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      <title>Under the Hood: How GLD Works</title>
      <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/1019031/comments?source=feed#comment-11803451</link>
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        <![CDATA[RE: &quot;and that gold is never traded, leased or loaned.&quot;<br/><br/>Straight from the SPDR website. As we stated in the article, we have no way of proving or disproving these claims, simply passing on information given from State Street.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:49:01 -0500</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[RE: &quot;and that gold is never traded, leased or loaned.&quot;<br/><br/>Straight from the SPDR website. As we stated in the article, we have no way of proving or disproving these claims, simply passing on information given from State Street.]]>
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      <title>Commodity Volatility Weighted Index Debuts</title>
      <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/966471/comments?source=feed#comment-11134921</link>
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        <![CDATA[It rebalances every March and September, so roughly 180 days]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:15:11 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[It rebalances every March and September, so roughly 180 days]]>
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      <title>The Rise And Demise Of The United States Natural Gas Fund ETF</title>
      <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/882451/comments?source=feed#comment-9790241</link>
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        <![CDATA[Thanks for the kind words. For a futures product, UNG's fee of 0.60% is actually on the lower side of things, especially in the NG sector where a number of ETFs charge upwards of 0.75%.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 09:59:02 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Thanks for the kind words. For a futures product, UNG's fee of 0.60% is actually on the lower side of things, especially in the NG sector where a number of ETFs charge upwards of 0.75%.]]>
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      <title>Sell Gold Before Bernanke's Address Today</title>
      <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/864861/comments?source=feed#comment-9408421</link>
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        <![CDATA[Looks like we were wrong, QE 3 in the form of $40 billion per month in MBS just announced. Gold didn't react too well off the bat, we will have to see what it does for the rest of the day.]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:41:52 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Looks like we were wrong, QE 3 in the form of $40 billion per month in MBS just announced. Gold didn't react too well off the bat, we will have to see what it does for the rest of the day.]]>
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      <title>Roubini Bets On QE3</title>
      <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/859721/comments?source=feed#comment-9327571</link>
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        <![CDATA[You can actually get physical redemption but you need somewhere in the neighborhood of 100,000 shares of the fund. Unfortunately, many investors do not share you view and feel that the amount of gold that GLD says it holds is far different from what it actually does, which is where most of the controversy comes from.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:32:51 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[You can actually get physical redemption but you need somewhere in the neighborhood of 100,000 shares of the fund. Unfortunately, many investors do not share you view and feel that the amount of gold that GLD says it holds is far different from what it actually does, which is where most of the controversy comes from.]]>
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      <title>Marc Faber: Why Industrial Commodities Will Continue To Fail</title>
      <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/855981/comments?source=feed#comment-9276601</link>
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        <![CDATA[ETFs get a bad rap for tracking error and both ETFs and ETNs have problems with contango, so many people prefer to just outright own the contracts themselves. RIO is considered indirect simply for the fact that you are not specifically owning any futures, just a stock that depends on the prices of the commodities it mines.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:24:07 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ETFs get a bad rap for tracking error and both ETFs and ETNs have problems with contango, so many people prefer to just outright own the contracts themselves. RIO is considered indirect simply for the fact that you are not specifically owning any futures, just a stock that depends on the prices of the commodities it mines.]]>
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      <title>Marc Faber: Why Industrial Commodities Will Continue To Fail</title>
      <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/855981/comments?source=feed#comment-9276501</link>
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        <![CDATA[They can be played however you like, it all depends on whether or not you believe Faber. However, options are probably the best way to make a bet against these securities.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:22:20 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[They can be played however you like, it all depends on whether or not you believe Faber. However, options are probably the best way to make a bet against these securities.]]>
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      <title>Gold, Silver, Natural Gas Sitting In Deep Contango</title>
