Commodity

Renewed volatility in the Silver ETFs hit the markets Monday with the leveraged long silver ETF (ZSL) gaining 16%, while the inverse leveraged silver (AGQ) closed down 29 points for a loss of 15%. AGQ is down more than 200 points from its high in late April of 382.

Investors now have access to higher-yielding companies in commodity-rich Australia, Brazil and Canada with the release of a new ETF from Guggenheim Funds Distributors, Inc. The new international fund, identified in the press release as Guggenheim ABC High Dividend (NYSE Arca: ABCS), will track the BNY Mellon ABC Index made up of 30 of the [...]

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 [...]

Selling in commodities continued bearish downtrends, with steep declines in silver and oil ETFs. As crude prices closed below $100 per barrel, the U.S. Oil Fund ETF, ticker USO, closed down -9.11% Silver continued sharp declines, reflected in the iShares Silver Trust ETF, ticker SLV, which closed -11.89%.  For the week the silver ETF has [...]

According to Charles Schwab and Co., ETF assets custodied at Schwab have grown to $100 billion, up 30% over the past year and 14% in the past quarter. Retail Investor ETF assets have grown 57% and now account for 37% of the total ETF assets at Schwab. While only 9% of total ETF assets, the [...]

Assets continued to flow into U.S. exchange-traded funds during the month of July despite significant outflows from gold’s largest ETF. July is the sixth straight month that assets have flowed into ETFs and the emerging market class was the primary reason for the current month’s growth. Emerging market ETFs attracted the most assets with $4.6 [...]

Assets continued to flow into U.S. exchange-traded funds during the month of July despite significant outflows from gold’s largest ETF. July is the sixth straight month that assets have flowed into ETFs and the emerging market class was the primary reason for the current month’s growth. Emerging market ETFs attracted the most assets with $4.6 [...]

The idea of supporting the “green” movement just got easier. While environmentally-conscious ETFs like solar and wind already exist in today’s market, Global X Fund has just launched the first ever lithium ETF which is a main resource to renewable energy. Global X Lithium ETF (LIT: Profile, Quote, Advanced Chart, News) will invest in large [...]

The automobile industry has a major impact on the value of both platinum and palladium ETFs. The precious metals are both used in the manufacturing of catalytic converters within automobiles. The demand for automobiles is down considerably over the past few months, which has put a dent in the recent values of platinum and palladium. [...]

The largest gold ETF, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD: Profile, Quote, Advanced Chart, News), has taken a moment to catch its breath after hiking up the charts for most of the year. Fear of deflation was the main factor in a recent four-day decline of approximately 2% for GLD, according to MarketWatch. Looking back on the [...]