Barclay fund ETF's silver stocks and silver bullion acquisition?
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I believe the only ETF that Barclay's has with exposure to precious metals is linked to GOLD, not SILVER. Check out their website.
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I would look at the ETFs that are proposed by Barclays through www.ishares.com. Basically these are index trackers. So when you buy one of those you buy a "diversified" set of stocks. Diversification is a "free gift from God" as it leads to extra return for the same amount of risk. Just use these ETFs as bricks to build your portolio.
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Here is what I suggest. Go to Yahoo mutual fund screen. And imput the parameters of the type of fund you wish to consider and see what pops up. \n\nHere is the link.\n\nThe second link is one of the screens I ran. It shows funds that are no load, with low initial investment that are ranked at least 4 star by Morningstar and are in the top 30% for one year performance.
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I recently picked up the Vanguard World Emerging Markets EFT TICKER: VWO because the global economy is booming right now. Alot of the positions in this EFT are Chinese companies which is booming right now. Check that out. \n\nI also picked up two energy stocks for the winter.  PETROHAWK ENERGY CORP, TICKER: HAWK, power ranking 9, and WHITTIER ENERGY CORP, TICKER WHIT, power ranking 10, both are very low priced and expected to significantly outperform the market over the next six months.
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right now, buy in safety. Im talking about PG, GE, MO, BUD, ya know, stability. Stay away from the internets GOOG, EBAY, AMZN, MSFT, etc.\nIf you want growth, look at DELL, INTC, (both due to recover) and overseas (anything with Euro, Pound)
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For us little people, I find the best way to invest is with no-load mutual fund accounts.  That way there are no charges or fees either up front or when you eventually sell out.  Also professional managers take care of the investing and do much better than we could ever do.  Second, I find the best way is to make the investment LONG TERM, let it sit no matter and over time I have found my investments always do well.  May I suggest a conservative long time company:  Lord Abbett Affiliated Fund has been excellent for me.
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Nothing to do with it....... they've been dropping a bit all over the place the last few weeks (or in the case of one or two of my UK stocks plummeting)...... I think it's a mix of the US dollar heading down in value, certain members of financial officialdom doing / saying the wrong things + I've noticed alot of Dividend payments cropping up on my SHAREBUILDER statements lately (already had 4 of them over Monday & Tuesday).
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Well, according to The Wall Street Journal Eastern Edition, March 17, 2006, St. Paul Travelers Cos. is in negotiations to acquire Zurich Financial Services.\n\nHere is the article:\n-------------------------------------------------\n\n"The insurance industry has seen many big European insurers buy U.S. companies in recent years. Now there are hints that a U.S. company could make a big move in the other direction.\n\nSt. Paul Travelers Cos., of St. Paul, Minn., is discussing the possibility of a merger with Zurich Financial Services of Switzerland, one of Europe's largest insurers and a bigger company in terms of market capitalization, according to people familiar with the matter. The effort is preliminary and may go nowhere, these people said. A potential deal faces several significant hurdles, and even if successful could take months to complete, they cautioned.\n\nStill, the talks, however preliminary, are the latest sign of ferment in insurance. The industry has been slowly consolidating around the globe in recent years as insurers aim to follow in the footsteps of banks by transforming themselves from regional or national fixtures into global players.\n\nAmong recent big deals in the industry, Swiss Re in November acquired General Electric Co.'s insurance business for $6.8 billion, while this month Old Mutual PLC of South Africa closed a deal to acquire Skandia AB of Sweden, also for $6.8 billion.\n\nSo far, European companies, some of which have substantial operations in the U.S., have played a central role in global consolidation. But U.S. companies increasingly are turning their attention to growth opportunities overseas, particularly given that the U.S. is in many ways a mature market for the products insurers here specialize in. Besides the Swiss Re acquisition, recent deals include the 2004 acquisition by AXA Financial Inc., a unit of French insurer AXA SA, of U.S. insurer MONY Group Inc. in a deal valued at $1.5 billion.