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Monday ETF Roundup: DBB Falls on Copper's Decline, UNG Surges Higher
Eric Dutram • Mon, Mar 7, 2011
Base Metals Fund Draws Call Selling
optionMONSTER • Wed, Nov 17, 2010
PPI of Metals: An Annual Revision
Ivan Kitov • Wed, Jun 9, 2010
ETF Spotlight: PowerShares DB Base Metals
Tom Lydon • Wed, Apr 7, 2010
Another Copper Catastrophe Awaits
TraderMark • Tue, Feb 2, 2010 • 12 Comments
Thallium: More than Just a Poison
Hard Assets Investor • Wed, Jan 13, 2010 • 1 Comment
Is Rhodium the New Copper?
TraderMark • Wed, Jan 6, 2010 • 5 Comments
Indium: No Screen Test Needed
Hard Assets Investor • Mon, Dec 21, 2009 • 5 Comments
Copper ETFs: A Definitive Guide
Michael Johnston • Fri, Dec 4, 2009
Cadmium: Spent Energy?
Hard Assets Investor • Tue, Nov 17, 2009 • 6 Comments
Investment Check-List for Precious Metals Miners, Part II
Jeff Nielson • Tue, Nov 10, 2009 • 8 Comments
Investment Check-List for Precious Metals Miners, Part I
Jeff Nielson • Fri, Oct 30, 2009 • 11 Comments
RBC Capital Markets: Solid Prospects for Base Metals
FP Trading Desk • Mon, Sep 21, 2009 • 1 Comment
The Three Ms of Specialty Metals
Hard Assets Investor • Mon, Aug 24, 2009
BofA Merrill Lynch Boosts Metals Outlook
FP Trading Desk • Thu, Aug 6, 2009
Manganese: The Unsung Hero Among Metals
Hard Assets Investor • Wed, Jul 29, 2009 • 2 Comments
Veni, Vidi, Vanadium - The Key to Steel
Hard Assets Investor • Tue, May 26, 2009
Molycorp CEO: Why Rare Earth Metals Matter
Hard Assets Investor • Fri, May 15, 2009 • 5 Comments
Base Metals' Prices Appreciate on China's Industrial Activity Pickup
FP Trading Desk • Fri, May 8, 2009 • 2 Comments
What Affects Commodity Prices
Joe Ponzio • Wed, Apr 29, 2009

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Bespoke's Commodity Snapshot
Bespoke Investment Group • Tue, Jun 18
Fed Tapering Scenarios: The Winners And Losers On Wednesday
Eric Parnell • Tue, Jun 18 • 30 Comments
Record Market Performance Drives Record ETP Inflows, Assets Under Management In Q1
Deborah Fuhr • Mon, Apr 15 • 1 Comment
Ferrous Scrap Price Forecast: Turkish, Asian Markets In The Doldrums
MetalMiner • Thu, Apr 4 • 1 Comment
U.S. Manufacturing Restores Competitive Vigor
AllianceBernstein • Mon, Mar 11
Fed Minutes Rattle Punchbowl
David Fry • Thu, Feb 21 • 6 Comments
Bespoke's Commodity Snapshot (2/21/13)
Bespoke Investment Group • Wed, Feb 20
The Fed Is Still The Force For Bulls
David Fry • Tue, Feb 19 • 40 Comments
The Commodities Super-Cycle and Metal Prices: China Still Dictates (Part 2)
MetalMiner • Tue, Feb 19 • 2 Comments
The Commodities Super-Cycle And Metal Prices: Seeing The End (Part 1)
MetalMiner • Tue, Feb 19
Will The January Effect Help ETFs And ETPs Have Another Record Year In 2013?
Deborah Fuhr • Sun, Feb 17
Bespoke's Commodity Snapshot
Bespoke Investment Group • Mon, Feb 4
Starting The Month With A Bang
David Fry • Fri, Feb 1 • 26 Comments
3 ETFs For The Bulls, 3 ETFs For The Bears
Gary Gordon • Thu, Jan 31 • 8 Comments
Jim Rogers: Commodities ETFs To Benefit From Monetary Easing, Supply Issues
Tom Lydon • Thu, Jan 24 • 6 Comments
2012 Commodity Performance
Bespoke Investment Group • Wed, Dec 26, 2012 • 2 Comments
Failure Of Leadership
David Fry • Fri, Dec 21, 2012 • 32 Comments
How To Predict The Trend In Base Metal Prices
Katchum • Tue, Dec 18, 2012 • 5 Comments
Morning After Reality Check
David Fry • Thu, Dec 13, 2012 • 9 Comments
Bespoke's Commodity Snapshot
Bespoke Investment Group • Mon, Dec 10, 2012 • 1 Comment

