Cocoa and Sugar ETNs: Something Sweet for Your Portfolio
September 19, 2009 – Sweet stuff is going on a run. Both cocoa and sugar exchange traded notes (ETNs) have been ticking up higher as the prices of those commodities gain sharply. What’s causing it and how long can... Continue Reading »

How to Play the Rising Cost of Food With ETFs
August 29, 2009 – The cost of many goods and services have fallen off in this recession, but food prices may wind up being among the first to rebound. As you watch those prices tick up at the grocery... Continue Reading »

3 ETFs Affected By the G8’s Food Plan
July 10, 2009 – The G8 Summit meeting made headway as President Barack Obama urged other leaders to help donate more money to the effort in sub-Saharan Africa. This could potentially affect agriculture and commodity focused investments such as... Continue Reading »

Not All Commodity ETFs Are Created Equal
June 19, 2009 – The invention of commodity-focused exchange traded funds (ETFs) and exchange traded notes (ETNs) have been a boon to investors. But they’re not all the same. Do you know the differences? (more…) AKPC_IDS += "11816,"; Continue Reading »

How Belt-Tightening Impacts Food ETFs
January 20, 2009 – While we are preoccupied by the economy and Wall Street, food prices have been quietly creeping up and we have been forced to change our eating habits in a way that may not bode too... Continue Reading »

Cage-Free Law Ruffles Feathers, But Not ETFs
November 6, 2008 – The ballots have been counted and and Proposition 2 has passed, no doubt having implications for livestock exchange traded funds (ETFs). But what kind of implications is a matter of much debate. Californians voted yes on the... Continue Reading »

Investors Run In Droves to Gold, ETFs; Dollar Dips
September 17, 2008 – Gold prices and exchange traded funds (ETFs) are soaring after the government bailed out American Insurance Group (AIG) and the dollar fell. The largest gold ETF shot up 11.6% along with prices – the biggest one-day... Continue Reading »

Food Shortages Provide Opportunity For Agriculture ETFs
September 12, 2008 – Oil is down, natural gas has done a nosedive – now agriculture could be the next commodity to explode, mostly because of rising food costs and increased demand, giving agriculture-focused exchange traded funds (ETFs)... Continue Reading »