      <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/855321/comments?source=feed#comment-9271601</link>
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        <![CDATA[Perhaps Mr. Silver Blog should learn to spell the author's name correctly when trying to make a rebuttal as well as read the article, especially the part that states that silver is only in contango through December of 2013]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:35:09 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Perhaps Mr. Silver Blog should learn to spell the author's name correctly when trying to make a rebuttal as well as read the article, especially the part that states that silver is only in contango through December of 2013]]>
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      <title>Protect Yourself From Debased Currencies, Jim Rogers Style</title>
      <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/840471/comments?source=feed#comment-8994251</link>
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        <![CDATA[Check out MOO, it's an agribusiness ETF. Not direct commodity exposure, but it's about as close as you can get.]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:23:23 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Check out MOO, it's an agribusiness ETF. Not direct commodity exposure, but it's about as close as you can get.]]>
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      <title>Why Alternative Energy Will Never Achieve Widespread Use In Our Lifetime</title>
      <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/802141/comments?source=feed#comment-8392351</link>
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        <![CDATA[Starting an argument by quoting Wikipedia versus our quote from the EIA is not very promising...]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:26:59 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Starting an argument by quoting Wikipedia versus our quote from the EIA is not very promising...]]>
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      <title>4 Little Known Factors Driving The Price Of Silver</title>
      <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/794201/comments?source=feed#comment-8257601</link>
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        <![CDATA[The article has nothing to do with either buying or purchasing silver. The intent is clearly stated in the title, there is no kind of information that even suggests one should buy. It only tells you what to watch for if you want to make a play in silver, both sides of the story.]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:05:41 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[The article has nothing to do with either buying or purchasing silver. The intent is clearly stated in the title, there is no kind of information that even suggests one should buy. It only tells you what to watch for if you want to make a play in silver, both sides of the story.]]>
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      <title>The Ultimate Beginner's Guide To Deflation</title>
      <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/711751/comments?source=feed#comment-7286421</link>
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        <![CDATA[No, deflation is bad because it can decrease your wages or put you out of a job entirely. It hurts companies of all sizes and that impact will invariably hit the employees at some point or another. While it is possible for a select few individuals to actually profit from deflation, the majority (and economy alike) will feel a major pinch.]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:39:30 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[No, deflation is bad because it can decrease your wages or put you out of a job entirely. It hurts companies of all sizes and that impact will invariably hit the employees at some point or another. While it is possible for a select few individuals to actually profit from deflation, the majority (and economy alike) will feel a major pinch.]]>
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      <title>The Ultimate Beginner's Guide To Deflation</title>
      <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/711751/comments?source=feed#comment-7272361</link>
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        <![CDATA[Zenith, that's pretty difficult to say. With all of the money the Fed is printing one would actually expect inflation to kick up sometime soon, but as for the hit in metals, I don't think it would be fair to classify that as coming deflation; a lot of things need to fall into place for that environment to spring up.]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 09:42:03 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Zenith, that's pretty difficult to say. With all of the money the Fed is printing one would actually expect inflation to kick up sometime soon, but as for the hit in metals, I don't think it would be fair to classify that as coming deflation; a lot of things need to fall into place for that environment to spring up.]]>
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      <title>How To Trade Natural Gas Futures</title>
      <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/703661/comments?source=feed#comment-7092431</link>
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        <![CDATA[That's always a great point to keep in mind. Too often investors skim over that gap, especially with commodity ETFs. But from our point of view, we're just outlining the ETFs that can be used.]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:04:27 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[That's always a great point to keep in mind. Too often investors skim over that gap, especially with commodity ETFs. But from our point of view, we're just outlining the ETFs that can be used.]]>
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      <title>U.S. Has World's Largest Oil Reserves: So Why Is No One Talking About It?</title>