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New Hampshire Watch: What a President Rick Santorum Would Mean for Investors

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ETF Investing: ‘Copper top’ could spell weakness for broad market

at MarketWatch.com (Mar 13, 2011)
Commodity prices still far from 2008 peak

at MarketWatch.com (Feb 15, 2011)
Commodities, food prices & ethanol

at MarketWatch.com (Jan 24, 2011)
Commodities, inflation & easy money

at MarketWatch.com (Jan 21, 2011)
Video: Fear Has Taken Over

at MarketWatch.com (Oct 27, 2010)
The hottest commodity in 2010 is…

at MarketWatch.com (Oct 26, 2010)
PE Buyout Rumors Are RightFor Once

at CNBC.com (Oct 11, 2010)
Outside the Box: Five alternatives to gold

at MarketWatch.com (Oct 8, 2010)
Commodity 'death cross' II

at MarketWatch.com (Jun 2, 2010)
Commodities 'death' cross at hand?

at MarketWatch.com (May 26, 2010)

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The PowerShares DB Base Metals Fund (Fund) is based on the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index – Optimum Yield Industrial Metals Excess Return™ (Index) and managed by DB Commodity Services LLC. The Index is a rules-based index composed of futures contracts on some of the most liquid and widely used base metals – aluminum, zinc and copper (grade A). The index is intended to reflect the performance of the industrial metals sector. You cannot invest directly in an index. Ordinary brokerage commissions apply.
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In Your Portfolio: A Guide to Commodity ETFs and ETNs
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012, 6:48 PM Can artificial scarcity continue propping up the aluminum market in the face of a production glut? Barclays predicts stockpiles will grow to 8.67M metric tons by the end of 2013. But with about half of all inventories possibly tied up in financing deals, many buyers are having trouble procuring supply, and analysts polled by Bloomberg expect prices to rise 14% next year. The EC recently said it's discussing the issue of premiums caused by financing deals. Comment! [Commodities, Quick Ideas]
Thursday, January 19, 2012, 9:40 AM Defining overbought as being more than 5% above a 50-day moving average, Bespoke says 24% of tracked ETFs fit the bill. Leading the list is the homebuilders (XHB), more than 13% above its 50 day MA; Brazil (EWZ) leads the country ETFs, 8.2% above. A few more days of market gains and look for talk about the entire market being overbought. Comment! [Quick Ideas]
Sunday, December 4, 2011, 4:56 AM Graham Tuckwell, who created the first ETFs for gold and oil, is looking to sell his company, ETF Securities, for a potential price of £1B ($1.6B), the FT reports. Tuckwell's decision comes as money pours into gold ETFs and scrutiny increases on the market for the funds. 1 Comment [Commodities]
Friday, September 23, 2011, 1:12 PM Microscopic Fed rates and opaque information out of China have combined to distort the prices of industrial metals, but fundamentals such as years of rising stock/usage ratios are finally catching up. YTD: Copper JJC -28.5%, Lead LD -25%, Aluminum JJU -14.9%, Nickel JJN -23.7%. Comment! [Commodities]
Friday, May 14, 2010, 11:13 AM A preliminary victory for U.S. makers of aluminum products for door and window frames, as the ITC rules the makers are being harmed by low-cost imports from China. Anti-dumping duties may follow next year; aluminum exports from China (now the No. 1 exporter) nearly doubled Y/Y. (ETF: DBB) Comment!
Monday, February 22, 2010, 10:10 AM Sector ETF strength: Regional Banks– RKH +1.3%. Commercial Banks– KBE +1.3%. Heating Oil– UHN +1.1%.
Sector ETF weakness: Solar– KWT -1.8%. Solar– TAN -1.4%. Base Metals– DBB -1%. Biotech– BBH -1%. Comment!
Thursday, February 18, 2010, 10:10 AM Sector ETF strength: Gold Miners– GDX +1.2%. Silver– SLV +1.1%. Base Metals– DBB +1.1%. Gasoline– UGA +1%.
Sector ETF weakness: Semis– IGW -1.1%. Semis– SMH -0.8%. Comment!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 10:13 AM Sector ETF strength: Base Metals– DBB +3.1%. Heating Oil– UHN +2.8%. Solar– TAN +2.8%. Oil– USO +2.7%. Steel– SLX +2.4%.
Sector ETF weakness: Healthcare Providers– IHF -0.7%. Biotech– IBB -0.7%. Comment!
Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 10:06 AM Sector ETF strength: Heating Oil– UHN +3.7%. Coal– KOL +1.5%. Gold Miners– GDX +1.3%. Oil– USO +1.2%. Agribusiness– MOO +1.1%.
Sector ETF weakness: Base Metals– DBB -1%. Pharma– PPH -0.9%. Regional Banks– KRE -0.9%. Comment!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 9:54 AM Sector ETF strength: Biotech– BBH +1.6%. Semis– SMH +1.4%. Commercial Banks– KBE +1.1%. Regional Banks– RKH +1%.
Sector ETF weakness: Livestock– COW -1.7%. Gasoline– UGA -1.5%. Base Metals– DBB -1.4%. Coal– KOL -1%. Comment!
Thursday, January 14, 2010, 10:08 AM Sector ETF strength: Solar– KWT +1.5%. Solar– TAN +1.5%. Base Metals– DBB +1.1%. Clean Energy– PBW +0.7%.
Sector ETF weakness: Real Estate– IYR -0.7%. Basic Materials– XLB-0.7%. Comment!
Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 10:06 AM Sector ETF strength: Base Metals– DBB +1.8%. Healthcare Providers– IHF +1%. Silver– SLV +1%. Pharma– PPH +1%.
Sector ETF weakness: Gasoline– UGA -1.5%. Heating Oil– UHN -1.3%. Oil– USO -0.8%. Comment!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 10:09 AM Sector ETF weakness: Solar– KWT -3.2%. Base Metals– DBB -2.3%. Semis– IGW -2%. Semis– SMH -2%. Homebuilders– XHB -1.8%.
Sector ETF strength: Insurance– KIE +0.8%. Comment!
Thursday, January 7, 2010, 10:07 AM Sector ETF weakness: Base Metals– DBB -1.7%. Biotech– BBH -1.4%. Basic Materials– XLB -1.3%. Gold Miners– GDX -1.3%. Internet– HHH -1.3%.
Sector ETF strength: Homebuilders– XHB +2.9%. Healthcare Providers– IHF +0.6%. Comment!
Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 10:06 AM Sector ETF strength: Base Metals– DBB +1.7%. Gold Miners– GDX +1.7%. Coal– KOL +1.5%. Basic Materials– IYM +1.2%. Steel– SLX +1%.
Sector ETF weakness: Gasoline– UGA -0.9%. Broker/Dealers– IAI -0.6%. Comment!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 10:11 AM Sector ETF strength: Gold Miners– GDX +2.9%. Regional Banks– KRE +2.3%. Coal– KOL +2.3%. Base Metals– DBB +2.2%. Real Estate– IYR +1.8%.
Sector ETF weakness: Heating Oil– UHN -0.9%. Semis– IGW -0.5%. Comment!

