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• Launching Commodities and More

  By Staff Writer  |  January 1, 2010

  CRBA is benchmarked to the Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB In-The-Ground Global Agriculture Equity Index, which selects from a global universe of publicly traded companies engaged in...

• The ETF Advisor: Basic Materials ETFs

  By Vaughan Scully, Standard & Poor's  |  December 1, 2009

  Every day, investors are bombarded with economic data offering clues to future market movements. As the U.S. and global economies begin to emerge from recession,...

• The Big Picture

  By Alexei Bayer  |  November 1, 2008

  There used to be a commercial for kosher franks which checked off all kinds of chemicals, dyes, meat byproducts and other additives the government allowed...

• Boomers dying to make a difference

  By Staff Writer  |  January 1, 2008

  It seems going green is all the rage these days, including after you die. According to Livescience.com, green burial -- which eschews the use of embalming...

• New Farm, REIT Funds

  By Staff Writer  |  November 1, 2007

  Van Eck Global has introduced the Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF (MOO), which tracks the DAXglobal Agribusiness index -- itself comprising 40 ADRs and common stocks...

• Fund in Focus: Berwyn Income Fund

  By Staff Writer  |  November 17, 2004

  Edward Killen: manager since August 1994 S&P Rank: 5 Stars A Balancing Act That Serves This Fund Well

• Materials Sector Funds: A Way to Play the Economy, Though Selectivity Is Key

  By Staff Writer  |  July 27, 2004

  July 27, 2004 -- Materials sector funds can outperform their benchmark during periods of strong growth such as we're now seeing in the U.S., offering...

• More Stuff = Greater Happiness?

  By Staff Writer  |  February 1, 2004

  Aristotle once said, "Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life. It is the whole aim of human existence." That statement is taken more literally...