Abraham S.H. Bailin

Customer segregated funds were once thought inviolable. My, how the times have changed.

This ETF is a bet that corn prices will keep popping.

Costs don't stop at the expense ratio.

Several commodities may lose a long-standing structural demand driver in China's economic shift.

Despite the limited upside, utilities are often looked to for stability during periods of heightened market uncertainty.

Look to domestic service providers in a rising oil-price environment.

Profiting from a contangoed natural gas market.

Both have their benefits, but your investment time frame is key.

Here's why and how investors should add gold to their portfolios.

Correlations have increased across the market, but a few bastions of diversification remain.

Mired in controversy, new position limitation rules have run up against resistance.

Correlations have increased across the market, but a few bastions of diversification remain.

We examine divergent performance in the energy space.

HAP provides an equity-based exposure to the hard-assets space.

Were ETF fund flows chasing or predicting performance in 2011?

Tax-loss harvesting can be used as an opportunistic value-add within a well-diversified portfolio.

Both have their benefits, but your investment time frame is key.

Given this fund's heft, it's hard to say it is in an 'alternative' asset class.

Premiums do not necessarily indicate that you are overpaying for exposure.

This is a unique way to gain exposure to the broad commodities space.

Gold miners or bullion given uncertain U.S. debt circumstances.

When it comes to commodity-futures exchange-traded products, consider your investment time horizon.

A bit of Q&A for our Morningstar subscribers.

Commodity exposure can come in several flavors. Understand what you're buying.

The popularity of ETFs helped drive silver's price to relative highs.

Complex financial issues have been brought to the dinner table.

Commodities are becoming core portfolio holdings for many professional money managers and also will be seeing increased demand as the world's middle class grows, says Teucrium's Sal Gilbertie.

IndexIQ's Kevin DiSano discusses some of the drivers behind the small-cap agribusiness sector covered by the firm's new CROP ETF.

Commodity exposure can come in several flavors. Understand what you're buying.

The popularity of ETFs helped drive silver's price to relative highs.

Complex financial issues have been brought to the dinner table.

Don't be caught off guard by taxation of nontraditional ETPs.

As we ring in the new year--for fixed-income ETFs, cap gains are here ...

Asset allocators have a plethora of ETF choices for broad-based commodity exposure.

Investors look for an inflation hedge in broad commodity ETFs.

New Van Eck ETF provides exposure to the inaccessible 25% of the emerging markets.

Distinguishing between near-term price performance and long-term opportunity.

Contrary to popular belief, emerging markets do not afford investors an opportunistic asset class, says Van Eck's David Semple.

The "Other White Metals" have uses far beyond wedding rings.