ETFs: Precious Metals, Energy Hot Spots

By Chris Vermeulen of TheGoldAndOilGuy.com

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Everyone is talking about commodities as the place to be in the coming months. I tend to agree, but it is still important to know where each commodity is trading to maximize returns and reduce risk.

That being said, we are also seeing money flow out of the small-cap stocks and into the large-cap blue-chip stocks. These companies prove year after year that they are profitable, and that's where investors have been putting their money the past couple weeks.

This can be seen by simply looking at the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Russell 2000 index, which has dropped in value much more than the Dow. But if we see the market turn back up and make a new yearly high in the coming weeks, small-cap stocks will most likely provide explosive opportunities for traders.