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Fellow Investor,
They've been pegged "the worst investments in America" by Bloomberg Business News.
Linked to insider trading cover-ups by the SEC...
And have literally skimmed millions from Main Street investors...
Yet in spite of all this, ETFs are more popular today than ever before.
In fact, billions of dollars have flowed into these securities over the last 2 years. And while the ETF-structure is less than 10-years old, as of today, 1,350 exchange traded funds are traded in U.S. markets - with hundreds more in the registration process.
Which begs the question: Why is the "worst investment in America" also one of the most popular?
Easy: A handful of toxic, predatory commodity funds (that were never designed to be profitable for individual investors) have given the ETF-industry a black eye that just won't heal.
The truth is, ETFs remain popular because the best funds in the market (those designed to benefit from rising prices of the underlying commodity) are by far the safest way to capture consistent profits in the commodity markets today.
For example, take a look at the 2-year performance of my favorite commodity ETFs...
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The Silver ETF is up 87%...
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The Gold ETF is up 14.7%...
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The Green ETF is up 14.3%
But as so many investors have already learned the hard way, just because it's assumed an ETF will mimic the performance of its underlying asset, doesn't mean it will.
According to Bloomberg data, "10 well-known funds based on commodity futures ... since inception... have trailed the performance of their underlying raw materials ..."The sad truth is: An ETF doesn't have to be profitable for individual investors in order to be a successful ETF. Fund managers collect a tidy 1% fee regardless of how the fund performs. And like it or not, that 1% adds up to millions of dollars a year.
So new funds are created daily and institutional brokers and fund managers continue to collect their fees on ETFs that were never intended to be profitable for investors like you and me.
But that's no reason to shun ETFs altogether... these specialized funds come in many forms and it's up to the individual investor to determine its worth. It just means you'll have to do some research before you invest.
While the worst ETFs will take your money, the best ETFs do in fact work as a proxy of the underlying material, and can help you to safely diversify your portfolio and collect steady profits.
As you're about to see, top-performing ETFs... ( funds that are actually designed to be profitable for investors, not just fund managers)... are easily the most effective way safely grow your wealth in today's commodity markets.
Unfortunately for the majority of investors, profitable commodity ETFs can be hard to come by.
In other words: buyer beware...
As Forbes reports, "Extreme leverage [and] market manipulation can blindside unsuspecting ETF investors."
You already know Wall Street is capable of just about anything - and that includes preying on naïve investors with available capital.
In this letter, I'm going to tell you how to invest in the 3 most profitable ETFs, But first, you should know about the toxic, predatory funds which could be eating away at your portfolio as you read this...
Avoid These Two ETFs or Go Broke
Remember why ETFs were so attractive from the start?
Prior to the creation of ETFs, commodity investing was the sole domain of sophisticated, future traders who thrived on high levels of risk.
With the advent of the ETF, average traders could finally invest in commodities with minimal risk in terms of margin and leverage. And thanks to the ETF-structure, anyone could quickly and easily gain exposure to multiple future contracts and physical commodities with a single investment as simple and straightforward as day trading stocks.
Sounds perfect, right? At least that's what your broker had you believe.
In theory, ETFs are a great way to diversify your portfolio and participate in the often lucrative - and once out-of-reach commodity markets...
In reality, most investors are losing money on ETFs that were never meant to be profitable. They're wasting money on poisonous funds that consistently lag the spot price of the underlying asset they are meant to replicate. It happens time and time again.
But I'd hate to see it happen to your hard earned money. That's why I want to let you know about the 2 most popular commodity ETFs that consistently lose money for investors. They are without a doubt, the worst of the worst.
Let's start with United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG), one of the nastiest ETFs around. As natural gas prices rose 23% between May of 2009 to May of 2010, this ETF lost 50% during the same time period.
And more recently, as the spot price of natural gas was down 10% between May 2010 and November 2011, UNG lost 45%. .
And as pathetic as UNG's performance is, it isn't an isolated incident. The same firm launched another complete failure of an ETF called the United States Oil (NYSE: USO).
It's hard to believe any index could be such a failure, but in the 3 years spanning November 2008 and November 2011, as the spot price of oil was up nearly30% -- the USO ETF actually went down almost 33%.
Needless to say, these 2 ETFs have completely failed investors since day 1.
And while these are 2 of the most extreme examples of ETFs that disappoint or fail to live up to expectations, there are many others that just plain aren't profitable.
It's no wonder some popular ETFs have a black eye that just won't heal.
So why have these 2 ETFs been such failures?
Simple: They were never designed to be profitable. for you, the individual investor.
The truth is: The only people making money on these 2 ETFs are the fund managers. (Big surprise, right?).
And they're not just making money - they're making millions on the 1% fees they collect regardless of fund performance. It's just another example of how Wall Street greed is tapping into investors' retirement funds.
