Category: Commodities

• Step 1 Remember that there are lots of foreign ETFs, think about the role ETFs will play in your portfolio. If you’re looking to find an ETF that mirrors an index like the Dow Jones, then you’ll be looking for different ETFs than someone who wants to invest in a specific industry. • Step […]

1. Commodity ETNs Commodity ETFs, commodity ETNs seek to emulate the price performance of a particular commodity or commodity index. Some of the more popular commodity ETNs track products such as gold, oil, and energy. Commodity ETNs consist of derivative assets such as forward contracts, futures, and options. The goal is to be able to […]

• Step 1 Analyze your portfolio. If your portfolio is well diversified and already contains physical goods, then you might want to buy a GOLD ETF to hedge against risk. When the market goes down, usually gold will go up. That way, your stocks will go down but your gold ETF will go up. • […]

1. Buying a Call Option A call option is the right to buy stock, or in this case an ETF. Up until the expiration date of the call, you have the right to buy the underlying ETF at a certain price known as the strike price. 2. Selling a Call Option When you sell a […]

1. United States Market Index ETFs 2. Foreign Market Index ETFs 3. Foreign Currency ETFs 4. Sector and Industry ETFs 5. Commodity ETFs 6. Derivative ETFs 7. Style ETFs 8. Bond ETFs 9. ETNs – Exchange Traded Notes 10. Inverse ETFs 11. Innovative ETFs

Gold & Metal Exchange Traded Funds • XME – the SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF • GLL – the UltraShort Gold ProShares ETF • PSAU – the PowerShares Global Gold & Precious Metals ETF • UGL – the ProShares Ultra Gold ETF • AGQ – the ProShares Ultra Silver ETF • ZSL – the […]

It is a valid question, but make sure you fully understand the answer before you make a decision on choosing a commodity broker based on trading commissions. Since about 2005, full-service rates have typically ranged between $30 and $80. Remember, commission rates on futures contracts are paid per contract, not per order. Comparing commissions are […]

In 1989, when the first ETF showed up in Canada as the Toronto Index Participation Fund (TIP 35). Flash forward to 1993 when the first ETF appeared in the United States as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Depository Receipts. Asia followed suit in 1999 with its first ETF, the Hong Kong Tracker Fund. And last […]

Delayed quotes are typically 10-30 minutes behind real-time prices. Most free quote services use delayed quotes. Real-time quotes are prices where the market is currently trading – hence the term, real-time. Most services will charge you a fee for real time quotes. Prophet.net An Excellent one-page format for futures quotes that are organized by sector. […]

Demand > Supply = Higher Prices Supply > Demand = Lower Prices A means of analyzing commodities and trying to predict where the prices of commodities should be trading and what they will do in the future is Fundamental analysis. The main basis for fundamental analysis is supply and demand. I like to look at […]