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Out-of-Control Gold Meets Leveraged ETN and ETF Products

gold barsGold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded notes (ETNs) have become the new fad for 401k plans and individual investors. Folks have been flocking to the key gold ETFs via SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX), iShares COMEX Gold Trust (IAU) and even the ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares (SGOL). In fact, the SPDR Gold Trust would be one of the top five or six central government banks in the world if measured solely in gold holdings.

Anytime you get a hot market, as we can see now with gold, you can bet more investment vehicles pop up to capitalize on the fad. Enter leveraged gold ETFs and ETNs, which add another layer to playing the gold market right now.

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Jack Adamo: Don't Sell, but Add Hedges

"Thursday was the kind of day that makes investors leave the market for a long time, maybe forever," cautions Jack Adamo.

The editor of Insiders Plus argues, "The early plunge was blamed on a computer glitch. I think that's a lot of ___ . (You can supply the noun, depending on your own sensibilities and how disgusted you are.) But even if it's true, it's not very comforting that Wall Street with its High Frequency Trading, Flash Trading, etc., can cause that kind of panic.

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New ETFs for gold and silver

"I want to profit from a weak dollar," says Jack Adamo. In Insider Plus newsletter, he adds, "We will do it by adding two newly-launched ETFs -- one for silver, one for gold."

"The huge creation of money in the last year must go somewhere. The Fed is creating yet another bubble to offset the deflation in demand.

"Meanwhile, the U.S. dollar has weakened in almost exact proportion to the rise in stock and commodity prices. By keeping interest rates near zero, Central Bankers force investors to participate in the asset inflation unless they're willing to accept zero return on their money.

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