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Commodity ETFs and Stock ETFs Have The Highest Correlation In 50 Years!

01 July 2009 at 2:16 pm by Gary Gordon     Bookmark and Share

Stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies. Why are the ETFs so strongly correlated? For instance, the S&P 500 and the Reuters/Jefferies CRB Commodity Index have the highest correlation in 50 years. What does it mean for your diversification strategy?

And, still need more inflation-fighting ideas. Take a look at the great ETF articles that we've assembled for July 1 below:

The Commodities Correlation Conundrum – Toby Shute, Motley Fool
Diversify To Fight Inflation – Don Dion, The Street
FAS Is Now The Ghost Of XLF – Bill Luby, VIX And More

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