »

Trade Commodities With ETNs
October 31, 2007 – Commodities-focused exchange traded notes (ETNs), not the exchange traded funds (ETFs), do not own the underlying commodities. These are structured like debt instruments set to mature and are created to have price movements that correspond... Continue Reading »

Barclays Launches New Commodities ETNs
October 24, 2007 – Barclays recently released eight new iPath exchange-traded notes (ETNs) on the NYSE Arca exchange. The new ETNs are linked to eight subindexes of the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index, covering the agriculture, copper, grains, energy,... Continue Reading »

Land Down Under Is Up with ETFs
October 17, 2007 – The Australian stock market is rising, and exchange traded funds (ETFs) that track the country’s resources are increasing too. Global mining firms are all about the land down under, as its natural resources are... Continue Reading »

Stay Tuned for an ETF Based on the CRB Commodity Index
October 9, 2007 – The oldest commodity index in the world will be paired with the popular exchange traded fund (ETF) soon. Greenhaven Commodity Services has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch an ETF... Continue Reading »

Rate Cuts Bump Up Metals and Mining ETF
September 19, 2007 – The SPDR S&P Metals & Mining (XME) exchange traded fund (ETF) is one of many ETFs benefiting from the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut yesterday. Investors hope the lower rate will reignite the spark... Continue Reading »

Gold ETFs: Good as Gold
July 24, 2007 – Why own coins or gold bars when you can own gold exchange traded funds(ETFs) and not have to store the precious metal? It seems gold-focused ETFs are cutting down the trade of the metal... Continue Reading »

Gold, Copper, Silver Close High, Lift ETFs
July 21, 2007 – Gold and copper finished the week at their highest levels in more than two months, sending the related exchange traded funds (ETFs) upward. Worry over high energy prices mixed with the weakening U.S. dollar... Continue Reading »

Emerging Market ETFs Lead the Way
July 9, 2007 – Emerging markets and the exchange traded funds (ETFs) that track them have displayed the best one-year performances so far. Lipper data gives iShares FTSE Xinhua/China 25 Index (FXI) the top spot. Despite its February... Continue Reading »

Silver ETFs Outshine Gold
May 7, 2007 – While metals investors may be waiting for gold to return to the $700 level, traders may want to keep an eye on silver exchange traded funds (ETFs).  Silver not only rises with gold during a... Continue Reading »

Aussie ETF EWA Looks Up
April 12, 2007 – The market-cap weighted iShares MSCI Australia (EWA) aims to represent 85% of the country’s stock market in one exchange traded fund (ETF). The 90-stock index returned 89% over the past three years and EWA... Continue Reading »

Copper ETF?
April 5, 2007 – Exchange traded funds (ETFs) with a copper or mining focus should be aware that the demand for this metal will continue. Economic expansion in BRIC countries such as India and China mixed with the... Continue Reading »

Copper ETF-Finding New Uses
March 25, 2007 – A short-lived rally took copper up early Friday morning, but the metal closed unchanged, leaving the copper-holding exchange traded funds (ETFs) slightly lower. The PowerShares DB Base Metals (DBB), which tracks other metals along... Continue Reading »

Basic Materials ETFs Taking Off?
March 18, 2007 – Exchange traded funds (ETFs) that focus on large-cap companies with exposure to basic materials have had nice returns for the year. Materials Select Sector SPDR (XLB) and Vanguard Materials ETF (VAW) have returned 7.5%... Continue Reading »

Sweden ETFs - To Be Appreciated
March 1, 2007 – Considering Sweden as an investment option?  There are two exchange traded funds (ETFs) that focus on the country, iShares MSCI Sweden Index (EWD) and the CurrencyShares Swedish Krona Trust (FXS).  Ericsson (ERIC) accounts for... Continue Reading »

Base Metal ETFs
February 10, 2007 – More commodity exchange traded funds (ETFs) make investors wonder about the sectors within. Are they overlapping each other, giving the same exposure? Or are they giving investors a tool to reach only certain market... Continue Reading »

More Metals, Oil and Gas Commodity ETFs for 2007
January 4, 2007 – Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) providers are banking on demand for commodity ETFs increasing in the coming year.  With global economies booming, we’ve already seen an increased need for oil and gas.  Metals demand, especially... Continue Reading »

Basic Materials ETFs Solid
December 4, 2006 – Seven basic materials exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been launched this year, with six of them in the last three months. This is evidence that the sector is hot.  Juan Carlos Arancibia reports in... Continue Reading »

Metal ETFs Capture Global Growth
October 26, 2006 – The basis for investing in a steel exchange traded fund is a safer way to capture global growth.  "The base metals sector is very cyclical so if economic growth or public investment were to... Continue Reading »

Australian Dollar ETF - Currency Hedge
October 10, 2006 – The Australian dollar has a high correlation with the price movements of gold, although the exchange rate is impacted by many other factors. Seeking Alpha points out "the of the newest ETFs, CurrencyShares... Continue Reading »

Latin American ETFs on the Comeback
August 1, 2006 – In the last month, Latin American markets have come back from their drop in May.  Exchange traded funds representing the region are the top performers over the last month.  iShares MSCI Mexico (EWW) is... Continue Reading »

ETF Broad-Based Commodity from Barclays
July 24, 2006 – It took a year to get through SEC review, but on Friday, Barclays launched a new commodity exchange traded fund.  iShares GSCI Commodity Index Trust (GSG) has assets consisting of a pool of commodity... Continue Reading »

Is a Copper ETF Next?
April 28, 2006 – Barclays’ silver ETF (SLV) is barely out of the gate and investors are asking "What’s next?"  There’s talk that Barclays has a copper ETF in registration using the same formula and structure of the... Continue Reading »

ETFs (FEZ, EZU, IEV) Britain and Europe Hit New Highs!
March 15, 2006 – Britain’s FTSE 100 index scored a fresh near five-year closing high on Wednesday, boosted by mining stocks as the copper price jumped, while takeover talk elsewhere continued to bubble. The FTSE 100 closed 14.5 points... Continue Reading »

Future ETF and Market Performance-TheStreet.com’s Perspective
December 18, 2005 – Barry Ritholtz’s, The Big Picture, touches on performance measurement in different time periods.  Here is what he had to share: "Aaron Task is Executive Editor at The Street.com; He’s a fairly skeptical guy, not given... Continue Reading »