News about <![CDATA[GDX]]> News about en-us <![CDATA[Traders See Gold Bargains as ETFs Shed $45 Billion]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Stocks Resist Selling Finish near the Highs of the Day]]> <![CDATA[Shine returns to platinum and palladium]]> <![CDATA[The Optimum Asset Allocation to Gold Is Always Zero]]> BY DAVID JOHN MAROTTA AND MEGAN RUSSELL  Gold ownership has grown in popularity over the past five years. Fearful of monetary or societal failure, many hope that owning gold will bring them peace of mind. Advocates also suggest that some amount of gold is part of a balanced diversified portfolio. Arguments can be made for gold, but its [...]]]> <![CDATA[Gold Miner ETFs Bouncing on Heavy Trading Volume]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Over 21 Years Gold Lost 70% Of Its Value]]>  BY DAVID JOHN MAROTTA  In my article entitled “The Optimum Asset Allocation to Gold Is Always Zero” I wrote: In January 1980, gold reached a high of $850 an ounce ($2,399 in today’s dollars). For the next 21 years the price of gold dropped to a low of $256, losing over 70% of its value. The [...]]]> <![CDATA[7 Articles ETF Investors Must Read: 5/30]]> Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com.

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<![CDATA[Daily ETF Roundup: SDY Slumps Alongside High-Yield Sectors, GDX Rips Higher]]> Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com.

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<![CDATA[What gold, silver mining investors should do next]]> <![CDATA[ETFs to Watch May 20, 2013 (GDX, HAO, XME)]]> Here is the ETF Professor's ETF Watch List for Monday, May 20, 2013.

Metals plays: Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX) and the Global X Silver Miners ETF (NYSE: SIL).

Keep an eye on the SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF (NYSE: XME).

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<![CDATA[A Look Ahead: This Week's ETFs to Watch]]> Sell in May and go away? Try again next year.

After last week's gains, the S&P 500 is sitting on a 4.4 percent gain for the month heading into Monday's trading session. The benchmark U.S. index now resides less than 40 points away from the lofty 1,700 level. Indeed, this

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<![CDATA[Four Things Einhorn, Soros Are Forgetting About Gold Miners ETF]]> Highlighting fourth-quarter 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, it was noted hedge fund legends David Einhorn and George Soros held sizable stakes in the largest gold miners ETF, the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX).

To be fair to Soros, during the fourth quarter, he

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<![CDATA[Gold ETFs Lose Their Allure]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Bearish Options Active On Gold Miners ETF]]>  

Today’s tickers: GDX, PCRX & ARUN

GDX - Market Vectors Gold Miners Index ETF – Big prints in GDX put options on Tuesday morning indicate some traders are positioning for shares in the Market Vectors Gold Miners Index ETF to potentially drop to the lowest level since December of 2008. Shares in the ETF are off 3.0% today at $28.85 as of midday in New York. Volume in GDX options is heaviest in the Jun $27 strike puts where nearly 40,000 puts have traded versus open interest of 16,819 contracts. It looks like the bulk of the volume was purchased for an average premium of $0.89 per contract. Put buyers stand ready to profit at June expiration should the price of the underlying plunge 9.5% from the current level to trade below the average breakeven price of $26.11 by expiration. Sizable prints in the Jun $27 puts helped push the put/call ratio on GDX above 4.4 during the first half of the session.

PCRX - Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – Shares in specialty pharmaceutical company, Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc., are bouncing around on Tuesday, rising as much as 2.0% in the early going, before reversing gains to trade down 2.0% at $27.84 by 12:25 p.m. ET. The company reports first-quarter earnings ahead of the opening bell tomorrow. Options changing hands on Pacira this morning suggest one trader is positioning for PCRX shares to approach record highs in the near term. It looks like more than 1,000 of the May $30 strike calls were purchased for an average premium of $0.90 each. The bullish strategy makes money if shares in the pharmaceutical company rally 11% over the current price of $27.84 to top the average breakeven price of $30.90 by expiration next week. Shares in PCRX are up more than 180% since this time last year.

ARUN - Aruba Networks, Inc. – The provider of network access solutions for mobile enterprise networks released preliminary…
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<![CDATA[Hot Option Plays: Tech Lags Into The Close After Hours]]> <![CDATA[Ominous Options Activity in Gold Miners ETF]]> Shares of the downtrodden Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX) are down 3.4 percent Tuesday, extending the ETF's 90-day loss to 33.6 percent, and some traders are betting things could get worse for GDX.

