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Oil Falls, OPEC Reacts. Where To From Here for Oil?

Oil made headlines this week as price tumbled back down to levels last seen in November 2016, pre-OPEC production cut. With the US increasing production and  inventory numbers stubbornly strong traders & investors must ask: can OPEC still set the price of oil?  A complex web of supply and demand. For the uninitiated, oil is a complex […]

Currency ETFs: Another Way to Trade Forex

What is a currency ETF? – A currency ETF is a fund instrument that tracks the performance of a basket of currencies or even a single currency. How Currency ETFs Work Currency ETFs can track a single currency or they can track several currencies. ETFs that track currencies operate in two ways: a)    They may be […]

History of Exchange Traded Funds

The first assets that were traded as exchange traded funds (ETFs) first appeared on the horizon sometime in 1989 with the listing of the TIP 35, the Toronto Index Participation Fund. This fund was created as a way for investors to trade 35 of the largest stocks in Canada. Some authorities have argued that the […]