What are the differences between an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) and a Mutual Fund? Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) and Mutual Funds (MFs) are both investment vehicles that pool money from individual investors and invest it in a variety of assets, such as stocks, bonds, and other securities. However, there are several differences between these two […]
Q: Spot gold closed Feb at 1252.60. That is below the 1256 inflection point. Any update? A: Yes, it appears we will be testing the lows for a few months. Jim Rogers is correct about the gold spot gold price and Michael Belkin is too early. Q: Who generated the inflection point? A: The 1256 […]
Q: What is the big score, in theory, with gold market speculation? A: The first approach is to buy and hold gold bullion. The results would be, in USD terms, a profit of $61,100 or 61.1 percent. Another alternative is to invest in gold mining shares. On average, these are three times as volatile as […]
Analysis: Top 10 Mutual Fund, ETF Managers All Have Above-Average Carbon Footprints New Web Tool Shows Unexpectedly High Carbon Exposure of Funds As You Sow, YourSRI.com team up to carbon footprint $11 trillion in funds utilizing data from South Pole Group and exposing carbon risk – available now at fossilfreefunds.org OAKLAND, CA, ZURICH & VADUZ, […]
Investing into Australia For a country that is renowned for it very tough and rigid regulatory environment many international advisers, private investors and family offices may not be aware it a fairly simple procedure to invest directly into Australia. Elston offers a range of risk defined portfolios via our Individually Managed Account (IMA) that is […]
This presentation is not a recommendation or solicitation. We will compare different approaches to how $100k could be employed with a common assumption that the price of gold will increase from $1,000 to $1,611, The first approach is to buy and hold gold bullion. The results would be, in USD terms, a profit of $61,100 […]
An inverse exchange-traded fund is an exchange-traded fund (ETF), traded on a public stock market, which is designed to perform as the inverse of whatever index or benchmark it is designed to track. These funds work by using short selling, trading derivatives such as futures contracts, and other leveraged investment techniques. By providing, over short […]
Several new ETFs were introduced that enhance the ability of investors to join in the commodities game. While many of them including the oil, gold, and silver ETF (DBO, DBS, DGL) are improvements on previous funds, the DBA fund is the first that allows investors to get involved in the agricultural commodities – perhaps the […]
QUESTION: What are the tax implications for an american citizen of buying exchange traded funds in another currency in an offshore account? REPLY: According to MSN Money Central, an exchange traded fund (ETF) is essentially an index fund. As such they would be treated as mutual funds by the IRS. Those that are available through […]
By Dan Culloton – StreetTracks Gold Shares (GLD) , the first exchange-traded fund tracking a commodity, was one of the most successful ETF launches in history. Within weeks of its November 2004 launch it amassed more than $1.5 billion in assets. Is it any wonder that other financial firms are scrambling to introduce their own […]
BOSTON – Exchange-traded funds that invest in widely-held S&P 500 companies can look markedly different, depending on how much they allocate to individual stocks. The Rydex S&P Equal Weight ETF (RSP) invests the same amount — 0.20 percent — in every stock in the S&P 500 index (SPX), rebalancing quarterly to maintain the portfolio. The […]
BEIJING, Feb. 23 — The mainland’s first exchange-traded fund, or ETF starts trading Wednesday on the Shanghai bourse. The move is aimed at helping to develop the nation’s fledgling stock markets. More than six billion units of Shanghai 50 ETF’s are being listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Wednesday. The index ETF funds are […]