Citing a note from Interactive Brokers, Barron's reports nearly 40,000 June $27 puts

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<![CDATA[Hot Option Plays: Offense Still In Control Midday]]> <![CDATA[Short Sellers Move on Gold Miner ETFs]]> ]]> <![CDATA[2013 Commodity Trades You Wish You Made]]> The phrase “hindsight is always 20/20″ is most applicable to investors. There are numerous occasions when traders wish they would have followed their gut or executed a specific position, especially looking back on the gains that certain assets have made. It is relatively easy to make a bold call on a specific asset, but it is much more difficult to follow through with the trade and exit the position at the proper moment. With 2013 already being a wild year in the commodity world, we take a look back at some of the most fruitful trades throughout the industry thus far [for more commodity news and analysis subscribe to our free newsletter]. See the full story here

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<![CDATA[ETFs to Watch April 25, 2013 (FLOT, GDX, XLE)]]> Here is the ETF Professor's ETF Watch List for Thursday, April 25, 2013.

Give the Market Vectors Pharmaceutical ETF (NYSE: PPH) a look.

The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX) is an obvious one to watch, again.

Another big day ahead for the Energy Select Sector SPDR (NYSE:

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<![CDATA[Gold Miners Continue To Fail]]> The demise of gold in the last few months has been well documented as investors watched the metal tumble from $1,900/oz to below $1,400/oz in less than two years, a drop of 25%. But it was not that long ago that analysts and investors were not only touting gold as a good investment, but gold miners were seen as a great opportunity for those looking for an equity spin on the metal. Unfortunately, that idea has not panned out, as the past few years have hit the gold mining sector especially hard [for more gold news and analysis subscribe to our free newsletter]. See the full story here

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<![CDATA[Gold Miner ETFs: When Will Sentiment Turn on Most-Hated Sector?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[A Look Ahead: This Week's ETFs to Watch]]> Market participants cannot look back on the dour performance turned in by U.S. stocks last week. The one where the S&P 500 slumped 2.1 percent and turned not only its worst weekly performance of 2013, but its worst one week slide since November.

Indeed, those statistics must be put in the

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<![CDATA[Gold Slump Weighs Heavily on Precious Metal Miner ETFs]]> ]]> <![CDATA[15% of Gold Miners Underwater? Believe It: Bloomberg]]> goldbar

The tough times will continue for the gold-mining sector if the latest from Bloomberg and Nomura bears out: “If the price stays where it is, you will see a slew of closures of smaller, non-producing companies and the majors pull way back on any new projects,” said Ken Hoffman, a Princeton, New Jersey-based analyst at [...]

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<![CDATA[CNBC’s Model ETF Retirement Portfolio for the 30-Year-Old Investor]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Reverse Split Curse Continues For This ETF]]> Sometimes reverse splits work. Sometimes the ploy does not. Broadly speaking, it is fair to say companies and ETF issuers employ reverse splits for cosmetic reasons. Better to have a stock or ETF trading well into the double digits than threatening to fall to $2, $1 or lower goes the

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<![CDATA[5 mutual funds hammered by gold]]> <![CDATA[Coca-Cola, Goldman, gold ETFs in spotlight]]> <![CDATA[Einhorn Could Have a Mining ETF Problem]]> Last week, when shares of J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) plunged and rumors about Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) going private surfaced, plenty of folks vilified Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital due to the hedge fund's positions in those stocks.

Those who enjoy highlighting hedge fund manager trades gone awry

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<![CDATA[Gold Mining ETFs: Worse Before It's Better]]> By now, it is not unreasonable to say nearly anyone with a television or Internet access knows that gold is in full-fledged bear market. That much was confirmed with last Friday's 4.1 percent tumble, which had bullion residing more than 20 percent below its record high seen in August 2011.

It

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<![CDATA[A Look Ahead: This Week's ETFs to Watch]]> Last week was another strong one for U.S. stocks as the S&P 500 climbed 2.3 percent in what was benchmark index's best performance since the first week of the year.

The SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) is now up 8.7 percent year-to-date. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 2.1

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<![CDATA[Big Prints In Bearish Options On GDX]]>  

Today’s tickers: GDX, BX & TXN

GDX - Market Vectors Gold Miners Index ETF – Trading traffic in call options on GDX is outpacing activity in puts on the ETF this morning, with shares in the Market Vectors Gold Minders Index ETF popping up 4.0% to $36.07 just before midday in New York. In contrast, the single-largest trade in GDX options established in the early going this morning protects against – or profits from – a significant pullback in the price of the underlying fund to the lowest levels since January of 2009. Shares in the ETF have declined steadily during the past six months, and are down roughly 35% since September of 2012. The sizable bearish bet, the purchase of 8,000 puts at the Dec. $30 strike for a premium of $1.32 per contract, makes money if shares in the ETF plunge 20% from the current price of $36.07 to settle below the effective breakeven point at $28.68 at expiration.

