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ETF Ideas: Commodities Climb Continues (JJC, COPX, KOL, JO, BAL, PALL, GLD, SLV, GDX, GDXJ, GAZ, UNG)

Posted by Todd Shriber at 12:43PM on December 21st

With 2010 drawing to a close, it’s not a stretch to say that this has been a good year for commodities. An investor could have picked almost any commodity — except for natural gas — at the start of year…

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Commodities in Focus After China Holds Off on Rate Hike (PTR, CHL, LFC, SNP, SLV, KOL, COPX, PALL)

Posted by Jason Smith at 8:48AM on December 13th

Heading into the weekend, traders were expecting a rate hike in China, pending the latest CPI number as a measure of inflation. Although the CPI reading came in at 5.1% — even higher than analyst expectations — the government held…

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Should You Follow JPMorgan Into Copper? (JPM, WIRE, FCX, COPX, CU, LUK)

Posted by Jason Smith at 10:01AM on December 7th

A Wall Street Journal piece Tuesday morning addressed the recent copper buying spree at J.P. Morgan (JPM), which, according to the report, now owns more than $1 billion of the metal and accounts for more than half of stockpiles in London warehouses.…

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Leucadia Cashing Out on Copper Mine (LUK, CU, COPX, FCX, SCCO, WIRE, FAIRX)

Posted by Jason Smith at 9:59AM on November 30th

Diversified holding company Leucadia National (LUK) said Tuesday that it will sell its remaining 30% stake in the Cobre Las Cruces copper mining project for $480 million in cash and stock. The deal is worth $150 million in cash, and about…

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Tracking Commodity ETFs Amid Volatility (PALL, URA, SLV, COPX, GLD, PHYS, IAU, JJA, RJA, MOO, BAL)

Posted by Jason Smith at 12:00PM on November 18th

Thanks to the proliferation of exchange-traded funds, which now account for as much as 25% of volume on U.S. stock exchanges daily, it is now easier than ever for retail investors to gain commodity exposure. In 2010, a number of…

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Chilean Strike Boosts Copper ETFs (COPX, GDXJ, CU, JJC, FCX, SCCO)

Posted by Jason Smith at 11:16AM on November 5th

According to Bloomberg an ongoing strike at Chile’s Collahuasi mine could curb output of the metal. Copper prices hit a 28-month high in London trading this morning, and equity plays in the ETF sector are advancing by as much as 2%…

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