But don't let the tales of toxic ETFs scare you away from one of the best ways to capitalize on the commodities market today.
While it's true that profitable ETFs are few and far between, they do in fact exist.
And after months of research, I've uncovered what I consider to be the premier ETFs for asset outperformance in the coming months.
How to Find ETFs that Make Money
Most ETFs were designed to fail. According to a study by equity-market research firm TrimTabs, you could have made 7-times your money betting against the ETF market over the past 10 years. And yet most investors bet alongside them and piled up the losses.
That's a sad fact - and you better believe it's well-known on Wall Street.
The author of the study, Vincent Deluard actually says, "Just do the opposite of what ETF investors do and you'll do okay."
That's a terrible track record for ETFs, and it truly shows the problem with launching funds based on popular trends.
It's not surprising, unfortunately. Most ETFs are launched by the same "heads I win, tails you lose" Wall Street banks that received billions of dollars in bailout funds. They're peddled by the same firms that take 1-2% no matter how badly they perform.
So if you're going to be an ETF investor, it's more important than ever to buy the best possible investments that aren't overly complicated, and actually have a track record of successfully living up to their stated goals.
Most ETF investors try to time the market with popular investments that don't just lag the market, but get destroyed by the market, and pay a half a percent in fees for the privilege of losing money.
So you shouldn't try to second guess the market - just buy the best.
Today, good ETFs are few and far between.
The trick has been to find ETFs that have two things going for them:
1) The fundamental underlying trend is strong.
2) The specific fund is designed to take full advantage of the trend.
In this investment environment, you have to stick with certainties.
That's why the first, most basic ETF I'm recommending today is based in silver.
The Silver ETF 37% More Profitable than NYSE: SLV
 If you want to hedge your portfolio from inflation with silver, most people will tell you to buy the iShares silver trust ETF (NYSE: SLV).
This ETF gets more press than any other silver ETF in the market - and there's little wonder why. With nearly $5 billion in assets, it dwarfs every other silver ETF.
But when it comes to performance, this ETF doesn't measure up.
The thing is, the fund managers don't care, they get half a percentage of the fund no matter what. At the current valuation, that means iShares pockets $2.5 million every year.
But there's another, little known silver ETF that's tracking much closer to actual gains made in silver. In the recent past it's performed 37% better than SLV, and there's still very little coverage in the mainstream media.
When it comes to keeping pace with silver, this ETF is the best one in the market.
And right now with silver prices well under inflation adjusted historical highs of over $100 an ounce, there's still plenty of upside left...
If you believe as I do that silver prices are due for even bigger gains in the future, it's the only ETF you should own.
Of course, I'm not just bullish on silver - I still think that gold has plenty of room to run. And right now I'm also excited about a gold ETF that's already dominated the market this year.
The Gold ETF Better than GLD and Gold
 Unlike the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD), the world's most popular gold ETF, my favorite gold ETF doesn't buy gold and store it in a vault. Instead, it buys a basket of the most promising small and mid cap gold stocks - the ones with the potential to return 10 to 100 times your money over time.
GLD will never outpace gold - by design.
And unlike my favorite gold ETF, GLD is completely unaudited. We have no way of knowing how much gold GLD has allocated in its vaults. We just have to take their word for it.
If you buy my favorite gold ETF today, you know exactly how many shares of each gold company you're getting. It's in their prospectus, which is fully audited by the SEC.
I also believe that this ETF will continue to outpace gold - possibly by two or three-fold in the next year - that's because this ETF is comprised of the kinds of small gold stocks that typically outpace gains made in gold.
Like Royal Gold (NYSE: RGLD), a company that's tallied over 2,000% gains since 1999, while gold has only made 450% in the same period:
I'd never suggest putting all of your money in a company like Royal Gold - it's too risky. But buying my favorite gold ETF gives you exposure to companies like Royal Gold - but also to companies like Allied Nevada (NYSE: ANV) - a firm that's returned 550%% over the past three years, while gold has returned 100%.
 The point of owning this ETF is to capture the lion's share of extraordinary gains in the small to mid-cap gold mining sector. Putting all of your money into any one of these companies would be risky - but buying this ETF gives you a hedge. Not all of these companies will double or triple. Some will be ten-baggers, others will go nowhere.
But buying this ETF today gives you a chance to double or triple your money by taking advantage of the average gains across the sector. That's smart, and it's using the ETF investment vehicle in a way that maximizes your benefit while minimizing your costs.
Buying all of the stocks in this ETF would cost you a fortune in transaction fees, so paying the modest expense fee for this ETF makes good sense.
All of this information on how to buy my favorite silver and gold ETFs can be found in my free report called "The Only 3 Commodity ETFs You Need for Profits."
I'll tell you how you can access this report, but there's one more ETF that you should know about first.
