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Financial Planning November 1, 2006 Donald Jay Korn	Hard Choices Exchange-traded funds and notes provide more options for financial planners who want exposure to commodities.
Financial Advisor May 2005 Marla Brill	Commodities Go Mainstream Until recently the high costs and complexity associated with commodity investing kept many investors away. But now, new products make it easier to get a pure play on commodity prices.
Financial Planning December 1, 2005 Donald Jay Korn	Hot Commodities Real assets are on a tear. Better yet, they offer great diversification and a hedge against inflation. The current trend probably has room to run, and there are other very real reasons to allocate a regular portion of clients' portfolios to commodities.
Financial Advisor February 2007 Matt Hougan	Dancing The Contango The commodities market has investors singing the blues, but a new note leads some to follow the beat of a different drummer. Whatever happens with commodities in 2007, we know one thing for sure: Advisors will be watching.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2008 Brad Zigler	How To Play The Agriculture Game Commodities' popularity with retail investors ebbs and flows with the inflation cycle. Should you invest in the stocks of companies involved in commodity production, ETFs, or futures?
Financial Advisor July 2012 Brad Zigler	Which Are Best, Hedge Funds Or ETPs Hedge-replica exchange-traded products are gaining traction. Here's why.
Registered Rep. September 20, 2013 Brad Zigler	Finding Order in (Commodity) Chaos Managed futures funds have struggled recently, but historically outperform equities (at least on a risk-adjusted basis). Here's how retail investors can play along.
Financial Advisor October 2009 Marla Brill	Wading Back In Last year's credit crunch and commodities crash sent assets in exchange-traded notes plummeting. Now, investors are taking a second look.
Financial Advisor August 2004 Pauline P. Lam	Commodity Investments Help Diversify Portfolios A new tool--resampled efficiency--helps create optimal allocations. Investors can gain exposure to commodities by investing in commodity index or individual commodity futures contracts. A third option is mutual funds.
Investment Advisor January 1, 2011 Alan Snyder	Investing in Commodities and Futures Can a commodities index compete with actively managed accounts?
Financial Planning May 1, 2011 Merk & Osborne	Currency Play If clients take a more tactical, short-term approach to investing and are willing to accept a higher level of volatility, they may prefer ETFs or ETNs. Clients seeking diversification benefits over the medium and long term would likely prefer mutual funds.
Financial Advisor August 2008 Marla Brill	Harvest In Agricultural ETFs Although a sharp pullback could be coming, some advisors think commodities are good long-term plays.
Registered Rep. May 19, 2011 Brad Zigler	Actively Managed ETFs: A Little-Known Niche Market Up until now, active management in the ETF space has been mostly a niche market. That may soon change as the big fund players try to reach alpha-seeking investors and advisors.
On Wall Street October 1, 2011 Elizabeth Wine	The ETF Mousetrap: If You Build It, They Will Come Regardless of how the actively managed ETF experiment turns out, observers say the industry will keep cranking out more and more complicated products.
Registered Rep. April 2, 2014 Brad Zigler	Are Managed Futures ETFs The Best Commodity Play? The question advisors and investors seeking commodity exposure now face is, "Active or passive?"
Financial Advisor May 2004 C. Michael Cart	Risk Control: The Next Act For ETFs New Exchange-traded funds are being created as strategies and technology are developed.
Registered Rep. July 26, 2012 Brad Zigler	Managed Futures: Easier To Get, But Harder To Love Obama okays advertising by hedge funds and CTAs. What effect will this have on the investment vehicles?
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Financial Advisor September 2011 Brad Zigler	Running The Numbers ETFs are supposed to be cheap, but can they outperform the market, too?
Financial Planning November 1, 2010 William Atkinson	Pick Me Financial planners have their own processes for selecting individual stocks for their clients. And given that mutual funds have been around for decades, planners also have their favorite fund families. However, ETFs are a different animal.
Financial Advisor December 2008 Marla Brill	ETF Growth Expected What was bad news for the stock market in 2008 may prove to be good news for ETFs in 2009.
The Motley Fool April 29, 2005 Tom Taulli	Playing Commodities With ETFs Commodities are booming. But it's sometimes hard for individual investors to participate. ETFs can make things easier.
Financial Advisor April 2010 Marla Brill	A Good Complement More advisors think both bond mutual funds and ETFs belong in client portfolios.
BusinessWeek May 14, 2007 Lewis Braham	A Two-Way Wager On Commodities Rydex' new fund allows investors to play the ups and downs of the futures market.
Financial Advisor April 2006 Matt Hougan	Rolling With Commodities Commodities can play an important role in a portfolio, and the much-anticipated Deutsche Bank commodities ETF can be a good vehicle to add them. But with oil deeply in contango, and expenses still on the high side, a shade of extra care is needed.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2007 Amanda B. Kish	ETFs' Newest Rival Exchange-traded notes may give ETFs a run for their money.
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On Wall Street May 1, 2011 Robert J. Lindner	Stabilizing Portfolios With Managed Futures Largely ignored by the advisor community, the Managed Futures Index returned 10.23% annualized over the 30-year period ending December 2010. Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index returned an annualized 8.92% and the S&P 500 returned 10.71% annualized.
On Wall Street December 1, 2012 Tom Roseen	The Changing Complexity of Exchange-Traded Funds With the proliferation of exchange-traded funds, the products have become more complicated, suggesting possible pitfalls and tax consequences for the average investor.
The Motley Fool October 15, 2007 Zoe Van Schyndel	Commodities Hit the Exchange (Again) The commodities boom launches another investment. The S&P GSCI Enhanced Commodity Total Return Strategy Index exchange-traded note is a new vehicle from Goldman Sachs that tracks the S&P GSCI Index.
Financial Planning February 1, 2005 Donald Jay Korn	New Directions Exchange-traded funds offer strategic advantages to financial planners who believe in active management, as well as those who favor indexing.
The Motley Fool September 29, 2008 Dan Caplinger	A New Threat to Trendy Investors Exchange-traded notes (ETNs), unlike ETFs, are technically debts of the company that issues them. That poses an oft-ignored risk.
Investment Advisor September 2009 James J. Green	Danger & Opportunity: Futures Education Michael Bulley, senior VP for research and risk management for Steben & Co. in Rockville, Maryland, a firm that has specialized in managed futures funds for 20 years, on what you should know about managed futures.
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