Crawling Road » ETFs http://crawlingroad.com/blog The Permanent Portfolio, Investing, Finance and Random Thoughts. Tue, 15 May 2012 10:05:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= The Crawling Road Money Show focuses on investing, finance and economics. We discuss the Permanent Portfolio and other topics to make investing simple and successful. Craig Rowland clean Craig Rowland podcastsxml@crawlingroad.com podcastsxml@crawlingroad.com (Craig Rowland) 2010-2012 Craig Rowland Simple investing for success. investing, permanent portfolio, indexing, stocks, bonds, cash, gold, harry browne, john chandler, craig rowland, craigr, crawling road Crawling Road » ETFs http://crawlingroad.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://crawlingroad.com/blog iShares Treasury Long Term Bond Index ETF Lending Securities and Risk http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/03/21/ishares-tlt-etf-lending-securities-and-risk/ http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/03/21/ishares-tlt-etf-lending-securities-and-risk/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:48:45 +0000 Craig Rowland http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=7109

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Recently it’s become clear that iShares is doing a lot of securities lending behind the scenes in their TLT Treasury ETF. This is a Treasury ETF they offer to hold bonds in excess of 20+ years. While not a perfect solution for the Permanent Portfolio, it is recommended by myself if you want [...]

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]]> http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/03/21/ishares-tlt-etf-lending-securities-and-risk/feed/ 1 Cheap ETF Trades at TDAmeritrade for the Permanent Portfolio http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/02/16/cheap-etf-trades-at-tdameritrade-for-the-permanent-portfolio/ http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/02/16/cheap-etf-trades-at-tdameritrade-for-the-permanent-portfolio/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:53:54 +0000 Craig Rowland http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=6402

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TDAmeritrade has 100 commission free ETF trades going on now. https://www.tdameritrade.com/trade/etftrading.html They allow commission free trades on: https://www.tdameritrade.com/trade/etflist.html Stocks – iShares Russell 3000 (Ticker: IWV) and Vanguard Total Stock Market (Ticker: VTI) [...]

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]]> http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/02/16/cheap-etf-trades-at-tdameritrade-for-the-permanent-portfolio/feed/ 5 Overseas Gold ETFs for Geographic Diversification http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/02/08/overseas-gold-etfs-for-geographic-diversification/ http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/02/08/overseas-gold-etfs-for-geographic-diversification/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:28:48 +0000 Craig Rowland http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=6773

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There are several ETFs now that claim to hold gold overseas in places like Switzerland (or even closer in Canada). They are marketed as a way to get geographic diversification for gold holdings. There is even a spin that you can show up and pickup your gold. These are all marketing claims. Let’s [...]

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]]> http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/02/08/overseas-gold-etfs-for-geographic-diversification/feed/ 2 Gold ETFs and Gold Bubbles – Who Cares? http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2010/12/20/gold-etfs-and-gold-bubbles-who-cares/ http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2010/12/20/gold-etfs-and-gold-bubbles-who-cares/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:55:03 +0000 Craig Rowland http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=5522

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I’m seeing other articles on Gold ETFs (H/T Austen Heller) fueling a gold market bubble. I made comments about this in the recent past. My position is still the same which is that I don’t worry about it. Why not? Well the #1 reason is I don’t look at assets in isolation. Gold is just one part of [...]

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]]> http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2010/12/20/gold-etfs-and-gold-bubbles-who-cares/feed/ 0 Have Gold ETFs Ruined Gold as an Asset Class? http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2010/11/29/have-gold-etfs-ruined-gold-as-an-asset-class/ http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2010/11/29/have-gold-etfs-ruined-gold-as-an-asset-class/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 08:17:48 +0000 Craig Rowland http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=5406

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Forum member “murphy_p_t” posted an article from the Wall Street Journal: Behind Gold’s New Glister: Miners’ Big Bet on a Fund From the article: …skeptics argue GLD could become a Godzilla-like beast if the gold rally reverses sharply. They say its buying has already turbo-charged gold prices, [...]

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]]> http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2010/11/29/have-gold-etfs-ruined-gold-as-an-asset-class/feed/ 2 A New Swiss Gold ETF http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2009/10/07/a-new-swiss-gold-etf/ http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2009/10/07/a-new-swiss-gold-etf/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:20:34 +0000 Craig Rowland http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=2263

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A reader sent me some information on a new gold ETF trading under the symbol SGOL. This ETF is a gold bullion ETF similar to the Street Tracks and iShares gold ETFS (Ticker: GLD and Ticker: IAU). What makes this ETF different is SGOL's gold is stored in Swiss bank vaults and not US financial centers.

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