BX - Blackstone Group LP – Options changing hands on the asset management and advisory firm on Tuesday morning effectively place a floor underneath shares in Blackstone for traders positioning for the price of the underlying to retain gains realized this year. Blackstone is scheduled to report first-quarter earnings next Thursday. Shares in BX, up more than 80% since May of 2012, added 0.65% today to trade at $20.40 by 11:30 a.m. ET. The most active options contracts on Blackstone as measured by volume are the May $19 strike puts, with roughly 3,000 lots traded against open interest of 892 contracts. Time and sales data suggests most of the volume was sold at an average premium of $0.48 apiece during the first 30 minutes of the session. Put sellers keep the full amount of premium received on the transaction as long as shares in Blackstone exceed $19.00 at May expiration. The bullish strategy may start to lose money, however, in the event that shares in BX slip beneath the breakeven point on the downside at $18.52. Shares…
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<![CDATA[Head-To-Head: Gold vs. Miners]]> Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com.

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<![CDATA[Interesting Wednesday Action in Inverse ETFs]]> On the back of some slack economic data, surging U.S. oil inventories and speculation that the Federal Reserve could end its bond-buying program as soon as this summer, U.S. stocks plunged Wednesday. The tumble came just a day after the S&P 500 touched a new record high.

One day of glum

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Gold is taking another beating today, and things are even rougher for related assets, like gold-mining stocks. Investors who bought a metal fund aiming for a hedge against reckless central banks are disappointed lately. SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) is down another 1.5% on Wednesday, while Market Vectors Gold Miners (GDX) and Market Vectors Junior Gold M...

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<![CDATA[Inverse ETFs For April Showers]]> Yes, April is just days old.

And yes, Wednesday's declines come on the heels of the S&P 500 touching a new record high on Tuesday. So perhaps it is too early to get worked up about April being a bad month for stocks.

Historically, April is actually a good month for the

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<![CDATA[Further Confirmation Materials ETFs Are Imperiled]]> With the S&P 500 up about 0.7 percent Tuesday and having touched a new record high, it is not hard to find the laggards among sector ETFs. There are a few funds tracking the oil and semiconductor sub-segments that are in the red, but those losses are not yet alarming.

The

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<![CDATA[Materials Mess: These ETFs Are in Trouble]]> These are not the best of times for materials stocks and the corresponding ETFs.

In the first quarter, the Materials Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLB) gained 4.8 percent. While that does not sound terrible, it is less than half the 10.5 percent returned by the SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE:

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<![CDATA[Use gold ETFs to tackle Fed, inflation fears]]> <![CDATA[Weekly Wrap-Up + Market Forecast + Sector Watch: SPX, Nasdaq, XLF, IGV, MOO, GDX, GS, JPM, WFC, MA, V, BAC, GOLD, AEM, NEM, CF, AGU, MOS, MON, CRM, VMW, INTU, SAP]]> <![CDATA[Silver Miners, Gold Miners and the Price Of Gold]]> <![CDATA[Gold Miner ETFs: Falling Knife or Turnaround Play?]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Gold ETFs Dumping the Yellow Metal]]> DailyFinance.com: Last year marked the twelfth consecutive year for rising gold prices. But that could be the end of the yellow metals string. Since the beginning of the year, gold ETFs have sold 140 metric tons of gold, and the month of February saw the highest ... Read more]]> <![CDATA[Major Gold Miners Strike New 52-Week Lows (GDX, NEM, AU, ABX, GG)]]> DailyFinance.com: This will not sound nice, but it isn't meant to: It really sucks to be a gold miner right now. Gold prices have lost the wind at their back, gold production prices are higher and demand for the shiny yellow metal is not being juiced up by industries ... Read more]]> <![CDATA[Market Forecast + Sector Watch: SPX, Nasdaq, XME, HGX, GLD, XLF, XLE, APC, COG, TSO, VLO, OXY, MA, V, GDX, TOL, BZH, PPG, SHW, CLF, WLT]]> <![CDATA[Gold and Silver Nearing MAJOR Long Term Support]]> <![CDATA[Gold's Death Cross Hastens Mining ETFs Death Spirals]]> The big news out of the gold pits Wednesday is that futures violated the psychologically important $1,600 an ounce level. At this writing, Comex-traded gold is trading just under $1,568 per ounce. Arguably, the bigger news is the technical condition gold's slide has caused.

That being the ominous death cross,

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<![CDATA[Einhorn, Soros Differ on Gold Mining ETFs]]> The woes of gold mining stocks and ETFs, in particular the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX), have been a frequent topic of conversation among traders for over a year now. The story goes like this: Gold miners vexed traders and investors by not rising in unison

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<![CDATA[Einhorn's Greenlight Adds Google Shares, Apple Calls]]> David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital added shares of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), the world's largest provider of Internet search services, to its stable of holdings in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to a 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing was made public Thursday after the

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