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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
ETF Update: A Focus on Health	Growing strength in health care sectors is the dominant theme in this week's ETF Update. As usual, there are also some interesting implications for the overall market.We noted the rise of these sectors in last week's ratings, observing that the market continued to "play defense." (For new readers tThere is a further explanation of our approach at the end of the article).Health CareMoving up into the "buy range" this week is the iShares S&P Global Healthcare Sector Index Fund (IXJ...	July 20, 2008
Potash’s Positive Fundamentals Fertilize Agribusiness ETF	It’s been a nice day for both potash producers and agricultural exchange traded funds (ETFs). A Goldman Sachs analyst said prices for the fertilizer are rising as a result of global demand and limited availability, since few countries produce it, reports the Associated Press. Farmers want to maximize their yield and profit, and the analyst says it’s all pointing to positive fundamentals. In North America, prices have shot up 45.9% year-to-date. The top potash-producing countries are ...	July 09, 2008
Volume Surge: Monsanto Earnings Pulls Agriculture Stocks (MON, POT, MOS, MOO)	Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) has just come out and reported earnings. The company beat earnings estimates but the top-line numbers and guidance aren’t going to be enough on the surface to keep everyone happy. This is dragging down the entire sector with more than one hour to the open. Monsanto’s stock is down 1.8% at $133.45 on 330,000 shares at 8:21 AM EST. This is also pulling down Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) by 0.9% at $225.36 on 30,000 shares and Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) is...	June 25, 2008
Agribusiness ETF (MOO) Stock Holdings	With many agribusiness stocks continuing to soar, below we highlight the current and expected valuations of the companies that make up the MOO ETF. Most of the stocks that are up the most this year are the ones with the highest trailing P/E ratios. Potash (POT) is up 63% and has a P/E ratio of 54.22. Mosaic (MOS) is up... ...	June 18, 2008
Dynamic Duos of ETFs	Batman and Robin, Laurel and Hardy, Chick and Stu, the list of dynamic duos goes on, so how about biotech and agriculture, within the realm of exchange traded fund (ETF) investors? Biotechnology is believed to help solve the world's food shortage/crisis, by inventing a flood resistant rice in Bangladesh, or a virus-resistant papaya in the Philippines, reports Reuters. Not only would this help feed the masses, biotech is also a gateway to help out the world's poorest rural inhabitants. Biotech...	June 04, 2008
Agriculture Research Cuts Lead to Crop Damage, But Could Lift ETFs	As though weather events and unexpected demand weren't enough of a threat to the world's food supply, rampant crop disease and the scaling back of research have become additional factors threatening to drive up food prices and impact related exchange traded funds (ETFs). At the International Rice Institute, for example, greenhouses are falling into disrepair and offices sit empty. It once employed five entomologists (insect experts). Now there's just one. The United States is slashing its supp...	May 20, 2008
Washington, Speculators and Supply and Demand All Affect Commodities and ETFs	Commodities investors have had the great option of using exchange traded funds (ETFs) to get easy and efficient access in one single transaction. Now insiders are wondering if money-making commodities can continue their golden run and which ETF to choose from out of the ever-growing pool of choices. In the past year through April 24, the Dow Jones Industrials was down 0.8% and the S&P 500 was down 6.2%. In that same timeframe, the Dow Jones AIG Commodity Index ETN (DJP) was up 16.9%. Ca...	April 27, 2008
Rationing Leads to Hoarding of Rice and Possibly ETFs, Too	The commodities craze spread to exchange traded funds (ETFs) awhile ago - now it's reached Sam's Club. A worldwide rice shortage has led the warehouse unit of Wal-Mart (WMT) to start rationing some types of it, reports Cotten Timberlake for Bloomberg. Where allowed by law, customers are going to be restricted to four bags a visit. Shrinking supply and rising prices have led to hoarding. Rice is a food staple for half the world, including in China, Vietnam, India and Egypt, countries that have...	April 24, 2008
Menu of Agriculture ETFs and ETNs Expands	Some crops might not be growing, but lots of agriculture-focused exchange traded funds (ETFs) and exchange traded notes (ETNs) are sprouting up. Deutsche Bank launched a smörgåsbord of ETNs this week, just in time for the agriculture craze. These new products maximize the potential returns an investor can realize in the agriculture marketplace. Deutsche Bank's line of ETNs are designed as leveraged plays on the PowerShares DB Agriculture (DBA) ETF, reports Trang Ho for Investor's Business Da...	April 17, 2008
If Food Prices Only Get Higher, Agriculture ETFs Can Rise, Too	One expert doesn't see the price of food coming off its high horse anytime soon, which makes agriculture-related exchange traded funds (ETFs) especially timely. Jim Rogers, who co-founded the Quantum Fund in 1969, says that even if oil prices fall, the price of food is still likely to rise because of the laws of supply and demand, reports Graham Summers for Seeking Alpha. Between 1974 and 2005, the world's population grew by more than 1.1 billion people. But during that time, most of that po...	April 10, 2008

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