\n\nCombined, St. Paul and Zurich Financial could create a rival in size to American International Group Inc., the only U.S. insurer with big international operations. A purchase by St. Paul would be one of the largest European acquisitions ever by a U.S. company. Zurich Financial has a $33.6 billion stock-market value, compared with a stock-market value of $29.9 billion for St. Paul Travelers. Together, the companies racked up more than $90 billion in revenue last year and employed more than 85,000.\n\nPulling off such a deal would be a coup for St. Paul's ambitious chief executive, Jay Fishman, a former top Citigroup executive and protege of Sanford I. Weill, the executive who helped create Citigroup through the merger of insurance giant Travelers Group and Citicorp in 1998. In 2004, Mr. Fishman helped arrange the deal that brought Travelers to St. Paul after it had been spun out of Citigroup.\n\nZurich Financial has businesses in 50 countries and already ranks as one of the top U.S. property and casualty insurers, for both businesses and individuals. St. Paul Travelers operates primarily in the U.S.\n\nA Zurich spokesman declined to comment. A spokesman from St. Paul Travelers said the company "doesn't discuss speculation."\n\nFor both companies, a trans-Atlantic insurance merger could help spread risks more evenly around the globe, industry experts said. In addition, the large overlap in the U.S. businesses of the two companies provides a potential opening for considerable cost-cutting.\n\nNeither company has an especially strong stock price at play in the preliminary talks. Though Zurich Financial's stock has climbed strongly this year, it had long lagged behind its peers as the company struggled to emerge from the aggressive expansion strategy of former chief executive Rolf Hueppi. Current management has written down many of Mr. Hueppi's acquisitions in an attempt to wipe the slate clean.\n\nSt. Paul's share price, meanwhile, trades at a little less th
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The UBS merger is probably the next place of contact.  Sure they are focused on the uber-riche, but there may be connections in your search that now need to include UBS as the source of investment research.
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If it was from Tues, it was Yamana Gold (AUY).  He also mentioned Bema (BGO) Gold.\n\nBelow is the link where you can see the references to these stocks in the lightning round.  From this page, you can get to info on the stock, News, Cramer's Take, and Rating info.\n\nhttp://www.thestreet.com/funds/madmoneywrap/10320534_4.html\n\n\nFor other gold info, you might also check out the gold index to see some of the other possibilities.  Here's the link to the components of the PHX Gold & Silver Sector Index ($XAU) \n\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/q/cp?s=%5EXAU\n\nBoo ya!
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Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Corporation.\nThey have just merged with Barclays Bank
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Etrade will trade on the TSX. It's a bit different and not always as detailed, but it can be done. The stock symbols also look a bit different. Good luck.
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You can find all that on their most recent SEC filing. \n\nYou can find a linkk to the SEC on:\n\nhttp://www.advancedwealthsolutions.com\n\nGood luck!
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Bancon Santander is listed on on the New York Stock Exchange \n(SAN is in Chile. STD is in Spain)\nYahoo! Finance provide quotes for  shares at the sources below
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Buying spot silver is the best decision here.  In the futures markets there are somewhat arcane delivery rules, i.e. wheat may need to be delivered to a specific railyard and you are responsible for transport from there.  \n\nAdditionally, silver futures are fairly large contracts, where are you going to store it?  This will naturally cost something too.
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Cubes just because they are more volatile.  I go short and long so volatility is good if my stomach can stand it.  If you want diversified ETF's though, IWM (Russell 2000) is doing well now, and Japan coming out of depression looks good (EWJ).
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Suze Orman is an entertainer...why not get your investment advice from Britany Spears or Madonna? All three will have the same amount of information about your particular situation, your goals, your tolerances and your needs. \n\nJames Cramer was a great hedge-fund manager, but today he's an entertainer...he know that, you should too. \n\nThe financial media is in place to capture eyeballs in order to sell advertising--not to provide readers, listeners and viewers with sound financial advice. \n\nThat being said, I find that Michele Singletarry of the Washington Post and Chuck Jaffe of Marketwatch will usually cut through a lot of the BS. \n\nI read Scott Burns of the Dallas Morning News this weekend and he his writing demonstrated he didn't even know what a UIT is or how they work...yet he wrote an opinionated response to a reader question on UIT's...that is pretty pathetic.