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What can I say, Jim? You trotted out the old argument about how gold has performed in the past. Haven't you seen the disclaimers? Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Matt Hougan

Monday, 20 August 2007

Van Eck Market Vectors Go Nuclear

New ETF Gives Investors Access to Nuclear Power Industry

Heather Bell

Wednesday, 15 August 2007

Indexes Gone Wild

Surz examines the performance of the major indexes for the first half of the year, and finds some unusual patterns.

Ron Surz

Wednesday, 15 August 2007

The Myth Of El Dorado

That's right, Jim: I don't get gold. The way I see it, the arguments boil down to this: Gold is valuable because it's always been valuable. Well, let's all hold hands and sing Kum-bay-yah.

Matt Hougan

Wednesday, 15 August 2007

Powershares Files For CEF With Built-In ETF Conversion

PowerShares tries for the best of both worlds with its CEF ETF filing; the back door load.

Heather Bell

Tuesday, 14 August 2007

Gold Investing Makes No Sense?

Matt read my China/Gold blog yesterday and told me that he "just doesn't get" gold investing. And I'm sure many of you are with him. But I know as well that there's a big pocket of "goldbugs" among index investors.

Jim Wiandt

Tuesday, 14 August 2007

Professor’s Reading Room

Measuring The True Cost Of Active Management.
A synopsis of recent research with implications for indexing.

John Haslem

Monday, 13 August 2007

Home Price Indexes Show No Relief

S&P's recent home price data indicates the continuation of bleak conditions in the real estate market.

IndexUniverse Staff

Friday, 10 August 2007

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