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These days it is hard to find a currency analyst who is long US dollar, but thanks to Euro Crisis and natural calamities in Asia, the US Dollar is still able to hold its own against major currencies.

US Dollar ETF

For currency investors who still believe in the dollar they can purchase a dollar ETF that is long US Dollar.

PowerShares DB USD Index Bullish Fund

PowerShares DB USD Index Bullish Fund, The fund tracks the Deutsche Bank Long US Dollar Index (USDX) Futures benchmark which is a ruled-based index composed solely of long USDX futures contracts. The USDX futures contract is designed to replicate the performance of being long the US Dollar against the following currencies: Euro, Japanese Yen, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Swedish Krona and Swiss Franc.

The PowerShare Bullish ETF makes money when the dollar rises against global currencies.

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The largest oil exchange traded fund (Oil ETF) is the U.S. Oil Fund ETF. The U.S oil fund tracks oil futures.

U.S oil fund etf has $1.89 Billlion in Assets. The $1.89 billion U.S. Oil Fund trades with the symbols (NYSEArca: USO).

The U.S oil fund etf invests in futures contracts for WTI light, sweet crude oil, other types of crude oil, heating oil, gasoline, natural gas and other petroleum based-fuels that are traded on exchanges.

The United States Oil Fund was founded in April 2006 by the Victoria Bay Asset Management along with the American Stock Exchange.

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Its never easy for a small investor to invest in Gold. There are practical problems with owning gold. It’s heavy, and not easy for the average investor to buy, sell, ship, and store. Gold involves a lot of transactional costs.

Invest in Gold ETF

One easier way for retail investors or small investor can get exposure to gold is through exchange-traded funds. The exchange traded fund is a trading platform where investors can invest in funds that track a particular investment eg. gold, oil, emerging markets etc. Instead of directly buying a commodity, you buy piece of the fund which in turns invests directly into the commodity.

For example, the SPDR Gold Trust holds actual gold bullion. The PowerShares DB Gold Fund holds futures contracts linked to the price of gold, and the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF holds stock in gold mining companies.

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