Rare Earth Elements

Rare no more

by Henry Becker 10.29.2010
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Finally!  MarketVectors launched a rare earth elements ETF.  The new fund’s ticker is REMX and just started trading on 12/27/2010.  Not sure what  a rare earth element is or why I am excited?  Rare earth elements (REE) are a collection of 17 chemical elements in the periodic table. These elements are the 15 lanthanides along [...]

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Do you know rare earth elements?

by Henry Becker 07.16.2010
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The first part of this post is a short science lesson to frame the subject. Rare earth elements (REE) are a collection of 17 chemical elements in the periodic table. These elements are the 15 lanthanides along with scandium and yttrium. Why are these elements important? A recent article from the Financial Times puts it [...]

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