Michael Clark
Shortsell copper (JJC) lead (LD), base metal (DBB) and merging currencies (CEW). http://seekingalpha.com/p/j05h
7/24/12
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Listen to the Ph.D. http://on.wsj.com/m4Pl64 Copper At 9-Week High As Funds Trade Up 1% $JJC $DBB $SPY
6/30/11
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Jade Bond
Sell Jul 24 DBB calls. No fundamental changes in global macro to explain such steep recoveries in such short time in all asset classes.
6/30/11
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1980XLS
Commodity pull back helping companies that make stuff out of Metal DBB. PII, ISRG WHR
6/28/11
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Michael Clark
Like DBB calls. http://seekingalpha.com/p/38q6
3/20/11
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Michael Clark
BUY Feb Calls on DBB, Base Metals ETF. http://seekingalpha.com/p/2xs8
2/9/11
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Michael Clark
BUY DBB FEB 23 CALLS. http://seekingalpha.com/p/2pi2
1/7/11
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Jim Van Meerten
DBB - DB Base Metals ETF-100% Barchart buy signal-17 new highs and up 7.34% in the last month- Relative Strength Index 67.76% and rising
10/26/10
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David Fry
ETF in Focus: DBB http://bit.ly/dwUYRg
9/8/10
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Bespoke Investment Group
50 ETFs now 10% or more below their 50-day moving averages: http://bit.ly/9qhDyy $$ $EWP $EWO $OIH $DBB $EWI
6/7/10
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