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...result of this diplomatic vacuum, the only factor constraining the behavior of the various parties has been their mutual fear. Israel has been worried that Hizballah might launch Katyusha rockets on Haifa, Syria that Israel might wipe out its army or regime, Hamas and Hizballah that their entire leadership could become fair game. But such apprehension always was at most a feeble restraint, because in an unregulated environment, the only thing more costly than disregarding one's fears is displaying them. In the past weeks, that last and flimsy inhibition finally gave way. The conflict no longer is about achieving...
ETFs are among the hottest products hawked today by Wall Street. Tied to various indexes, countries, currencies, commodities or industry sectors, ETFs resemble mutual funds with some key differences. They are usually not managed, carry lower fees and can be bought, sold, optioned or shorted like individual stocks, endearing them to institutional investors as well as occasional traders...
ETFs are still a relatively small business--totaling $350 billion compared with some $7 trillion invested in conventional U.S. mutual funds. But ETFs are attracting so much attention that some financial pros believe they're moving markets in certain precious metals, alternative energy, water and other areas. Those pundits suggest that gold ETFs--formed by trusts that hoard the glistening, 400-oz. bars in London vaults--have become reflexive, a term applied by billionaire investor George Soros. Think self-fulfilling prophecy. In this case, it means the new ETFs signaled a shortage of physical gold available, making the metal jump...
...however, and by the end of June, SLV was trading close to its lowest levels. Barclays downplays any notion that SLV, its gold fund IAU or, for that matter, any of its 184 other ETFs might have tilted global indexes. "ETFs as a whole represent about 5% of total mutual-fund assets, so they're not going to drive markets," says Barclays' Kranefuss...
...Israeli view on what overwhelming displays of force can bring: "A living people makes enormous concessions ... only when there is no hope left. Only then do extreme groups lose their sway, and influence transfers to moderate groups. Only then would these moderate groups come to us with proposals for mutual concessions." That could have been written last week. In fact, it is from a 1923 pamphlet by Ze'ev Jabotinsky, whose ideology inspired the Likud Party. If it speaks for Israeli policy today, the summer's guns will not soon fall silent...