ETFs Poised to Exceed Trade in S&P 500 as Spiders Beat Apple – Bloomberg 08-06-12

Salient to Investors: The value of transactions in S&P 500 Index ETFs is about to exceed the turnover for all of the index stocks for the first time. Bears claim the increase in ETFs shows investors are giving up on picking stocks; bulls claim it shows that individuals and institutions still want to own equities

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Founder of $125 Billion Gold ETP Market Stymied on Copper – Bloomberg 06-21-12

Salient to Investors: The creator of the $125 billion market in exchange-traded gold is struggling to establish the same for industrial metals. Consumers are concerned the new products will cause shortages of industrial materials, and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is trying to limit speculation. Deborah Fuhr at ETFGI said other commodities tend not to be

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