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  • Your Gold ETF Could Bring a Hefty Tax Bill by Don Dion
    Investors have been pouring money into gold exchange-traded funds. In order to avoid surprises during tax season, however, it's important for investors to understand how different gold ETFs are taxed…READ MORE To access my special Market Outlook for 2010 report, click here Try my new ETF... More »
    November 19, 2009 • GLD, IAU, GDX
  • Volume Telling the Tale for Metals and Resource Stocks by Eric Coffin
    From the November 2009 HRA JournalDavid Coffin & Eric Coffin, HRA Advisories   India’s central bank taking 200 tonnes (6.4 million oz) of gold from the IMF in an off market trade has certainly lit a fire under the yellow metal. While a trade of that nature was... More »
    November 9, 2009 • GLD, UDC, UUP
  • Precious Metals ETFs Special Report by Jim Trippon
                  Let's be honest. As investors, the word inflation sends a chill down our spines. Inflation erodes the purchasing power of the U.S. dollar and as if that isn't bad enough, inflation also takes a bite out of dividends total... More »
    October 12, 2009 • MCD, PG, GLD
  • Collapsing Volatility by Surly Trader
    Trading options as a directional bet can be a very tricky game.  Unlike stocks and futures, you do not need to just get the direction right but you also need to get the volatility and timing right.  Back in the middle of March as the S&P was collapsing to its low of 666, one month... More »
    September 29, 2009 • DBS, DGL, IYT
  • Complete Guide to Precious Metal ETFs by ETF Grind
    Gold was one of the few asset classes to post positive returns in 2008, as investors sought hard assets in a flight to safety. The price of the yellow metal rose 3% in 2008, while the S&P lost 37% of its value, the MSCI All World Ex-US was down 43%, and the broad GSCI commodity index fell... More »
    May 31, 2009 • GLD, SLV, IAU
  • Ways to Profit from a U.S. Credit Downgrade by Marco Hickey
    With the UK's credit getting downgraded Thursday, it gave serious speculation that a US credit downgrade could soon follow. The reason for this speculation is because the US and UK have had similar policies, ie. Spending too much money! If the U.S. credit gets downgraded I imagine the dollar... More »
    May 26, 2009 • BAC, C, SPY
  • Rise of the Silver Surfer by Joshua Morgan Brown
    I have a new sector, a new weapon in my arsenal, an area of the market that I’ve ignored for over 10 years due to the lack of quality pure-plays. I’ve been trading and investing in various gold ideas forever, but a lot has changed with the white metal, and now I’m happy to... More »
    May 21, 2009 • SLW, SLV, CDE
  • ETF Momentum Gainers and Losers by Don Dion
     Momentum Gainers CoalMarket Vectors Coal (KOL) Coal stocks delivered better than expected earnings last week and set off huge rallies across the sector. Massey Energy (MEE; 4.92 percent of assets) popped 32.5 percent last week, helped by an earnings announcement that calmed investor... More »
    May 4, 2009 • KOL, SLX, PXJ
  • ETF Momentum Gainers and Losers by Don Dion
     Momentum Gainers FinancialsPowerShares FTSE RAFI Financials (PRFF)SPDR KBW Bank (KBE)iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Services (IYG)SPDR Financial (XLF) The government released the parameters of its stress tests and they were the numbers already cited by economists. According to a... More »
    April 27, 2009 • PRFF, KBE, IYG

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