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Top ETF for 2011 ( Metals )
NEW YORK (TheStreet) - Precious and base metals proved to be popular themes for ETF sponsors over the past year. While some companies took to launching products which tapped into previously unexplored corners of the metals industry, others offered up new ways to gain exposure to old favorites.

Here are some of the most interesting precious- and base metal-related products which were introduced in 2010.

ETFS Physical Palladium Shares and ETFS Physical Platinum Shares

Palladium saw some of the strongest performance across the broad commodity spectrum in 2010 and ETF Securities, a relative newcomer to the U.S. ETF industry, enjoyed a lot of success last year with the launch of PALL and PPLT.

Designed to track physical stockpiles of palladium and platinum respectively, these two products benefited as investors sought out precious metals that would benefit as the global markets continued along the road to recovery.

Although they are still just under a year old, the two funds have generated impressive followings, boasting over $700 million in assets each.

On top of increasing the number of options investors can use when looking for physical precious metal exposure, PALL and PPLT also pose as suitable proxies for those seeking exposure to the automobile industry. Platinum and palladium are used extensively in the production of catalytic converters and have managed to power higher as the industry continued to heal.

ETFS Physical Precious Metals Basket Shares

Following the successful launches of PALL and PPLT, it wasn't until October that ETF Securities resurfaced with its next new product, GLTR. Whereas in the past, companies such as PowerShares had attempted to capture the strength of multiple precious metals under one roof by utilizing futures contracts, GLTR is the first fund to combine exposure to gold, silver, platinum and palladium from a physical perspective.

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This investing strategy allows investors to take a broad based approach to precious metals and benefit as general demand for these commodities increases.

Global X Copper Miners ETF
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Copper has long been an attractive metal for investors looking for a way to capture economic growth. Used extensively in construction and infrastructure, this red metal tends to perform best in times of market optimism. Thanks to the advent of exchange traded products, investors have been introduced to a number of options which can be used to access the copper industry.

Although it was not the first fund launched in 2010 that took a concentrated look at copper producers, COPX has managed to gain a leg up on its competition thanks in large part to its reduced expense ratio.

Global X Lithium ETF

Global X gained considerable traction in the ETF industry in 2010. Once reliant on the success of a small number of international-focused ETFs, the company's family of funds has expanded to include a collection of funds which target various regions of the metals industry as well.

One of the more unusual launches to come from this company in 2010 is LIT. Lithium has long been used in a number of industries. However, more recently, the commodity has received a lot of fanfare as investors show increasing interest in clean energy sources such as batteries.

Due to its concentrated focus on such a small facet of the broad economy, LIT may not be appropriate for long term, conservative investors. However, short- term players comfortable with taking a risk may find the fund's volatile action attractive in 2011.

Market Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF

One of the last fund launches of 2010, REMX has managed to get off to a running start. The timing of this fund's launch was impeccable. In the weeks following REMX's introduction, China has announced its plans to curb rare element exports in 2011 which, in turn, has caused top REMX components including Molycorp and Lynas Corp to take off in a big way.

Rare earth elements are used heavily in the production of handheld devices such as smartphones. Therefore, it is no question that these metals will remain in the headlines as more people around the world turn to these gadgets to stay up to date with our increasingly fast paced, interconnected world.

Written by D,Dion

1. Google ( GOOG ) 601.00 a share
Google Inc. maintains an index of Websites and other online content, and makes this information freely available through its search engine to anyone with an Internet connection. The Company’s automated search technology helps people obtain nearly instant access to relevant information from its online index. The Company generates revenue primarily by delivering online advertising. Businesses use its AdWords program to promote their products and services with targeted advertising. In August 2008, the Company sold the search marketing business of Performics, a division of DoubleClick. In September 2008, Google Inc. bought Korea-based blogging software developer Tatter and Company. In September 2009, the Company acquired ReCAPTCHA Inc., a spin-off of Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Science Department.But I think anyone who tells you not to buy Google is crazy. People say it's overvalued. According to the S&P, Google's fair value today is $633 .Strong fundamentals.Google will increase revenue with mobile ads.Great search engine, (almost) everybody uses it, and its free! Great stock.Google stock has done well over the last so many months in reaching those high price levels that it once was. Given the fact that it has already made a big return this year, I still think that Google will go higher. The company has the best fundamentals I have seen since I started analyzing stocks, and I saw that there was still some room to grow. Because of the fundamentals and the fact that I think Google is a great company is why I think the stock will continue to rise.

