Gold Miner ETFs: Breaking Down All The Options

The ETF industry as a whole has grown tremendously in recent years, with both assets and the number of products surging as investors embrace the exchange-traded structure as an efficient vehicle for accessing everything from U.S. stocks to Asian bonds to corn and cocoa. Certain corners of the market have, of course, expanded more quickly than others. One hotbed of activity is the commodity space, where investors have flocked to a number of new products opening up an asset class with potential to enhance returns and smooth volatility. The commodity ETF boom hasn’t been limited to products offering exposure to natural resource prices through either physical bullion or futures contracts–though many funds meeting those descriptions have seen massive inflows over the last two years or so. More and more, investors are utilizing funds that focus on stocks of companies engaged in the exploration, extraction, refining, and sale of commodities as [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: Inflation-Fighting ETFs Back In Focus Global X Launches Gold Explorers ETF (GLDX) Playing Precious Metals Through Equity ETFs Global X Debuts Pure Gold Miners ETF (GGGG), Oil ETF (XOIL) Direxion Launches Three New ETFs