      <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/696611/comments?source=feed#comment-7009631</link>
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        <![CDATA[Must have missed this line &quot;Developing oil shale and fracking technologies seems to be necessary before this reserve can be effectively tapped. &quot;<br/><br/>and this one<br/><br/>&quot;Obviously, the time line for this reserve will be relatively long and likely slow to develop, but investors/traders still need to keep a watchful eye on developments concerning what happens with the Green River Formation.&quot;<br/><br/>Perhaps one should read more carefully next time?]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:52:17 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Must have missed this line &quot;Developing oil shale and fracking technologies seems to be necessary before this reserve can be effectively tapped. &quot;<br/><br/>and this one<br/><br/>&quot;Obviously, the time line for this reserve will be relatively long and likely slow to develop, but investors/traders still need to keep a watchful eye on developments concerning what happens with the Green River Formation.&quot;<br/><br/>Perhaps one should read more carefully next time?]]>
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      <title>U.S. Has World's Largest Oil Reserves: So Why Is No One Talking About It?</title>
      <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/696611/comments?source=feed#comment-7003561</link>
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        <![CDATA[You might also like this story about the Solar ETF today, up 1,400% despite have a terrible three year run <a rel='nofollow' target='_blank' href='http://bit.ly/MPYgm5'>http://bit.ly/MPYgm5</a>]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:53:22 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[You might also like this story about the Solar ETF today, up 1,400% despite have a terrible three year run <a rel='nofollow' target='_blank' href='http://bit.ly/MPYgm5'>http://bit.ly/MPYgm5</a>]]>
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      <title>How To Make A Play On Crude Oil's Dip</title>
      <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/578181/comments?source=feed#comment-5336941</link>
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        <![CDATA[Another good fund to bet against crude...and it looks like you're off to a strong start today!]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 10:09:18 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Another good fund to bet against crude...and it looks like you're off to a strong start today!]]>
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      <title>Commodity Trading Trends: When To Stop Shorting Natural Gas</title>
      <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/527871/comments?source=feed#comment-4868851</link>
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        <![CDATA[True, but if you're going to look at any of those funds, look at GASZ, it literally thrives on contango <a rel='nofollow' target='_blank' href='http://yhoo.it/JLti02'>http://yhoo.it/JLti02</a>]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:31:04 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[True, but if you're going to look at any of those funds, look at GASZ, it literally thrives on contango <a rel='nofollow' target='_blank' href='http://yhoo.it/JLti02'>http://yhoo.it/JLti02</a>]]>
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      <title>Commodity Trading Trends: When To Stop Shorting Natural Gas</title>
      <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/527871/comments?source=feed#comment-4812781</link>
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        <![CDATA[&quot;Unfortunately, taking a long position in NG would be equally dangerous, as the fossil fuel has zero momentum and shows no signs of recovering anytime soon. Instead, NG positions should be left for active traders during these months, as those unwilling or unable to constantly monitor their holdings can get burned in a hurry.&quot;<br/><br/>Taken directly from the article, hope that helps!]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:06:53 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[&quot;Unfortunately, taking a long position in NG would be equally dangerous, as the fossil fuel has zero momentum and shows no signs of recovering anytime soon. Instead, NG positions should be left for active traders during these months, as those unwilling or unable to constantly monitor their holdings can get burned in a hurry.&quot;<br/><br/>Taken directly from the article, hope that helps!]]>
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      <title>Does GLD Really Hold Gold, Or Is It A Scam?</title>
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        <![CDATA[The link works just fine. The article is about why you should buy IAU, which is gold, and not GLD. Perhaps a thorough reading before arguing would be best.]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:07:54 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[The link works just fine. The article is about why you should buy IAU, which is gold, and not GLD. Perhaps a thorough reading before arguing would be best.]]>
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      <title>Does GLD Really Hold Gold, Or Is It A Scam?</title>
      <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/460861/comments?source=feed#comment-3941751</link>
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        <![CDATA[I would like to direct you to the article we wrote entitle &quot;Why no investor should own GLD&quot;. Happy investing! bit.ly/GXG7xR]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:17:36 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[I would like to direct you to the article we wrote entitle &quot;Why no investor should own GLD&quot;. Happy investing! bit.ly/GXG7xR]]>
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