I admit it: When I saw the news last week about FaithShares launching two brand-new Christian-themed ETFs, I did a bit of a double take.

The editor of MLP Profits shares his outlook on where this overlooked asset class is headed in 2010.

• The benefits of MLPs in a portfolio
• Which sectors he has his eye on right now
• Is there more upside for 2010?

The co-editor of "Intelligent Commodity Investing" discusses her recent research in energy speculation.

• The role the speculator plays in oil
• Separating the speculators from the hedgers
• Do we need more transparency?

We catch up with the outspoken commodities whiz on his outlook for 2010.

• Gold is the world's best investment for next 2-3 years
• Other precious metals will shine
• ‘Buy the stuff, not the paper'

 

Today Standard & Poor’s launched its new S&P 500 Gold-Hedged Index, which is designed to grant investors exposure to the
U.S. equities market while hedging the currency risk of a declining U.S. dollar.

The professor of economics and blogger gives his insight on what really drives the commodities markets.

• Why index funds make commodities move together
• What really drove the 2008 spike in oil prices
• Could higher crude prices kill the recovery?

The portfolio manager of the Midas Fund gives us his take on the precious metals market.

• Where gold goes next in the short and long term
• Have we hit peak gold?
• Why he likes platinum best of all

Can USCF's new fund tackle the natural gas contango?