2. First Solar, Inc ( FSLR ) 133.10
First Solar, Inc. designs and manufactures solar modules using a thin film semiconductor technology. The Company’s solar modules employ a thin layer of cadmium telluride semiconductor material to convert sunlight into electricity. Each solar module is approximately 2 feet by 4 feet (60 centimeters by 120 centimeters) and had an average rated power of approximately 73 watts, during the fiscal year ended December 27, 2008. Its solar module is a single-junction polycrystalline thin film structure that uses cadmium telluride as the absorption layer and cadmium sulfide as the window layer. The Company’s solar power systems and project development business provides a variety of integrated services to its customers as part of a system solution delivery. These services include solar power system design, procurement of permits and balance of system components, construction management, monitoring and maintenance.FSLR's margins decreased in the last quarter due to discounts given during the recession, but 120 is about as cheap as this company will be for a while. While new, more cost-effective designs could rock the solar industry at any time, FSLR is the company rocking this industry and their PE is only 17 (I say only compared to other tech stocks). Their thin film cells are cheaper than any other solar panel out there. They win oodles of contracts, including in China where they compete against homegrown like STP and YGE. A Buffett moat separates FSLR from its competition in an industry that will outperform the market as a whole for the next few years. Excellent fundamentals -- Copenhagen conference appears to be catalyzing at this time. Long-term play as well as cheaper dollar gives lowest production cost per watt .Beaten down still great business potential. Lot´s of cash, dominant market position, little debt. strong track record. Looking for a surprise in 2010 results.Great patents on their thin, light weight panels. A leader in this area. This will be one of the top stocks to buy in this next decade.

3. Jamba Juice - JMBA 1.73 a share
Jamba, Inc. serves as a holding company for its wholly owned subsidiary, Jamba Juice Company (collectively, Jamba or the Company), which owns and franchises Jamba Juice stores. The Company is engaged in retailing blended-to-order fruit smoothies, squeezed-to-order juices blended beverages and healthy snacks using the Jamba brand. Jamba’s blended beverages are available in three sizes: Sixteen 16 ounces), Original (24 ounces) and Power (30 ounces). Most of Jamba’s stores carry a limited supply of related merchandise, including books and smallwares. The Company sells jambacards to its customers in retail stores and through its Website. As of January 1, 2008, Jamba had 707 stores, of which 501 were Company-owned (Company Stores) and 206 were franchisee-owned, 373 Company stores are located in California while one franchise store can be found in the Bahamas.The partnership with Nestle and the launch of the new in-store beverage lineup will be a shot in the earnings arm over the next couple of years. JMBA is definitely beaten down since its IPO. But on multiple metrics it is clearly undervalued. I expect that over 2 or so years, it will outperform the market. JMBA has significant growth opportunities.Poor Jamba. They've had a tough time in 2008/2009 with the credit crisis hitting California so roughly, impacting the key market for these delicious and mostly healthy treats. I had my first wheat grass shot at Jamba, which took a lot of trust for me! Jamba has a wide selection of products for most everyone, and this selection is 1) broader with new breakfast products and 2) soon to be more widely available as packaged goods with Jamba's venture with Nestle. Nestle is a powerhouse... they've got much, much more than the Nestle Crunch (a Halloween favorite). Importantly, Nestle has access to a variety of distribution channels, which may give Jambe the edge it needs is the abundant health foods market. The major risk to Jamba is rising input prices as food commodities experience rising prices due to increased global demand. If management can keep the growth trajectory balanced (and they are holding back new store growth during the 2008/2009 crunch), this looks like a great story for several years to come.summer is almost here, and with the possibility of big tax returns that means more disposable income to spend on goods and services .Jamba's distribution partnership with Nestle should over a healthy boost to the top line and lift the company's brand. Their new breakfast menu will produce more revenue from each location. Now trading at roughly 0.3x sales, it's a compelling value with a great deal of growth left. Any decline in record agricultural commodity prices should help on the cost side. The board owns over 10% of the company and is properly motivated to get the stock moving upwards again.Jamba Juice is a major bargain at these prices. They have no debt on their balance sheet but their costs are kind of out of control. If they some how manage to get their costs down and their margin up, we'll definitely see $10 per share. Great smoothie business with intrinsic value in its stores.

