Coal

Capitalizing on high energy demand in China, Global X Management launched the Global X China Energy ETF (CHIE) on Wednesday. The fund is the first to tap into the strength of energy and utility companies inside mainland China. The fund will seek to replicate the returns of the S-BOX China Energy Index. The underlying index [...]

As a victim of the 1990s Asian financial crisis, Indonesia has grown tremendously in less than the span of two decades. After getting its finances back in order, the country looks to outperform the rest of the emerging markets with its commodity rich economy. Indonesia is surely primed for an explosion in stock market wealth. [...]

Steel has been extremely malleable during the second half of 2008 as its price performance has been very weak. The steel industry, however, reacted quite favorably to the economic stimulus plan announced this week by U.S. President-elect Barack Obama. The plan is expected to revive the infrastructure and auto industries, which both drive demand for [...]

November was good to ETFs and hard on mutual funds as $17.6 billion poured into ETFs and $66.6 billion left mutual funds according to TrimTabs Investment Research estimates. Led by treasury, gold, and leveraged inverse plays in oil and chips, the bears beat the bulls for the third consecutive month said Trans Ho of Investor’s [...]

A new coal ETF from Invesco PowerShares has entered the market to fuel competition with the previously released Market Vector coal fund. The new coal ETF, known as PowerShares Global Coal Portfolio (PKOL: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News), began trading just last week on September 18, 2008. TheStreet.com has taken this new fund and made [...]

Due to strong client demand, ETF Securities has listed thirteen new commodity-oriented ETFs on the Euronext Amsterdam. It became evident that the industry themes investors requested were not available in the form of an ETC. As a result, Mondo Visione reports that ETF Securities has developed a group of ETFs that focus on industries such [...]

As of this week on September 18, 2008, Invesco PowerShares will release its four new commodity-related ETFs on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange. The President and CEO for Invesco PowerShares, Bruce Bond, has pointed out that global demand for basic materials is expected to grow. This economic outlook supports the launch of the new ETFs that [...]

The President and CEO for Invesco PowerShares, Bruce Bond, has stated that there is “increased demand and global opportunities focused on producing food and commodities.” To capture this opportunity, Invesco Powershares has announced the upcoming launch of four new commodity ETFs. According to Business Week, September 18, 2008 will mark the release of these four [...]

The energy/natural resource industry zapped the competition with respect to performance in the second quarter of 2008. TheStreet.com published past quarter results, which show energy/natural resources to be the only industry group able to achieve a double-digit return (18.17%). Twice as many industry groups dropped in value as opposed to those able to stay out [...]

With the market being in a state of uncertainty, the demand for coal has continued to rise; yet there are still factors that have negatively impacted its value. The cost efficient fuel source has been enjoying much success, and Market Vectors Coal ETF (KOL) has carried the second-highest Relative Strength Rating of 95, according to [...]