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Financial Advisor
August 2008
Marla Brill |
Harvest In Agricultural ETFs Although a sharp pullback could be coming, some advisors think commodities are good long-term plays.   |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2008
Brad Zigler |
How To Play The Agriculture Game Commodities' popularity with retail investors ebbs and flows with the inflation cycle. Should you invest in the stocks of companies involved in commodity production, ETFs, or futures? |
The Motley Fool
September 8, 2010
Jared Cummans |
An ETF to "Beef Up" Your Portfolio Time to moooove your assets? Keep ETF COW in focus as cattle futures spike. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2010
Michael Johnston |
Inside the CORN ETF Perk up your ears for tips on how to play this commodity-specific fund. |
Registered Rep.
May 13, 2014
Brad Zigler |
Which Commodity ETPs Should You Buy? Since New Year's Day, domestic equities have been ceding ground to commodities -- a reversal of a two-year trend. |
Financial Advisor
November 2007
Jeff Schlegel |
New Twists On The Oldest Economy Formerly plodding agriculture is now running in the fast lane, but the run-up in index performances and in the valuations of certain agribusinesses might give investors pause despite the sector's seemingly positive long-term trends. |
The Motley Fool
January 17, 2007
Zoe Van Schyndel |
A Farming Fund Sprouts Up If you want to farm the market by investing in agricultural commodities, PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund is one way to accomplish that, but be aware of this fund's complexity and the potential for a wild ride. |
Financial Advisor
June 2012
Eric Rasmussen |
Back To The Land Weird weather and supply/demand issues have made agriculture investing scary, but investors seeking diversity see gold in them thar fields. |
Financial Advisor
October 2009
Marla Brill |
Wading Back In Last year's credit crunch and commodities crash sent assets in exchange-traded notes plummeting. Now, investors are taking a second look. |
Registered Rep.
April 19, 2011
Brad Zigler |
The Error of ETP Ways Investors and their advisors are often surprised by the disparate results obtained from their exchange-traded note and fund allocations. |
The Motley Fool
October 15, 2007
Zoe Van Schyndel |
Commodities Hit the Exchange (Again) The commodities boom launches another investment. The S&P GSCI Enhanced Commodity Total Return Strategy Index exchange-traded note is a new vehicle from Goldman Sachs that tracks the S&P GSCI Index. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2010
Michael Johnston |
Oil ETF Investing: 5 Ways to Play Read this to help you decide how to bet on one of the world's most sought-after resources. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2006
Donald Jay Korn |
Hard Choices Exchange-traded funds and notes provide more options for financial planners who want exposure to commodities. |
The Motley Fool
March 31, 2011
Eric Dutram |
Thursday's ETF to Watch: iPath DJ-UBS Grains Index Fund The release of the yearly "Prospective Plantings" report puts this ETF in focus today. |
The Motley Fool
June 24, 2011
Jared Cummans |
Commodity ETFs: It Takes Two to Contango We outline five ETFs currently exhibiting contango patterns for investors interested in this budding industry. |
Financial Advisor
February 2007
Matt Hougan |
Dancing The Contango The commodities market has investors singing the blues, but a new note leads some to follow the beat of a different drummer. Whatever happens with commodities in 2007, we know one thing for sure: Advisors will be watching. |
The Motley Fool
February 20, 2008
Zoe Van Schyndel |
Invest in the Biofuels Boom Two new exchange-traded notes, the MLCX Grains Elements and MLCX Biofuels Elements came to market earlier this month, both providing exposure to key global grains tied to biofuels. |
Financial Advisor
April 2006
Matt Hougan |
Rolling With Commodities Commodities can play an important role in a portfolio, and the much-anticipated Deutsche Bank commodities ETF can be a good vehicle to add them. But with oil deeply in contango, and expenses still on the high side, a shade of extra care is needed. |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
A New Threat to Trendy Investors Exchange-traded notes (ETNs), unlike ETFs, are technically debts of the company that issues them. That poses an oft-ignored risk. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2008
Helbling et al. |
Riding a Wave Soaring commodity prices -- especially those of oil, nickel, tin, corn, and wheat -- has brought a sea change to the commodities landscape. Trade policies should be adjusted for better efficiency. |
The Motley Fool
November 17, 2008
Zoe Van Schyndel |
Investing on a Sour Note Exchange-traded notes have some scary risks, and those who ignore them could get a nasty surprise. |
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Playing Commodities With ETFs Commodities are booming. But it's sometimes hard for individual investors to participate. ETFs can make things easier. |
The Motley Fool
May 23, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
ETFs' Newest Rival Exchange-traded notes may give ETFs a run for their money. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2012
Kristen Capuano |
The Big Idea: Fighting Contango For investors and advisors eager to add to or adjust their commodity allocations, the contango-fighting approach of a next-generation commodity product may be worth a closer look. |
Registered Rep.
