Adding Gold to Your Portfolio
Unless you’ve been in a coma, you know that gold has been the hottest commodity of the last decade, quadrupling in value since 2000. That’s in US dollars, but even measured in loonies gold is up more...
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Rick Ferri’s Take on Gold
I recently had the privilege of interviewing Rick Ferri, founder of Portfolio Solutions, an investment management firm in Troy, Michigan. Rick is the author of several excellent books on ETFs, index...
View ArticleTracking Errors on Bond and Commodity ETFs
The table below shows the tracking error of Canadian bond and commodity ETFs in 2010. To make sure you understand these numbers in their proper context, see my earlier post on tracking errors for...
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Ask the Spud: iShares Gold Trust
Q: The iShares Gold Trust (IGT) trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange, but I can’t find it on the iShares Canada website. Can you tell me why? — Jim O. The iShares Comex Gold Trust is an exchange-traded...
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Claymore’s CGL: When Buying Gold Isn’t Enough
In Monday’s post, I answered a reader’s question about the iShares Gold Trust, an ETF that is cross-listed on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges with the ticker symbols IGT and IAU, respectively....
View ArticleIs Gold a Hedge Against Inflation?
In series of posts last week, I looked at Harry Browne’s Permanent Portfolio, which includes a hefty 25% allocation to gold. The reason for holding such a large amount, Browne argued, is that gold...
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What Are Managed Futures?
One of the most difficult tasks in building a portfolio is finding asset classes that do not move in lockstep with stocks or bonds. Non-correlation—the tendency of an asset class to move independently...
View ArticleTim Pickering on Managed Futures, Part 1
On Monday I wrote about managed futures, a strategy that can add a layer of diversification to a traditional portfolio of stocks and bonds. Tim Pickering, president of Auspice Capital Advisors, manages...
View ArticleTim Pickering on Managed Futures, Part 2
Here’s part two of my interview with Tim Pickering, president of Auspice Capital Advisors, who manages both the Horizons Auspice Managed Futures Index ETF (HMF) and the iShares Broad Commodity Index...
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