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10 Best Precious Metals & Gold ETFs for 2013

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Top Precious Metals ETFs as of 3/31/13

Fund NameGet InfoOverall RatingRisk Grade
ETFS Physical Palladium SharesPALLC+C+
UBS E-TRACS S&P 500 Gold HedgedSPGHC+C
Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bear 3XDUSTC-D+
ETFS Physical Swiss Gold SharesSGOLC-B
SPDR Gold SharesGLDC-B
PowerShares DB Gold FundDGLC-B
PowerShares DB Precious Metals FundDBPC-B-
ProShares Ultra GoldUGLC-C+
PowerShares DB Gold Double Lg ETNDGPD+C-
iShares Silver TrustSLVD+C

Source: TSC Ratings

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Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indicator called the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which measures momentum on a scale of zero to 100.
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