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Global X Launches World’s First Silver Mining ETF

When ETFs were first introduced to the marketplace a decade ago, they opened up a whole new world of investment opportunities. Now New York-based Global X Funds has extended those opportunities even further. Tuesday, Global X launched the world’s first silver miner exchange-traded fund, Global X Silver Miners ETF (SIL).

Silver on the Cheap

By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News Monday, the spot price of silver came under further selling pressure under the weight of a stronger U.S. dollar. Commodities across the board tumbled yesterday on the latest report from the World Bank that the world economy is forecasted to contract 2.9 per cent this year as opposed [...]

Silver seen as safe haven again

      By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News The price of silver gained 84 cents on the NYME yesterday in reaction to the Treasury’s US$700 billion bailout of the financial sector. As more and more retail, mortgage and investment banks fail, are taken over or nationalized, investors are becoming increasingly leery of paper [...]