Market Vectors

With gold breaking through the important $1000 psychological barrier, gold ETFs have been on the move. The new highs have been driven mostly by demand stemming from investors fears that the stock market may be overpriced. Last week’s gold demand reached a level within 1% of an all time record, Bloomberg reports. ETF Securities now [...]

As investors move away from risk and the US dollar, silver and gold exchange-traded funds have logged their best week in months. Metal miners have moved even more due to the natural leverage, and the increase in earnings is prices move higher. SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News) and the iShares [...]

MarketVectors has announced August distributions for five of its highest yielding funds. The ETFs, which appreciate and depreciate equally to their underlying index, also reward investors with a monthly revenue stream. Distributions, according to a press release, are as follows: 1. Intermediate Municipal Index ETF (ITM: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News): $0.0625 2. Long Municipal [...]

Only days after two lawsuits were filed against ProShares’ UltraShort Real Estate Fund (SRS: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News), a third legal entity will begin investigating the leveraged ETF sector as a whole. Stanley, Mandel & Iola, L.L.P. and Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP have announced their intent to find wrongdoing committed by [...]

Van Eck Global has announced it will release a new exchange-traded fund to invest in Vietnamese stocks, capitalizing on extreme growth in Asia led by a strong manufacturing sector. The new fund will launch on Monday, August 17. The Market Vectors Vietnam ETF (VNM) joins a variety of emerging-market exchange-traded funds currently listed on the [...]

Van Eck has filed with the SEC to release a new ETF that will invest in small gold and silver mining stocks. The move follows its successful launch of Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News) which has attracted more than $5 billion in assets. Its newest addition to the Market [...]

Investors are placing bets that gambling may be the next investment boom. As Vegas and many other gambling locales grind to a halt during the recession, investors are looking to the future and moving cash into Sin City. NASDAQ reports that investors rushed into Market Vectors Gaming ETF (BJK: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News), expecting [...]

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. [...]

Precious metals are enjoying an explosion in price similar to the spring momentum experienced last year. As investors consider various roadblocks in the way of a stock market recovery, precious metals are re-emerging again as the investment of choice. Typically, movements in gold producing stocks are indicative of larger future movements in the price of [...]

All the popularity surrounding precious metals may be stealing from steel’s thunder, but the metal has nonetheless racked up impressive gains since the universal stock recovery in March. Since March 1, steel producing companies have rallied considerably on a better global economic outlook. The Market Vectors Steel ETF (SLX: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News) has [...]