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Jonathan Clements’ Rules of “Getting Going”
Jonathan Clements, who writes the Getting Going column on The Wall Street Journal, recently celebrated his 1000th column. In his milestone piece, Mr. Clements reflected his journey of the past 1o years for writing the Getting Going and summarized what he has observed from the developments in the financial industry in the past decade.
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Platinum is Surging, but Why no Platinum ETF?
Gold isn’t the only hot precious metal in town these days.
Spot silver surpassed the psychological $20 an ounce today to its highest level since October 17, 1980. Currently, silver is traded at $20.80/ounce (Kitco.com). So far this year, silver has gained more than 39%.
Then, there’s platinum which is also on fire since the beginning of [...]
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State Street Launched S&P International Dividend ETF (DWX)
The family of dividend-paying ETFs just got a little larger.
State Street Global Advisors on February 12th launched a new dividend-oriented exchange-traded fund, S&P International Dividend ETF (DWX). The new fund tracks the S&P International Dividend Opportunities Index, which was introduced a month ago on January 25, 2008. According to the fund prospectus, the benchmark consists [...]
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Just Too Many ETFs out There: Claymore to Close 11 Funds that Nobody Wants
Do you think there are just too many ETFs out there?
Apparently, there are. The latest evidence came from Claymore Securities Inc, one of the major issuers of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which in an announcement last week says it will close 11 of its 37 ETFs on February 20th and liquid assets in these funds on [...]
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Did You Make Money from Falling Chinese Stocks?
I didn’t.
I made a few bucks when Chinese stocks were the hottest on the street, but not lately. As a matter of fact, not just that I didn’t make any money from my investments in Chinese stocks, my brokerage account has been hit pretty hard since last November after some once high flying Chinese stocks [...]
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