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No More Commodity ETFs?

Posted by admin on Sunday, August 23rd 2009     

Wonder what will happen to commodity ETFs, with all the regulatory uncertainty out there. As you probably have heard, Deutsche Bank has halted PowerShares DB Crude Oil Double Long Exchange-Traded Note (DXO), which provides the investor with a 200% return of the DB Optimum Yield Crude Oil Index, an index of crude oil futures, meaning [...]

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SEC Cautions About Investing in Leveraged ETFs

Posted by admin on Wednesday, August 19th 2009     

After similar statements within the financial industry, the SEC regulators warned investors yesterday that leveraged ETFs could lead to “big losses over time in choppy markets”. See Reuters for full article. Check out also this article for more info.
 
 

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Novavax Shares Jump on Swine Flu Virus Vaccine

Posted by scienceinvestor on Tuesday, August 18th 2009     

Shares closed over 7.5% higher after the company announced that it developed a vaccine which protected ferrets against the so called swine flu virus. Since ferrets are closely modelling humans for influenza infections, which spurrs expectations that the vaccine will also be effective if administered to humans. It is to be seen whether FDA approval [...]

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Categorized in Biotech/Pharma, Health Care
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