Physical gold v. gold funds.
With the announcement in [Jan 8 2013] iNews Cayman that the Cayman Island Monetary Authority (CIMA) have approved the registration a new Cayman Regulated Physical Gold fund, I think you will find the following article of interest Investing in…
GraniteShares hit scene to disrupt ETF landscape
From ETF Trend GraniteShares, a new and disruptive exchange traded fund provider, has hit the scene with two new ETFs to efficiently capture broad commodities exposure at low costs for investors. On Monday, GraniteShares came out with the GraniteShares Bloomberg…
Bitcoin is roaring back
By Jonathan Garber From Business Insider Bitcoin is higher for a second straight day on Tuesday, trading up 3% at $1,072 a coin as of 7:28 a.m. ET. The tw0-day win streak has tacked on about 13%, rebounding from a…
The coal rally is cooling off
By Greg Guenthner, The Daily Reckoning From Business Insider In 1979, Jimmy Carter had 32 solar panels installed on the roof of the White House. In 1986, crews removed the panels to complete roof repairs. Reagan never had them reinstalled,…
New Commodity Fund filed [through Cayman Islands]
By Heather Bell From ETF Elkhorn Investments has made its third commodity ETF filing. The Elkhorn Dorsey Wright Commodity Rotation Portfolio is actively managed, but it will use Dorsey Wright’s relative strength evaluation methodology to select the five commodities with…
2015 was brutal for oil stocks, and one industry guru thinks 2016 might be even worse
By Bob Bryan From Business Insider Energy stocks had a monumentally bad year in 2015. The iShares Global energy ETF, which does a decent job at tracking the industry as a whole, was down over 20%. Oil prices tumbled, earnings dried…
New commodity ETF reveals tax loophole
By Shelley Goldberg, Commodity Strategist From Wall Street Daily Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are still hot investments. It seems a new ETF pops up almost daily. The total number of ETFs offered by the end of 2013 reached 1,294 and represented…