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Unemployment was the story of the day on Friday, as a report from the Labor Department showed that unemployment unexpectedly declined to 10.0% in November. Only 11,000 jobs were shed in the U.S., the best monthly showing since December 2007. Economists had predicted a loss of 125,000 jobs and ...
Commodities
Gold
The beginning of December brought more good news for the ETF industry, as cash continued to flow in and innovative new products continued to gain traction with investors. It was an active week on Wall Street as well, with a pleasant surprise from the jobs front wrapping up a week that saw ...
Commodities
In a cruel twist for countless investors, one of the most popular ETF investments of 2009 has also been one of the worst performers. Most ETFs equity and bond ETFs have posted huge gains this year, with several international ( HAO and RSX , just to name two) and sector-specific equity funds ...
Stocks
Thursday was a relatively uneventful day on Wall Street, with investors clearly looking ahead to a critical jobs report due out Friday morning. Analysts expect the monthly release to show that employers cut 125,000 from payrolls during the month of November, far fewer than the 190,000 jobs lost ...
Stocks
Steve Jobs
The rise of the ETF industry has helped to establish commodities as the “fourth asset class,” making investments in natural resources available to more investors than ever before. Commodity exchange-traded products have attracted almost $29 billion in cash through the first 11 ...
Commodities
Copper
Anxiety over Friday’s jobs report dominated trading on Thursday, as investors worried that disappointing numbers could lead to a holiday shopping season even worse than last year . Elsewhere, Ben Bernanke received solid support from lawmakers, but criticism of the Federal Reserve was ...
Commodities
Gold
A critical five-week stretch for retailers has gotten off to a slow start , and news that November sales results missed analyst expectations have added further weight to an already sagging sector. Retail sales reports from the Black Friday weekend have done little to inspire confidence, and now ...
Stocks
Retail Industry
The National Stock Exchange has released the latest facts and figures on the ETF industry for the month of November, and the results continue to impress. Total ETF assets increased to $752 million, an increase of more than 6% over October results. Strong performances from equity markets played ...
Stocks
Retail Industry
In recent months, gold’s rise has been attributable primarily to continued weakness in the U.S. dollar , with the yellow metal rising as investors looked to move their reserve holdings from the greenback to hard currency. But over the last week, precious metals have been given another ...
Commodities
Gold
Global Downturn
Despite the fact that shares of Berkshire Hathaway have lagged far behind broad market benchmarks this year, the events of the last month have shown that the investment community still hangs on Warren Buffett’s every word and tries to draft his every move. Buffett’s Berkshire ...
Stocks
Wednesday was a relatively quiet day on Wall Street, save for a management shake-up at General Motors, rumblings of a major deal for NBC, and news that unemployment continues to rise . Most major benchmarks finished little changed, as markets looked for directions amidst conflicting indicators. ...
Commodities
Gold
The ETF industry picked up steam in November, with several highly-anticipated funds coming to market and multiple issuers disclosing new details on innovative products that could be launched in 2010. The biggest news for the month was the entrance of Charles Schwab into the industry with the ...
Stocks
Due to the role they played in spawning the recent global financial crisis, mortgage-backed securities are viewed by many as “portfolio poison.” As individual and institutional investors looked to dump these securities last year, the federal government was “forced” to ...
Government
Continued declines in the confidence of the U.S. dollar have led many national banks to seek out ways to reduce their exposure to the greenback. Many have opted to shift reserve holdings into hard currency, sending precious metals prices skyrocketing in recent sessions. Gold has gotten the ...
Commodities
Silver
Gold
PIMCO , the Newport Beach, California-based bond fund giant, launched its latest exchange-traded fund on Wednesday, the Intermediate Municipal Bond Strategy Fund. The new ETF, which comes with an expense ratio of 35 basis points, will trade under the ticker MUNI , which was somehow still ...
Government
Pimco
The December issue of ETF Edge , the monthly ETF Newsletter, is now available to ETFdb Pro subscribers. This month’s issue includes a look at upcoming developments for the ETF industry, actionable ETF investment plays, and a look back at the biggest movers over the last month. Highlights ...
Other
There was no shortage of news for the first day of the last month of 2009, as GM’s CEO stepped down , the tenuous situation in Dubai continued to play out , and reports of a major deal between GE and Vivendi broke. Despite reports of slowdowns in factory activity and looming job cuts, ...
Commodities
Gold
India reported surprisingly strong GDP growth for the third quarter, posting 7.9% growth in the July through September period. These numbers surprised both analysts and government officials: the growth was higher than even the most bullish analyst forecast , and the Reserve Bank of India said ...
Stocks
Gross Domestic Product
New York-based Global X Advisors , the issuer behind the first U.S.-listed ETFs offering exposure to Colombia and the Nordic region, announced the launch of two new funds focusing on China on Tuesday. The Global X China Industrials ETF ( CHII ) and China Consumer ETF ( CHIQ ) are the first ...
Stocks
Global Downturn
Initial sales reports from Black Friday gave little hope for a blockbuster holiday season for retailers: although more people visited retail stores over the holiday weekend, almost 2 out of every 3 Americans, they spent almost 8% less on average. This led to sales that were basically flat from ...
