Lance Helfert and Paul Orfalea’s Top Holdings and Latest Sales
A few weeks ago, Lance Helfert and Paul Orfalea’s West Coast Asset Management filed its 13F Form at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, disclosing......(read more)
Posts Tagged ‘iShares Silver Trust (SLV)’
ETF News Updates: PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 (ETF) (QQQ)’s Upward Momentum, SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) New Options & SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (GLD)
Editor’s Note: PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 (ETF) (NASDAQ:QQQ), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY), SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSEARCA......(read more)
Gold’s Slide Hurting These Country ETFs: SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), iShares Gold Trust (IAU)
Gold’s foray deep into bear market territory Monday is claiming a predictable batch of victims, namely popular ETFs such as the SPDR Gold Trust (......(read more)
GLD vs. SLV: 2012 In Review
Precious metals investors have been on a wild ride this year, as economies pulled back and forth and a number of major events had these metals all over......(read more)
This ETF Could Be The Real Monetary Easing Play
While the market seemed generally unimpressed by the Federal Reserve’s pledge to hold interest rates down until the U.S. unemployment rate drops......(read more)
Physical White Metals ETF (WITE): Two Years Later
Two years ago, ETF Securities launched the first ever physically-backed precious metals ETF that focuses exclusively on silver, platinum and palladium......(read more)
Diamond ETF GEMS Hits The Market
FactorShares, an ETF provider that was recently acquired by GenCap Ventures, has debuted the first ever ETF to focus on diamonds and gemstones. The PureFunds......(read more)
3 Metals Outshining Gold
As is typical for the commodity world, all eyes have been fixated on gold in recent months. The precious metal has been under a microscope since the ......(read more)
Physical Copper ETFs? Not So Fast
For more than two years now, issuers like JP Morgan and iShares have been battling to bring physically-backed copper ETFs to the markets. At first glance......(read more)
3 Commodity ETFs To Be Thankful For This Year
As is perhaps always the case, commodity markets have had quite an action-packed year thus far. Landmark events, such as President Obama’s re-election......(read more)
Schiff: This is the Calm Before the Storm
It should come as no surprise that Peter Schiff has been very vocal about his opinions on the most recent election results. While he notes that he feels......(read more)
Gold and Silver ETFs Soar After Obama Re-election
Late Tuesday night, it was announced that Barack Obama had won his re-election campaign, and will spend four more years in the White House. Wall Street......(read more)
Jim Rogers: Money Printing Will Run Amok
After Tuesday’s election results, analysts of all kinds are weighing in on how they think the next four years will go. With Barack Obama winning his......(read more)
GLD And SLV Bounce Off 200-Day SMA
With the presidential election now behind us, investors and traders alike will bring their attention outside of the political arena and back to the economic......(read more)
What is the Best Silver ETF?
Silver investing, though often overshadowed by the prevalence of gold, is still among the most popular commodity allocations in today’s markets. One......(read more)
How Much Money Your Favorite Commodity ETFs Make
ETF investing turned the commodity world from a difficult-to-reach asset class to exposure that any retail investor could quickly add to their portfolio......(read more)
Silver Slaughtered: Time To Buy?
Just a short time ago, silver had been surgingrelatively under the radar. Its strong gains were out-shined by gold, despite the white metal performing......(read more)
SIL vs. SLV: How They’ve Performed So Far In 2012
So far this year, investors that have held silver assetsare outperforming the market as a whole. There are a number of exchange traded funds, or ETFs......(read more)
PIMCO Recommends Hard Commodities to Weather Inflation
Joining the likes of Jim Rogers and George Soros, PIMCO has now thrown its hat into the hard asset ring. As the economic outlook for the U.S. has continually......(read more)
Jim Rogers: The U.S. Will Suffer Several Lost Decades
The period between 2000 and 2009 is often referred to as the “Lost Decade” for U.S. investing, as markets were barely able to scrape up any gains......(read more)
Stocks to Buy For Hyperinflation
With the Federal Reserve firing up the presses for a third round of quantitative easing, it’s only a matter of time before more talk of imminent hyperinflation......(read more)
Investing In Silver: The Definitive Guide
Silver has been an important metal for thousands of years, often used as a medium of exchange or jewelry in ancient times. The mineral was traditionally......(read more)
Leveraged ETFs For October
October has an interesting reputation when it comes to the performance of stocks. The tenth month of the year is when some of the most wicked market plunges......(read more)
GDX vs. SIL vs. CU: How They’ve Performed So Far In 2012
It has been an interesting year for investors and traders focused on the metals. While ongoing economic uncertainty and recent additional monetary stimulus......(read more)
For Long Term Investors: The Cheapest ETF for Every Commodity
After gathering more than $1 trillion in total assets under management, ETFs have cemented their placein the financial world. Among the universe of nearly......(read more)
Do You Buy In To The Precious Metals Rally?
Even before the announcement of QE3, precious metals had been holding their own in 2012. But ever since Bernanke initiated what some have called a“......(read more)
5 Best-Performing Commodities Of 2012
Through the end of September, 2012 has by and large been another solid year for commodities. Measuring commodity performance can be a little tricky though......(read more)
5 Commodity ETFs With Active Options
Options are, and please pardon the obvious pun, an invaluable option when it comes to crafting trading and investment strategies. At the simplest level......(read more)
Roubini Says the Euro Zone is Destined to Fail
Nouriel “Dr. Doom” Roubini has long been in the limelight given some of his bold predictions on the economy. But what keeps him at the forefront......(read more)
10 Commodity ETFs with Monster Inflows in 2012
As the years have gone on, commodity ETFs have continued to surge in popularity. These vehicles have allowed for investors of all kinds to add vital......(read more)
5 Effective ETFs to Hedge a Frothy Stock Market
In the minds of many, our stock market is a bit bloated at its current levels. Despite weak fundamentals, major benchmarks are near pre-recession levels......(read more)
Caution: High Correlation Between Commodities and Equities
One of the biggest draws to commodity investing has long been its low correlation to equities. Investors would add commodity exposure to their portfolios......(read more)
Gold: Was Paulson Right to Sell or Soros to Buy?
George Soros was a major buyer of SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) in late 2011. He increased his position in GLD by +13% during the third quarter. Soros also initiated......(read more)
Is Ken Griffin’s Wife Good at Stock Picking?
Anne Dias Griffin, Ken Griffin’s wife, has been managing a hedge fund since 2001 but she stopped filing 13F forms last year. She founded Aragon Global......(read more)
More Hedge Funds Getting Slammed By Silver’s Nosedive
Silver was above $50 just a couple of days ago. Not anymore. iShares Silver Trust (SLV) lost nearly $8 per share during the last couple of days. Business......(read more)
