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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Just Because Agriculture Prices Are Lower Doesn’t Mean Demand Is Gone	Grain prices have been falling along with exchange traded funds (ETFs), but that could soon change if demand keeps ticking up. There has been a commodities selloff in recent weeks, but analysts say that this may not be the case for much longer, reports Sarah McFarlane for the Wall Street Journal. At the end of the day, after all, ya gotta eat, right? It isn’t entirely clear if the recent weakness in prices means that investor sentiment toward wheat, soybeans and the like have changed, or i...	August 18, 2008
Precious Metal Holdings and ETFs Decline Amid Selloff	As the commodities pullback continues, investors are pulling their money out of precious metals and sending related exchange traded funds (ETFs) lower. ETF Securities says the amount of metal it holds to back its physical platinum exchange traded commodity (ETC) dropped 11.5% last week. Holdings for gold, silver and palladium tumbled last week, as well. U.S.-listed ETFs for precious and industrial metals all fell sharply last week, including: Market Vectors Steel (SLX): down 7.3% last week; dow...	August 11, 2008
ETF’s Silver Holdings Dust Off a Record	The largest silver-backed exchange traded fund (ETF) isn’t a cloud, but it sure has a silver lining anyway. Holdings in the iShares COMEX Gold Trust (SLV) rose to a record 6,092.31 tons on July 16, a 0.5% rise from the previous day’s level, reports Jan Harvey for Reuters. The fund was launched on April 21, 2006. Analysts say that demand for physical silver has dropped off along with demand in the photography industry (it’s used to develop photos the old-fashioned way), so the i...	July 20, 2008
Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium ETFs - Oh, My!	Platinum and palladium exchange traded funds (ETFs) are reflecting the love investors have for metals that do much more than look pretty. Platinum demand is being driven, literally, by its primary use as a catalyst in devices that remove automotive pollutants, says Carolyn Cui for the Wall Street Journal. Thanks to tightening emissions standards and a growing global auto population, demand for the metal has risen 8.6%. Factor in the personnel, production and equipment woes of mining companies al...	July 09, 2008
Rising Inflation Sends Investors Rushing to Precious Metal ETFs	Gold exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been quiet lately, drowned out by the ruckus oil has been causing. But in trading today, futures jumped at points by as much as $33 an ounce. The price of gold is now trading at its highest level in more than a month, while silver futures have also shot up more than 4% to a one-week high. One coin and precious metal retailer says that these are typically slow months for metals, but the markets are so unstable that gold has become "the surefire store o...	June 26, 2008
Pros and Cons of iShares' Silver ETF	On April 28th, 2006, Barclays launched the first silver exchange-traded fund in the US. Traded on the AMEX, the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) was eagerly anticipated by silver investors ahead of its birth. It ushered in a new era where vast pools of stock-market capital gained an easy conduit into the physical silver market. One of the reasons investors originally liked SLV so much is silver consumers aggressively lobbied the SEC to kill it. The Silver Users Association wrote so...	June 22, 2008
Investors Follow the Yellow Brick Road With Gold ETFs	Gold exchange traded funds (ETFs) offer investors a safe haven during economic crisis. We are experiencing a rough patch: equities are losing value, employment numbers aren't good, inflation is rising and fixed-income is getting hit by inflation, as well. The latest market correction of 2008 has led many investors down the gold ETF path, whether they're ETFs that hold gold futures, or ETFs that hold physical gold. Prerna Katiyar for Economic Times reports that throughout history, the retur...	June 18, 2008
Weakening Dollar Polishes Up Metals ETFs	Metals exchange traded funds (ETFs) were golden today as the dollar lost ground. Gold futures rose to their highest level in a week as the euro gathered steam, reports Alan Fein for Axcess News. Silver futures also jumped more than 6%. A question many people are asking is whether the dollar is going to turn things around soon. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said last week that they're done cutting interest rates are are ready to defend the dollar. Will their defense of the greenback be ...	June 16, 2008
Gold, Silver ETFs Lose Some Luster As Dollar Firms Up	Gold and silver exchange traded funds (ETFs) were down by as much as 5% in trading today as prices for the metals fell and the dollar showed signs of life. Spot gold fell to $903.50 an ounce, its lowest level in a week, reports Karl Plume for Reuters. Spot silver lost 4%, while platinum lost 1.4%. The euro fell from one-month highs after German and French sentiment numbers were released, while the dollar improved after a surprise jump in home sales was announced. Oil prices also dropped off, f...	May 27, 2008
The Commodity ETF Picture Looks Different This Week	Gold futures and exchange traded funds (ETFs) began to stage a turnaround in trading today after the dollar once again fell and oil futures hit new records. Gold today rose to $870.70, reports Bob Ewing for Digital Journal. Meanwhile, the dollar stepped back from its growth spurt, falling against the euro, and oil hit a record $120.01 a barrel, John Wilen for the Associated Press reports. That sent investors once again scurrying for cover. The gold-focused ETFs, streetTRACK Gold Shares (GLD)...	May 05, 2008

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