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Broad Industrial Metal ETFs: Reviewing All The Options

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:00:04 -0400

Whether you are looking to add a single commodity to your portfolio, or you’re wanting to cast a wider net over the entire industrial metals space, the continually expanding ETF industry lets you do it with ease. With one or more of these 11 exchange-traded funds you can fine-tune your exposure to industrial commodities such as aluminum, copper, zinc, nickel, cobalt, tin, lead and steel. Each ETF offers unique allocations to the different metals, as well as varying structures, leveraging, costs (expense ratios) and directional bias [see Free Member Report: How To Pick The Right ETF Every Time]. Below is a table highlighting each of these products, comparing the structure, expense ratio and industrial metal allocations (data as of March 3, 2013). It is important to note that the underlying index of the United States Metals Index Fund (USMI) is dynamic; therefore, the weightings of the 10 commodities held may change each month based [...]

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The Ultimate Guide To Resource-Specific “Third Generation” Commodity ETPs

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:00:35 -0400

For retail investors, ETFs have leveled the playing field and opened all sorts of alternative asset classes and strategies to the mainstream. One asset class that has surged in popularity has been commodity and natural resource investing. As such, the number of ETFs in this area has exploded and now represents one of the largest fund categories around. Currently, there are over 110 different funds that track futures and hard asset prices [see Free Report: How To Pick The Right ETF Every Time]. However, early products in the space, like the United States Natural Gas , suffer from a potentially big problem in the concept of contango. Contango can lead to underperformance and even losses in an ETF. By definition, contango occurs when near month future contracts are cheaper than those expiring further into the future. ETFs based only on current prices–meaning they own the future contract for the current month–lose money [...]

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ETF Performance Report: January

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:00:32 -0500

Global stocks and exchange traded funds have surged out of the gate in 2013 following the last-minute compromise on the U.S. fiscal cliff. Positive economic data and higher earnings helped maintain the momentum, but the markets slowed a bit at the end of the month on poor fourth quarter growth...

A Look At The Top ETFs of 2012

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:01:52 -0500

Investors welcomed 2013 with a big rally on the first day of trading Wednesday after Washington managed to cobble together a deal on the U.S. fiscal cliff. Despite its ups-and-downs, especially during the choppy trading in the last month on the fiscal cliff drama, the markets and exchange traded...

Six Months Later: USMI, SNDS, BNPC

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:00:03 -0500

The rapid development of the ETF industry has cracked the world of commodity investing wide open, allowing average investors to gain cheap and easy access to a previously hard-to-reach asset class. And while some choose to focus on a single commodity, many investors also look for more diversified exposure, or perhaps even an equity spin on the space. As the ETF industry continues to expand, investors are now able to pick and choose from hundreds of products [for more commodity ETF news and analysis subscribe to our free newsletter]. See the full story here →

The 5 Minute Guide to Lead ETFs

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 08:59:36 -0400

Lead, one of the periodic table’s ordinary metals, was used thousands of years ago by the Romans for aqueducts, tank linings and water pipes. Valued for its malleability and resistance to corrosion, lead and lead-rich pewter were used also in the making of cooking pots, kettles and tableware [see also Top 7 Strangest Commodity Futures]. See the full story here →

June 2012 ETF Roundup: Launches, Filings, And Closures

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 07:00:32 -0400

June saw yet another period of strong growth in the ETF lineup, with multiple issuers rolling out new products over the past several weeks. While the pace has certainly slowed from the winter months, there is no shortage of new activity in the space, including a number of first-to-market products that are now hitting the market. Last month saw the continuation of a trend from the first five months of the year: growth in fixed income funds. Several issuers launched new bond ETFs last month, continuing to build out that part of the product lineup. Among the new additions are a “crossover” corporate bond ETF and another emerging markets corporate bond fund. The commodity front is also quite active; during the past few weeks we’ve seen the launches of ETFs focused on oil sands, MLPs, and metals, as well as a broad-based fund from a financial giant making the leap [...]

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This Week In ETFs: June 24th Edition

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 09:00:00 -0400

As we come to the end of yet another tumultuous week in the stock market, one can only wonder if stability is in our sights. Negative news from the Philly Fed’s index of regional manufacturing combined with jobless claims and a fall in existing-home sales painted a bleak picture Thursday morning. Accordingly, the stock market suffered its second-worst loss of the year as the markets came to a close Thursday afternoon. Without the Fed signaling QE3 anytime soon, investors may be in for a tougher summer than expected. The eurozone continues to be under close watch as leaders prepare for a summit this upcoming week. Friday offered some relief to U.S. markets as the Dow Jones and S&P rose 71 and 10 points respectively; Bank and Healthcare shares lead the market rebound. The product development front has picked up as this week saw the launch of three new ETFs: EMLP, HECO and USMI. Below [...]

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U.S. Commodity Funds Smelts New Broad Metals ETF

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:21:15 -0400

United States Commodity Funds, an exchange traded fund provider of futures-based commodity investments, on Tuesday launched a new ETF that invests in both industrial and precious metals. The fund will utilize a type of enhanced indexing methodology to maximize potential gains and limit losses on...

New Metals ETF (USMI) Debuts

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:00:30 -0400

United States Commodity Funds announced this week the debut of an ETF that offers exposure to a basket of metals futures contracts, giving investors seeking exposure to this corner of the commodities market a new tool at their disposal. The United States Metals Index Fund (USMI) will seek to replicate the SummerHaven Dynamic Metals Index Total Return, a benchmark that shifts exposure between various contracts based on market conditions. USMI will be unique in that it will offer exposure to both industrial and precious metals. While there are a number of products in both the Metals and Precious Metals ETFdb Categories, there are few existing exchange-traded products that combine these asset classes. Specifically, the underlying index will include six base metals and four precious metals: Aluminum Copper Zinc Nickel Tin Lead Gold Silver Platinum Palladium Each metal will be assigned a “base weight” based on liquidity and overall market importance. [...]

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