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Correlations During Crisis
I know that this may be implied by others --- but its not enough that something simply be non-correlated to be included in a portfolio. It also needs to have positive expected return. Structurally...
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Commodity Comments
Gold vs Stocks (Total Return) during the Bear Market. Don't expect historical correlations to remain constant during a crisis.
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Commodity ETF Products At A Glance
ETF investors have been especially fond of energy stock ETFs. Here is a combined look at the growing popularity (and underlying appreciation) of energy equity ETFs from the 'Big 3' (SPDR, iShares and...
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Getting A Feel For The DB Commodity Index: DBC
The business cycle favors different segments of the investment landscape at different times. Good relative strength analysis helps read money flows to give a view on how the market is indicating where...
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Gold ETF Monthly Returns Look
Since the Gold ETF (GLD) began trading, there have been 85 full months. December of 2011 represented a -2 Standard Deviation move down as the month ranked 83rd of the 85 in percentage return....
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Gold Since 1982
Below is price of Gold from 1982 to 2002. Yes, it underperformed even T-bills and it was obviously a time of great prosperity for the US economy. Now let's look at it annually, since 1982 with the...
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