4. Sirius XM .62 a share
Sirius XM Radio Inc. has two principal wholly owned subsidiaries, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and Satellite CD Radio Inc. The Company is engaged in broadcasting in the United States, its music, sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic and weather channels for a subscription fee through its satellite radio systems, the SIRIUS system and the XM system. On July 28, 2008, its wholly owned subsidiary, Vernon Merger Corporation, merged (the Merger) with and into XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and, as a result, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. became its wholly owned subsidiary. The SIRIUS system consists of three in-orbit satellites, approximately 120 terrestrial repeaters that receive and retransmit signals, satellite uplink facilities and studios. The XM system consists of four in-orbit satellites, over 700 terrestrial repeaters that receive and retransmit signals, satellite uplink facilities and studios.Finally merged. 1-2 years of shaking out the details and aligning the management teams before this thing takes off. combining debts and leveraging assets with XM was the final selling point. satellite radio is not going away .Sirius XM Radio will now see higher gains over the longer term. It's in the public's hand's carry satellite radio into the horizon from here. I highly suggest investing fun money as a long term play. Stay long and enjoy the benefits, but beware a possible near term reverse split.A bit oversold. Not a good long term buy,Sirius and XM merging changes the game in the Satellite arena. Just as many people said there wouldn't be anyone who would willingly pay for TV, many are saying people won't pay for Radio. Karmazin is a fantastic CEO, and I believe many years from now Sirius/XM will be in fantastic shape. With the new launch of advertiezing the new radio and howard stern , this will pop in 2010 and w/ the holiday season here go buy a satellite radio and watch this company grow into a money making machine . !!!

5. Clean Energy Fuels Corp ( CLNE ) 15.78
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Clean Energy) is a provider of natural gas as an alternative fuel for vehicle fleets in the United States and Canada. The Company offers a solution to enable customers to run their fleets on natural gas. It designs, builds, finances and operates fueling stations, and supplies customers with compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG). The Company also helps them acquire and finance natural gas vehicles, and obtain local, state and federal clean air rebates and incentives. The Company serves fleet vehicle operators in a variety of markets, including public transit, refuse hauling, airports, taxis, seaports, and regional trucking. On August 15, 2008, the Company acquired Dallas Clean Energy, LLC. Nat gas play. This is a bet on nat gas,Larger vehicles could use natural gas as a clean fuel.CLNE has received four contracts from wastemangement companies in the last week to con vert trucks to NG.Waste companies has filed an appeal to CARE in California to extent it's deadline to convert their truck fleets to AE costing over $4Billion dollars. This market is huge and growing..... I loved this stock since the IPO a few years ago , this is the future and when the goverment wakes up this will soar higher !Maybe I missed something but I think natural gas is going to be the cheapest, relatively clean energy source, around. It's going to be produced domestically in huge quantities, and in tough times those parts of the country with any are going to trip over themselves to cash in... environmental hazards be damned. The economics case for natural gas cars and trucks is going to be made pretty compellingly... an expanded gas-dispensation infrastructure is going to make other gas fuels viable, like methane from industrial farm production.One possibilty is that in a huge push to go green our governemnt backs Natural Gas as a major fuel source and starts handing out insanely valuable contracts to companies like these.
Possibly all cars will start running on natural gas. This seems much more plausible and practical than putting tons of battery powered cars on the road.
Natural gas is a better choice but who knows what will be chosen. I think I will get in on this in real life with a little more research. natural gas is a natural and easy transition!Natural Gas is gas is the future until technology for batteries becomes cheaper and more efficient.Long term believer of natural gas , for the next decade .

6. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. ( CMG ) 90.50 a share
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. develops and operates fast-casual, fresh Mexican food restaurants in 33 states throughout the United States, the District of Columbia and Ontario, Canada. It operates Mexican food restaurants serving burritos, tacos, burrito bowls (a burrito without the tortilla) and salads. The Company operated 837 restaurants in 33 states throughout the United States, the District of Columbia, and Toronto, Canada as of December 31, 2008. Its restaurants serve a menu of tacos, burritos, salads and burrito bowls (a burrito without the tortilla), made using fresh ingredients. Chipotle categorizes its restaurants as either end-caps (at the end of a line of retail outlets), in-lines (in a line of retail outlets), free-standing or other. Of its restaurants in operation as of December 31, 2008, it had 180 free-standing units, 496 end-cap locations, 135 in-line locations and 26 other. The average restaurant size is about 2,600 square feet and seats about 60 people. still think there is a lot of untapped market share for chipotle. It may be overpriced by traditional valuation measures, but people pay up for profitable growing companies with great products,Chipotle is one of the few larger food companies approaching food from a sustainable perspective. Consumers are starting to think more about the food choices they make and looking for products that contain less chemicals, additives, etc. They have figured out how to make food still cheap, fast and tasty but at the same time environmentally friendly. Healthy, quick, delicious food for the next decade trend !excellent balance sheet, young healthy upwardly mobile loyal clientelle, will be successful in Europe when continuing to expand !This company dominates the Mexican-style fast food market in the following ways: fresh ingredients and food style, simple menu offerings, clean restaurant designs, green/sustainable mentality, and down-right delicious food. I feel these things make Chipotle superior to Moe's, Freebirds, Taco Bell, Qdoba, etc.
The food is somewhat pricey, which is not good in the current economic climate. But I think the product is good enough to keep people coming back for more, regardless of the price.