The Only "Green" ETF You Should Own Today
If you think that most green energy stocks are bogus, then I have to say that I agree with you.
That's why I've been researching ETFs in the original "green" sector: agriculture.
Because right now investors have no idea if wind farms or bio-fuels will ever be sustainable or competitive with current "non-green" technologies - but we do know that the world's growing population will always need food.
Agriculture is a very unloved sector right now, but my favorite agriculture ETF has been making some serious gains already.
In the past 3 years, this unknown and uncared for ETF made 85% gains. That's no accident. This ETF tracks some of the largest and most profitable farming stocks on the planet, including grain giants like Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM) and Monsanto (NYSE: MON), but also:
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Two of the largest fertilizer companies: Potash Inc. (NYSE: POT) and Mosaic Co (NYSE: MOS).
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America's best farming equipment company: Deere (NYSE: DE)
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A $24 billion European herbicide company: (NYSE: SYT)
Buying this ETF today is a no-brainer play on the certainty that people will continue eating corn, beef, pork, wheat, soybeans, and chickens.
And sure, you could simply go through the list and buy every billion dollar agriculture stock, but that would cost you a bundle in transaction costs.
If you're interested in finding out the name of this agriculture ETF, along with my favorite gold and silver ETFs, I'd like to give you my full report called "The Only 3 Commodity ETFs You Need for Profits," complete with my entry and exit recommendations, and I'd like to give it to you for free.
This report is part of a much larger body of work - one that I think you'll find extremely valuable if you've been looking for a way to profit during these uncertain times.
You Can't Trust Wall Street Anymore
We're actually in the middle of a huge commodity bull market. That's what makes it extra frustrating to watch Wall Street firms continually prey on otherwise savvy investors with new tar-pit ETFs month after month.
As I said, it's not enough to be right on the trend. ETF managers would like you to believe that you can just buy one of their ETFs in the appropriate sector and not worry about it.
But that's not the reality.
The reality is that you can profit with the right commodity ETFs - the ones in my special report.
And the good news is: this commodity bull run has at least 3 years left, and probably more. Take a look at the history of commodity bull markets in the chart below, and you'll see what I mean:
We've been in a commodity bull market since about 2000. If this bull run lasts as long as average, then we have 3 years left! The shortest commodity bull market ever lasted 14 years.
Now is a great time to be a commodity investor!
We're going to see the prices of many commodities double, triple and then double again.
Look what happened to commodity prices in general during the other bull runs:
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Uranium went to $22 a pound in January 1970 to $75 in 1975, a 240% increase!
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The price of Aluminum rose from $28 in early 1970 to $78 by the end of the decade!
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Tin went from $1.90 to $8.40 in the 70s, a jump of 342%!
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Zinc was going for 18 cents per pound in January 1970 and hit 44 cents by 1979!
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The price of coal in 1970 was 33 cents / MM BTU, but rose to $1.27 by the end of 1979.
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Platinum went from $176 in 1970 to $820 in late 1979.
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Wheat was at $8 in early 1970 but hit $27.25 in 1974, a 240% increase that affected most all foods.
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Silver was $1.76 in 1970 and $20.98 ten years later, that's a jump of 1,092%!
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Gold was priced at $35.96 at the start of 1970 and ended the decade at $614, up 1,607%!
It's already begun to happen again. Your key to big profits this time around is knowing which companies stand to gain the most.
With "deflation" on everyone's lips you might be thinking that this bull market in commodities is petering out, but no bull market moves straight upwards.
Look... when the price of sulfur, (a critical component of fertilizer) goes from $50 to $650 a ton in 13 months (that's an inflationary gain of 1,200%) you know something is up.
The good news is: it's not too late to jump on the commodities band wagon and not only protect the buying power of your nest egg, but grow it as well.
One of the easiest ways to start investing in commodities is buy the three ETFs I mentioned in this letter - and you can do so in the next five minutes by following the instructions below...
How to Get Your Free ETF Report
 The easiest way to take advantage of rising commodity prices is to buy the ETFs in my free report "The Only 3 Commodity ETFs You Need for Profits."
You should understand, we've researched this report for months, painstakingly selecting the only three commodity ETFs that we think will be profitable in the coming months.
We rejected many, many more - and discovered that most ETFs are designed to do little else but enrich the brokers offering them and impoverish individual investors.
If you've invested in many ETFs in the past, you've probably lost money.
It's clear that many ETFs are wolves in sheep's clothing. That's why I've put together a special research report about my three favorite ETFs.
I want to publicize information about the only ETFs I think you should buy today - so I'm giving this report to you for free.
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P.S. The ETFs in this report will not remain in my buy range forever. Right now, gold miners are cheaper than they've been in 3 years, and I fully expect my favorite gold ETF to make outsized gains in the coming weeks. I also expect silver to make a surprising move any day now...
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The MOST Profitable Silver ETF 
