precious metals ETFs

Sprott Asset Management launched a new ETF, or exchange-traded fund, that primarily invests in companies engaged in various aspects of the gold and silver industry. The Sprott Active Gold & Silver Miners ETF (NASDAQ:GBUG) has a net expense ratio of 89 basis points. Gold companies take up 75.49...

Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares (NYSE:JNUG) and Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bear 2X Shares (NYSE:JDST) both find themselves in the spotlight but for contrasting reasons. The former leveraged exchange-traded fund lost more than 4% during Thursday's afternoon...

A new analysis points to a possibility that Bitcoin's (CRYPTO: BTC) price might see a jump to $56,000, provided the BlackRock Inc (NYSE: BLK) ETF receives approval. The forecast by digital assets financial services platform Matrixport comes in the wake of BlackRock'...

The U.S. dollar is one of this year's most disappointing developed market currencies, but that is not helping the commodities complex. Most commodities, an asset class denominated in dollars, are sagging, but some precious metals have been notable exceptions. Among exchange-traded products, the...

Next week is a Federal Reserve week with plenty of market participants expecting the Federal Open Market Committee to boost U.S. interest rates. Gold and the related exchange traded products, including the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD), often come into focus during Fed weeks. What Fed Means For Gold...

The past few weeks have been unkind to gold and the related exchange-traded funds, but the SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSE: GLD) is still up nearly 7 percent year-to-date. GLD's year-to-date showing is arguably impressive amid tepid first-quarter demand for quarter. Additionally, the Federal...

As is the case with other precious metals exchange-traded funds, the year-to-date performance by the iShares Silver Trust (ETF) (NYSE: SLV) looks pretty good. SLV, the largest silver ETF by assets, is up 13.5 percent year-to-date, but looks can be deceiving. The rising dollar, the Federal Reserve...

Precious metals and the relevant exchange-traded funds, such as the SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSE: GLD) and the iShares Silver Trust (ETF) (NYSE: SLV), were spared the drama and subsequent negative outcome of higher interest rates when the Federal Reserve stood pat again following its meeting last...

The SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSE: GLD) and the iShares Gold Trust(ETF) (NYSE: IAU) are each up more than 20 percent this year. Not only that, but the two gold exchange-traded funds are raking in new assets at a fevered pace. Gold's Golden Promises GLD, the world's largest gold ETF, has seen $8.1...

If precious metals exchange-traded funds, such as the SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSE: GLD) and the iShares Silver Trust (ETF) (NYSE: SLV), were to be compared to high school sports teams, the gold funds would be the varsity team while SLV and friends would be the junior varsity squad. That is not so...

With year-to-date losses of just under 30 percent, the ETFS Physical Platinum Shares (NYSE: PPLT) and the ETFS Physical Palladium Shares (NYSE: PALL) are easily the worst performers among the major precious metals exchange-traded funds. The SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSE: GLD) is down just 10.6...