August 16, 2010
Brad Zigler |
Commodity Funds or Commodity Exchange-traded Products? The tumult in the equities markets has forced a lot of investors and advisors to consider diversifying their portfolios with alternative asset classes. |
On Wall Street
November 1, 2009
Jeff Ptak |
Advisors: Proceed With Caution When Using ETFs While they are a great tool, advisors must proceed cautiously when considering ETF strategies, such as bond ETFs and more exotic offerings, such as commodity tracking funds, leveraged ETFs and Exchange Traded Notes. |
The Motley Fool
November 29, 2011
Aimee Duffy |
Natural Gas ETFs: The Basics Are natural gas ETFs the right investment for you? |
BusinessWeek
February 17, 2011
Pooley & Revzin |
Hungry for a Solution to Rising Food Prices Even if the global agriculture crisis doesn't turn cataclysmic, it represents a massive test. |
BusinessWeek
December 17, 2009
Lewis Braham |
The Case for Commodities They could be a smart inflation hedge in 2010. And some pros see a long-term bull market for oil, grain, and gold. |
Entrepreneur
July 2008
Farnoosh Torabi |
Harvest Season The agricultural sector is growing fast -- is it time for you to cash in on the crop? |
The Motley Fool
September 10, 2010
Jared Cummans |
Friday's ETF to Watch: Corn ETF (CORN) The U.S.D.A.'s crop report puts this ETF in focus. |
Registered Rep.
April 2, 2014
Brad Zigler |
Are Managed Futures ETFs The Best Commodity Play? The question advisors and investors seeking commodity exposure now face is, "Active or passive?" |
Investment Advisor
November 2009
Vaughan Scully |
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. |
The Motley Fool
July 20, 2011
Stoyan Bojinov |
Inflation ETF Special: 25 ETF Ideas to Fight Rising Prices There's no silver bullet that is guaranteed to offset inflation, but there are dozens of ETFs that may be useful for those worried about the impact of rising prices on their portfolio. |
The Motley Fool
April 6, 2011
Selena Maranjian |
A Real Estate Boom You Haven't Totally Missed Growing demand could give these investments a rosy future. In addition to houses and condominiums, real estate involves plain old land -- and right now, American farmland is growing in value at a decent clip. |
Finance & Development
March 2011
Helbling & Roache |
Rising Prices on the Menu Higher food prices may be here to stay. |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2011
Michael Johnston |
Precious Metals ETFs: Finding the Best Fit Want more balanced exposure to precious metals? Consider these ETFs. |
Investment Advisor
January 1, 2011
Alan Snyder |
Investing in Commodities and Futures Can a commodities index compete with actively managed accounts? |
BusinessWeek
January 6, 2011
Alan Bjerga |
A Global Scare in Food Prices With drought and flood clobbering harvests, forecasters see significant food price increases in 2011 |
Financial Advisor
November 2011
Tom Lydon |
A Short-Term Hedge Funds based on the CBOE Volatility Index, otherwise known as the "VIX," may provide investors a way to profit in volatile markets. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2010
William Atkinson |
Pick Me Financial planners have their own processes for selecting individual stocks for their clients. And given that mutual funds have been around for decades, planners also have their favorite fund families. However, ETFs are a different animal. |
The Motley Fool
February 2, 2011
Michael Johnston |
6 ETFs That Surged in January These exchange-traded products gained at least 10% during January: Daily Inverse VIX Short Term ETN... iShares MSCI Spain Index Fund... iShares MSCI Italy Index Fund... Market Vectors Solar Energy ETF... iPath Dow Jones UBS Cotton ETN... iPath Dow Jones-UBS Tin ETN... |
Financial Advisor
April 2004
Pauline P. Lam |
What You Should Know About Commodity Indexes Direct commodity investment has a place in every investment portfolio. |
The Motley Fool
July 15, 2010
Eric Dutram |
Three ETFs To Play Jim Rogers' Advice Should you buy commodities as a refuge from the global economic woes? |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2011
Elizabeth Wine |
The ETF Mousetrap: If You Build It, They Will Come Regardless of how the actively managed ETF experiment turns out, observers say the industry will keep cranking out more and more complicated products. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
This Could Be Even Better Than ETFs Exchange-traded notes aren't well understood, but they can have advantages. |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
Risky Investing Just Got Easier With the first commodity-based exchange-traded fund having just been launched, you can invest in commodities easily, but do you really want to? |
BusinessWeek
July 22, 2010
Robison et al. |
Amber Waves of Pain Lured by the idea of profiting from raw materials, investors put $277 billion into commodity ETFs and related securities by the end of 2009. Then they noticed a problem: When commodities go up, the commodity ETFs often don't. |
Financial Advisor
February 2011
Marla Brill |
Ready For Reflation Several kinds of ETFs should benefit if prices and interest rates begin to rise. |
Financial Advisor
July 2012
Brad Zigler |
Which Are Best, Hedge Funds Or ETPs Hedge-replica exchange-traded products are gaining traction. Here's why. |
