SPDR Gold Trust

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  Spanish Industrial Output Falls

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  June 6, 2012

  The news for Spain just kept getting worse on Wednesday as its industrial output fell the most since October 2009.

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  Gold Headed for Bear Market: Soros

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 30, 2011

  Analysts might be bullish on gold for 2012, but George Soros isn't so sure.

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  ETF Volume Surges Most Since January 2008

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  September 6, 2011

  Average daily trading volume for ETFs jumped 83% from July to August, as investors increasingly looked to make use of hedging and liquidity techniques in the face of greater market volatility.

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  Gold Continues Record Run

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 3, 2011

  Gold set a record price for the second day in a row on Wednesday, as investors reacted to concerns over the euro zone debt crisis. Adding to the pressure on the precious metal's price was the news that several nations' central banks had also bought gold.

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  Soros Dumped Gold in Q1; Price Rising Once More

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 18, 2011

  According to 13-F filings with the SEC, billionaire George Soros dumped nearly all his holdings in gold in the first quarter of 2011, after calling it "the ultimate bubble." However, on Wednesday gold halted three days of losses to head back up, as investors sought to buy on the dips.

• Soros Says Gold Is the ‘Ultimate Bubble’

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 15, 2010

  In an interview with Chrystia Freeland of Reuters, billionaire financier George Soros said Wednesday that, despite setting records this week, gold prices may continue to rise.

• Exotic ETFs Come with Peculiar Tax Consequences

  By Vaughan Scully, Standard & Poor's  |  January 4, 2010

  Holdings of more exotic ETFs--those that own precious metals, commodity or currency futures, or other types of derivatives--are treated differently for tax purposes from the stocks and bonds owned by plain vanilla ETFs.

• The ETF Advisor: Precious Metal ETFs

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

  What makes precious metals funds so attractive is that they offer investors the ability to gain unleveraged exposure to gold and other precious metals without...

• Are Some Commodity ETFs Victims of their own Success?

  By Vaughan Scully, Standard & Poor's  |  October 6, 2009

  The kind of success some commodity ETFs have had can breed problems of its own, problems that ETF issuers and investors are only now starting to confront and comprehend.

• SPDR Sense: State Street ETFs Finds Sucess in a Tough Market

  By Staff Writer  |  March 1, 2009

  Despite the worst year for stocks since 1931, net inflows into 70 of the 80 SPDR ETFs (87.5 percent) posted positive cash flows during 2008....