Panskeptic

Commodity and Bond ETFs: "Stuff" and "Safety" Beating Stocks

If you can make sector bets, do it. If you can't, diversify.

It's like when somebody says "You can't time the market," what they're really saying is "I can't time the market."

Do what you can. If you can't do something, do something else.

Commodity ETF Overview

Elements MLCX Biofuels (AMEX: FUE) and Elements MLCX Grains (AMEX: GRU) have just been announced, so here's two more for you to track. Predictably, they claim to be better structured than the DB ETFs. We'll see.

ETFs vs. Mutual Funds: The Long and Short (Term) Of It

Is it just me, or is the case for long term holding of mutual funds not made here? Even if all fees are waved besides expenses, many mutual funds have higher running costs than ETFs.

The only plus I can see with mutual funds is for dollar-cost averaging in small accounts, where many tiny purchases could cause brokerage commissions to add up, but if the article includes that benefit I missed it.

And this quote, "The active management of mutual funds serves to usually provide superior returns that outperform the market averages." is not something we will all agree on.

Perhaps the word "usually" can be replaced with "theoretically."