7. Whole Foods Market, Inc ( NASDAQ:WFMI ) 28.41 a share
The produce is amazing. The stores are full with beautifully displayed merchandise. The staff is intelligent and likable. They have all the ingredients for success when we come out of the recession.Whole Foods Market, Inc. (Whole Foods Market) owns and operates a chain of natural and organic foods supermarkets. As of September 27, 2009, it operated 284 stores: 273 stores in 38 the United States, states and the District of Columbia; six stores in Canada, and five stores in the United Kingdom. This includes 53 stores acquired from Wild Oats Markets, Inc., 51 stores in 20 the United States, states and two stores in Canada. It owns 11 stores, three distribution facilities and land for one store in development, including the adjacent property. It also owns a building on leased land, which is leased to third parties, and has three stores in development on leased land. Its product selection includes, but is not limited to produce, seafood, grocery, meat and poultry, bakery, prepared foods and catering, specialty (beer, wine and cheese), coffee and tea, nutritional supplements, vitamins, body care and educational products such as books, floral, pet products and household products.all around good company in an expanding market, good long term pick. CEO John Mackey has built a great brand with loyal customers. I like betting on entrepreneurial visionaries in small to medium-sized businesses, so here's a green thumb for one of my favorite businesses.Tremendous expansion potential. Healthy and organic foods are the rave. A very well and conservatively run company.people like whole foods. There's such a big emphasis on greener, natural foods and thats what whole foods does best. Whatever other supermarkets try to do to copy whole foods, they can't do it nearly as well.

8. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Indx (ETF) ( EEM ) 41.18 a share
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (the Fund) seeks to provide investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The Index is designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. As of August 31, 2009, the investment portfolio of the Fund includes financial, energy, communications, basic materials, technology, industrial, consumer non-cyclical, utilities, consumer cyclical, diversified, exchange-traded funds, and short-term and other net assets. The investment advisor of the Fund is BlackRock Fund Advisors.This emerging market ETF will have strong long term growth. Investors are becoming more comfortable with putting their money into this area, and they should see solid returns.Lots of potential for growth once the economy recovers.

9. China Mobile Ltd. (CHL) 44.25 A SHARE
China Mobile Limited is engaged in mobile telecommunications services principally using the global system for mobile communications (GSM), standard. Its GSM networks reach all cities and counties, and roads and highways, as well as a substantial part of rural areas, throughout Mainland China and, through the network of Hong Kong Mobile, a substantial part of Hong Kong. On January 7, 2009, the Company started to offer mobile telecommunications services using the time division-synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA) standard. It operates its third generation (3G) business based on a core mobile telecommunications network that is shared by both its second generation (2G) and 3G businesses and TD-SCDMA wireless network capacity leased from China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC). As of May 31, 2009, the Company’s total number of subscribers reached approximately 488.1 million. buy and hold FOR THE NEXT DECADE .A company this big still showing huge growth, undervalued,why is the p/e so low? Low debt.strong dividend paying history, good dividend rate. the AT&T of China, with innovative products tied to America. Low debt and pays dividends. Great growth for China's largest cell phone provider... for only 11 P/E. This thing is acting like a sleeper though.. going take some patience. China will be the growth story of this century when it's all said and done. Start looking for good Chinese growth stocks now and you will be glad you did.

10. PetroChina Company Limited ( PTR ) 120.10 a share
PetroChina Company Limited is an oil and gas producer and seller in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The Company, along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in a range of petroleum related activities, through its four segments: Exploration and Production, Refining and Marketing, Chemicals and Marketing, and Natural Gas and Pipeline. The Exploration and Production segment is engaged in the exploration, development, production and sale of crude oil and natural gas. Refining and Marketing segment is engaged in the refining, transportation, storage and marketing of crude oil and petroleum products. The Chemicals and Marketing segment is engaged in the production and sale of basic and derivative petrochemical products, and other chemical products. Natural Gas and Pipeline segment is engaged in the sale and transmission of natural gas. During the year ended December 31, 2008, it acquired Sun World Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC). Large Chinese oil company selling at a discount. China economy will recover quicker than the rest of the world and Petrochina will be there to provide the energy .When oil demand picks up, the company that's part of China's national oil corporation will grow as well in price for the next decade !

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