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The Risky Business of Mortgage-Backed Bonds Mortgage-backed securities can be attractive, but be aware of their risks. |
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Rediscovering Gold As the world's oldest asset class regains its luster, planners are trying to figure out how best to prospect for profits. |
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Going for the Gold Planners who want to sprinkle a bit of gold dust onto their clients' portfolios have many funds from which to choose. |
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Gold Stays In Spotlight But investors wrestle with issues surrounding the metal. |
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February 3, 2005
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Should You Be a Gold Bug? The price of gold recently hit a 16-year high as the precious metal draws more and more interest from investors spooked by stocks and geopolitical uncertainty. With it priced near $420 per ounce, should you jump in and snap some bullion? |
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The ETF Advisor: Precious Metal ETFs What makes precious metals funds so attractive is that they offer investors the ability to gain unleveraged exposure to gold and other precious metals without taking delivery of physical metal or trading futures contracts. |
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Challenges for Precious Metals Stocks Companies are looking to cut out metals needs. |
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Mining the Mother Lode Gold and gold-related investments have been on a tear the past three years. Regardless of how advisers choose to invest in gold, even long-time gold supporters recommend limiting overall gold exposure to a small portion of clients' assets. |
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A Short History of Gold Since the dawn of civilization, gold, silver, and other precious metals have been regarded by investors worldwide as a unique store of value. |
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Alan Lavine |
The Gold Rush The outlook for precious metals is bright, but the risks are still there. Can gold and precious metals mutual funds continue their stellar performance after a few years of outstanding returns? |
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Precious Metals ETFs: Finding the Best Fit Want more balanced exposure to precious metals? Consider these ETFs. |
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Decoding Mortgage REITs Mortgage REITs have become a hot topic as Wall Street firms have boosted coverage of this specialized slice of the stock market amid a flurry of IPOs over the past two years or so. These companies are potentially worthy investments, even for risk-averse clients. |
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December 1, 2011
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All That Glitters Metal mania has gripped some investors amid the ups and downs of the capital markets, spurring everyone from governments to private enterprise to dream up new ways to meet the demand for gold and silver. |
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March 2006
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Mortgage Bonds Offer Mixed Bag A cooling housing market, rising interest rates and regulatory scrutiny have bond fund managers and fixed-income strategists keeping a watchful eye on the direction of the $5.8 trillion mortgage-backed securities market. |
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Home on the Exchange The ETF BGI's iShares Lehman MBS Fixed-Rate Bond Fund, featuring mortgage-back securities, gives investors fixed income with a better yield. |
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December 1, 2008
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Looking for the Pot of Gold Precious metals are behaving in unexpected ways lately as their prices dip along with the market. But over the long-term, they should still act as a safe haven. |
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July 2012
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A Golden Age But does one of the fastest-growing assets of the past decade still glitter? |
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Investing In Bonds Having some bonds in your portfolio is not only a good way to make money, it's also a great way to diversify. Here's what you need to know before you invest in the bond market. |
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Thursday's ETF to Watch: Gold Miners ETF (GDX) As demand for gold has increased, the price of the precious metal has soared. |
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Creating a Comfy "Income Cushion" How much should a retiree keep in cash? |
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The New Hot Commodity With the advent of exchange-traded funds, you can find custom-made investments that allow you to participate in nearly any market you can imagine. |
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December 2003
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Examining The Dividend Tipping Point Tax law changes make dividend-paying stocks the choice for the future. |
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Glitter In Gold Mining An unusual confluence of rising profits and falling stock prices has led to incredibly low valuations for mining shares. |
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A Golden Future for Dividends? So, the market's telling us the odds favor higher interest rates and weak gold prices. What of gold mining stocks themselves, the source of the dividends we've examined? |
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Big Losers From the ETF Revolution ETFs don't make everyone a winner. |
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Not All That Glitters Is Gold If you don't look beyond precious metals, you'll miss out on some even more impressive stories in commodities. |
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Gold Gone Wild? Safe-haven buying has driven up its price, but gold is still a risky and volatile investment. |
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Buying Stocks With Your Home Refinancing your home in order to get capital to invest in the stock market may not be a good idea. |
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July 2005
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A Fund For Tough Times More advisors are using the Permanent Portfolio Fund as a hedge. The fund balances its position in value-oriented commodity stocks with a 15% allocation to aggressive growth stocks in about a dozen industry groups. |
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Let the Gold Surge of 2011 Begin It's happening again. Gold broke out above $1,450 Tuesday in convincing fashion and quickly moved above $1,460 early Wednesday before stopping to catch its breath. |
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