The popular oil ETF has grown so large its monthly trades have a major impact on oil markets.
It's hard to question your long positions in gold and silver, Paul. But Japan?
Vanguard's CIO doesn't see equities as any less appealing these days, and warns investors not to get too carried away with exotic asset classes.
Jim, my pension plan is still two-thirds invested in gold and silver ETCs, so you can hardly accuse me of being bullish - and I wasn't the one to put my money in the financials ETF!
Investors are pouring money into the United States Oil Fund right now. They must be out of their minds.
So, Jim, if investors really don't know what they are doing in some of the more complicated areas of the ETF/ETC/ETN market, what's the solution?
In fact, my experience tells me that a lot of buyers of oil products have no idea what they're doing.
I would own an ETN, even now, but I'd have to have a pretty good reason.
The discussion on IndexUniverse.eu of the swooning prices of Barclays Capital and other banks has me wondering, Jim: Would you own an exchange-traded note?
ETF Securities has announced record-breaking inflows to its exchange-traded commodities (ETCs) in the week ending 23 January.
ETF Securities has reported record net purchases of its oil exchange-traded commodities (ETCs).
Matt, the questions you raise regarding gold (and precious metals, generally) and whether they are good inflation hedges are absolutely fundamental for any investor.
Jim—the points you raise regarding geopolitics, the US dollar, Treasury bonds and China are the million dollar questions affecting all of us. And their ultimate resolution will affect us in our daily lives, not just as investors.
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