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	<title>ETF Trends &#187; Gold</title>
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		<title>Gold ETFs and Greece: What&#8217;s Next?</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/gold-etfs-and-greece-whats-next/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/gold-etfs-and-greece-whats-next/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commodity ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precious Metals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Greece inching ever so slowly toward a second bailout, many investors are wondering about the next steps for gold exchange traded funds if the Eurozone debt situation shows signs of easing.
&#8220;The instability of the Eurozone provides for conflicting price drivers. While fears surrounding the potential downfall of this globally economically significant region have bolstered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sector Rotation Favors Riskier ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/sector-rotation-favors-riskier-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/sector-rotation-favors-riskier-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feature Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Staples]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gold]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buying and selling patterns in sector exchange traded funds provide more evidence that investors are taking on more risk and chasing the stock rally in 2012.
For example, investors are shying away from ETFs tracking more conservative sectors such as utilities and healthcare, and moving into riskier areas of the market such as financial stocks.
“Consumer Staples [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iShares Launches Specialized Global Commodity Producer ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/ishares-launches-specialized-global-commodity-producer-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/ishares-launches-specialized-global-commodity-producer-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feature Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agribusiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FILL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global ETFs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gold Miners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metals & Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PICK]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[RING]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[BlackRock&#8217;s iShares exchange traded fund business launched five new funds Thursday that focus on various global commodity miners and producers.
According to a press release, the new funds provide the benefit of indirect exposure to commodities through companies involved in their production, without the hassle of dealing with storage or other costs associated with ownership of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poor Man’s Gold: Silver ETFs Shine</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/poor-man%e2%80%99s-gold-silver-etfs-shine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/poor-man%e2%80%99s-gold-silver-etfs-shine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:06:25 +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[DBS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precious Metals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SIVR]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Precious metals are recovering after the sell-off in late 2011, with silver and related exchange traded funds taking the lead.
The iShares Silver Trust (NYSEArca: SLV), PowerShares DB Silver Fund (NYSEArca: DBS) and ETFS Physical Silver Shares (NYSEArca: SIVR) are all up about 20% year-to-date.
Silver price gains outpaced other precious metals, increasing almost 20% in January [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small-Cap Gold Miner ETF Jumps Nearly 30% in a Month</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/small-cap-gold-miner-etf-jumps-nearly-30-in-a-month/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/small-cap-gold-miner-etf-jumps-nearly-30-in-a-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feature Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sector ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDX]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An exchange traded fund indexed to small-cap gold miner stocks is among the best unleveraged ETFs over the past month with a gain of nearly 30%. Are miner ETFs going to finally catch up to the price of gold?
Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners (NYSEArca: GDXJ) is up 28.4% over the trailing month. [Gold Miner ETFs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hang Seng Bank to List Yuan-Denominated Gold ETF: Report</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/hang-seng-bank-to-list-yuan-denominated-gold-etf-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/hang-seng-bank-to-list-yuan-denominated-gold-etf-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feature Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese Yuan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gold]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hang Seng Bank is readying the first yuan-denominated gold exchange traded fund to be listed in Hong Kong, Dow Jones Newswires reported Monday.
“This will be the first yuan-denominated ETF in Hong Kong, the lender said in a statement,” according to the report.
“The ETF, which provides returns in yuan, will closely track the performance of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gold Miner ETFs Rise to Test 200-Day Average</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/gold-miner-etfs-rise-to-test-200-day-average/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/gold-miner-etfs-rise-to-test-200-day-average/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commodity ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feature Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDXJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gold]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=74987</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gold miner exchange traded funds are among the top ETF performers this week, getting a boost from higher precious metal prices following the Federal Reserve’s decision to extend its low-rate pledge out to late 2014.
Market Vectors Gold Miners (NYSEArca: GDX) and Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEArca: GDXJ) are on track to post gains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chart of the Day: Short Gold ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/chart-of-the-day-short-gold-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/chart-of-the-day-short-gold-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Weisbruch, Street One Financial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ETF Spotlight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feature Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DGLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DGZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DZZ]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[GLL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gold]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday we saw evidence of options players looking to get short gold-related exchange traded funds, including SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEArca: GLD) and Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEArca: GDX).
