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1). A Foreign Exchange Traded Fund Investors Should Consider The Exchange Traded Fund with the fifth highest trading volume is the iShares MSCI Japan Index (EWJ). This fund is averaging over 22 million shares a day trading volume. Why all the attention? 2). A New Exchange Traded Fund May Have a Major Impact on Long Term Silver Prices Last week after much publicity and a long wait, the Barclay’s Silver ETF (SLV) finally started trading. And it looks like the wait was worth it. 3). A new Exchange Traded Fund Offers Entry into an Industry Most Investors Don’t Know Even Exists There is a new industry that many investors are not aware of. A new exchange traded fund has been introduced that is based on the LUX Nanotechnology index. 4). Another Way of Looking At the Gold Price Meltdown Until recently gold prices have been on a tear. After decades of going nowhere, gold has had a year of steadily rising prices, that is until two weeks ago. 5). Best Performing Exchange Traded Funds for 2006 Thru August Now that we are approaching Labor Day we are at a transformation point for the trading year. The slow low volume trading of summer is about to come to an end and we are likely to see higher trading volumes going into the fall. 6). California Foreclosure Activity Up by the Biggest Margin in 14 Years- Is The Bust Starting? Although the foreclosure rate in California soared in the second quarter, it is still not clear exactly how bad this is. It certainly is not good, however in spite of the soaring foreclosure rate, foreclosures are still below normal. 7). Despite Slowdown California Home Prices Set New Record For the month of June 53,700 homes and condos were sold statewide in California in June. The pace of resale’s has picked up a little from May and has increased 3.8% in one month. In the broad picture home sales have decreased 20.7% from the same period last year. 8). Exchange Traded Funds Venture Further Into Foreign Currency Markets In December of 2005, Rydex listed the Euro Currency Trust (FXE) Exchange Traded Fund. This was the first Exchange Traded Fund that allowed investors to enter the currency markets through investing in Exchange Traded funds. 9). Home Sales Continue to Drop In Southern California Home sales are dropping in Southern California. For the fourth month in a row, home sales have continued top drop, according to data for March. 10). Housing Inventories Continue to Increase Across The Nation While Prices are Reduced In Some Markets The trend in the numbers of homes for sale is continuing to increase across the country. Housing inventories are clearly rising. The more houses for sale, the more downward pressure there will be on home sales. 11). Investors Who Missed The Recent Real Estate Boom Should Look Here If you are a real estate investor and missed the housing boom, you may get another chance. Overheated in the eastern and western markets are cooling off, but there are new opportunities out there. 12). New Exchange Traded Fund Makes Sophisticated Investment Strategies Available to ETF Investors The world of Exchange Traded Funds has been expanding choices to investors at an astounding rate. After dissecting stock sectors every which way, new funds were established that moved into the areas of commodities by allowing investors to invest in oil, metals and currencies. 13). New Powershare ETFs Give Exchange Traded Fund Investors New Ways to Profit in Down Markets The current markets are getting harder and harder to trade. It seems everything is going down. Domestic equities, Emerging markets, Asian markets, and even after a weeks rally, metals and energy markets have turned down again. So other then cash is there any place to put your money? 14). Real Estate Schemes Prey on Homeowners and Lenders As the Housing Bubble is topping out more and more real estate scam artists are launching attacks on homeowners. The IRS has initiated 235 fraud cases against individuals in 2005 and the number is expected to remain steady or increase during 2006. 15). Using ETFs to Invest In a Good Performing Commodity Sector You May Have Missed When thinking of ETFs in t he commodity sector most investors think of Oil and metals. There is a commodity that investors may not be aware of that is posting good returns. 16). Will Long Term Home Ownership Lead to Profits or Declining Values? The latest report from PMI Mortgage Insurance company looks at real estate trends. The report indicated that if you owned a home from 1986 thru 2005 in 50 of the largest metropolitan areas, you did very well.