For ETFs, First Half of 2008 Was All About Commodities - Hard Assets Investor

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For ETFs, First Half of 2008 Was All About Commodities
Jul 17, 2008 07:23 PM UTC

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Via Long Investment Ideas from Seeking Alpha:

The explosive growth of the exchange-traded-products industry in the U.S. over the past few years means that there's an exchange-traded fund or exchange-traded note for just about anything.

Want to buy big U.S. stock indexes like the S&P 500 or the Russell 2000? Try the S&P 500 SPDR (SPY) or the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM). Interested in foreign equities? You can buy developed markets (EFA), emerging markets (VWO) or almost any country-specific index you want (Japan, China, Brazil, Russia, etc.).

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