Agriculture

Direxion Funds, one of the leading issuers of leveraged ETFs, has chosen BNY Mellon to provide ETF services for its nine most recently launched ETFs. Eight of the nine new ETFs are designed to leverage 300% of the daily performance (or 300% of the inverse) of the Agribusiness, Russian, Materials and Healthcare industries. The final [...]

Global demand for food is on the rise, and as a result, demand within the fertilizer industry has strengthened. Investors now have the ability to easily track the performance of this fertilizer industry with the release of another new ETF from Global X Funds, known as Global X Fertilizers/Potash ETF (ticker: SOIL). SOIL is the [...]

Direxion Funds, one of the leading issuers of leveraged ETFs, has expanded its lineup with the launch of four new funds. The new ETFs are designed to leverage 300% of the daily performance (or 300% of the inverse) of the Agribusiness sector and Russia. According to the press release, the new funds are listed as: [...]

Jefferies exhibits no delay when it comes to releasing funds in the height of their demand. Two new issues, launched on October 27, provide investors exposure to agriculture and metals, two popular anti-inflationary investments. The Jefferies TR/J CRB Global Agriculture Equity Index Fund (CRBA: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News) and the Jefferies TR/J CRB Global [...]

Seeking to avoid CTFC limits on commodities while still providing investors with exposure, ALPS has launched a new ETF designed to track changes in commodity prices. The Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB Global Commodity Equity Index Fund (CRBQ: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News) started trading on September 21 on the NYSE Arca. The Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB Global [...]

Tuesday initiated the CTFC’s hearings on the role investment banks and exchange-traded funds play in distorting the commodities markets. Under fire are large firms like Goldman Sachs and ETF issuers, who influence daily volume on the commodities exchange. The CTFC is “seriously considering” future restrictions on commodity speculation that could hinder investment banks and exchange-traded [...]

ALPS is bravely testing the commodity waters with a lineup of five new ETFs that will be introduced to Wall Street in 2009. Better known for servicing other ETFs and mutual funds, the company will try its luck with growing its own exchange-traded fund business. The five funds to be released are as follows: 1. [...]

Delta Global has filed to create three new actively-managed ETFs that each capitalize upon niches recently made popular amongst investors. All three are centered on highly demanded investment classes that traders have snapped up with exchange-traded funds. The three funds are to be named Claymore Delta Global Infrastructure, Claymore Delta Global Hard Assets, and Claymore [...]

Much like oil, agriculture has yet to rebound to the highs set during the commodity bubble. However, as the Market Vectors Agribusiness (MOO: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News) agriculture ETF rebounds in 2009, it has attracted greater amount of short interest from traders. Forbes reports that the short to long option interest in the Market [...]

After a tornado of selling in 2008, agriculture ETFs are growing their way back to the top. With the major indices facing bear market declines in 2009 alone, agriculture ETFs are proving to be a light at the end of the tunnel. Higher commodity prices from metals to foods in 2007 and early 2008 helped [...]