Commodity

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 [...]

Assets continued to flow into U.S. exchange-traded funds during the month of June thanks to bond and gold ETFs. June is the fifth straight month that assets have flowed into ETFs to keep the trend rising. Taxable-bond ETFs attracted the most assets with $4.7 billion for June, according to the press release. Two of the [...]

AdvisorShares, an actively managed ETF adviser, will soon be introducing a new actively managed, short ETF to the market. The launch of the new product will not be a solo effort as AdvisorShares has teamed up with Ranger Alternative Management to develop the ETF. The press release describes the new fund’s investment strategy to be [...]

When it comes to investing in a gold ETF, the most common place for investors to turn is the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD: Profile, Quote, Advanced Chart, News). GLD is not only the most popular ETF in the precious metals industry, but it is one of the most heavily traded funds in the entire [...]

Gold has been the attractive choice for many investors during this time of economic uncertainty. The safe-haven nature of the precious metal has lured billions into its most common ETF, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD: Profile, Quote, Advanced Chart, News). Net asset inflows into GLD have been more than $5 billion in just the first five [...]

Investors may soon have the ability to invest in aluminum through a new exchange-traded fund. Bloomberg reports that no sponsor has been designated to issue the new ETF and no release date has been decided; however, the expectation is that the new fund would be available for trade as early as next month. The CEO [...]