Gold, as well as silver, have had impressive rallies the past several days and GLD itself for example is up 12% from its lows of late [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gold Miner ETFs Soar After Fed&#8217;s Low-Rate Pledge</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/gold-miner-etfs-soar-after-feds-low-rate-pledge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/gold-miner-etfs-soar-after-feds-low-rate-pledge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feature Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sector ETFs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[GDX]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded funds tracking gold miners surged Wednesday on heavy trading volume after the Federal Reserve announced its commitment to maintaining low interest rates until late 2014 and the prospect of higher inflation.
Market Vectors Gold Miners (NYSEArca: GDX) was up 5% at last check Wednesday while Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEArca: GDXJ) was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Measuring the Impact of Gold ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/measuring-the-impact-of-gold-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/measuring-the-impact-of-gold-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commodity ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feature Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gold]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=74749</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bullion holdings of gold exchange traded funds are sometimes used to gauge the demand and sentiment for the precious metal. However, the relationship between ETF holdings and the price of gold isn’t clear-cut and may not be a reliable indicator for short-term moves, according to Wall Street analysts.
Global gold ETFs hold about 2,350 metric tons [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gold ETFs Battle Technical Resistance; All Eyes on Fed Decision</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/gold-etfs-battle-technical-resistance-all-eyes-on-fed-decision/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/gold-etfs-battle-technical-resistance-all-eyes-on-fed-decision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:14:45 +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=74619</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gold exchange traded funds were lower before Wednesday&#8217;s announcement from the Federal Reserve on interest rates and the economy. Precious metal ETFs could see a volatile session as Fed chief Ben Bernanke also holds a press conference following the central bank&#8217;s announcement.
Gold ETFs are trying to make a push above the 50-day exponential average thanks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silver ETFs Shine as 50-Day Average Recaptured</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/silver-etfs-shine-as-50-day-average-recaptured/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/silver-etfs-shine-as-50-day-average-recaptured/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commodity ETFs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Silver exchange traded funds are making a strong move to the upside in early 2012, reversing some of the damage inflicted by multiple sell-offs in the wake of the metal’s spike to about $50 an ounce.
The iShares MSCI Silver (NYSEArca: SLV), PowerShares DB Silver Fund (NYSEArca: DBS) and ETFS Physical Silver Shares (NYSEArca: SIVR) gained [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gold ETFs Size Up 200-Day Average as Dollar Weakens</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/gold-etfs-size-up-200-day-average-as-dollar-weakens/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/gold-etfs-size-up-200-day-average-as-dollar-weakens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commodity ETFs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some gold bulls are calling for the precious metal to hit $2,000 an ounce this year on the Eurozone debt crisis and demand from China and India. However, gold exchange traded funds need to first get safely back above the 200-day moving average.
Gold&#8217;s recent dip below the 200-day has been unfamiliar territory during the metal&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investors Are Coming Back to Commodity ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/investors-are-coming-back-to-commodity-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/investors-are-coming-back-to-commodity-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commodity ETFs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commodity exchange traded products were dumped in the last month of 2011 as investors returned to the equities markets. Still, with investor confidence rising, traders are beginning to pick up riskier commodity plays again, according to a report.
Powershares DB Commodity Index Fund ETF (DBC) is up 2.4% year-to-date.
According to BlackRock (BLK), commodity ETPs lost $2.5 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Espresso: Weaker Dollar Lifts Stock, Precious Metal ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-espresso-weaker-dollar-lifts-stock-precious-metal-etfs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ETF Trends</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. stock and precious metal exchange traded funds were poised to open higher Thursday with a lower dollar providing a tailwind to risk assets. Small-cap ETFs are following through after breaking above the 200-day moving average as they try to catch up to outperforming blue chips.
SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEArca: GLD) and iShares Silver Trust (NYSEArca: [...]]]></description>
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