1. Rising Oil Prices Bode Well for Energy ETFs Standard & Poor’s is expecting oil to hit $95.15 a barrel next year Click here to read the full article.

2. Adding Managed Futures to Portfolios: Many Hurdles Remain Proponents of managed futures say these investments can diversify and benefit investors’ portfolios Click here to read the full article .

3. Equity Funds Up 16.6% in 2010 on Big Q4 Gains Lipper data shows that this fund group improved about 10.5% in the fourth quarter Click here to read the full article.

4. Energy ETFs Getting Lift From Rising Oil Prices Rising oil prices have helped energy stocks outperform the broader market in recent months Click here to read the full article.

5. Gold to $1,500 in 2011, Fund Manager Says The average price per ounce could hit $1,600 by the end of next year, according to Thomas Winmill of Midas Funds Click here to read the full article .

6. The Future Is in Long-Short Funds Investors, especially retirees, can’t afford to have their portfolios blow up on them Click here to read the full article .

7. ETF Focus: International Dividend ETFs for a Low Interest-Rate Environment Dividend ETFs, both foreign and domestic, are structured somewhat differently than most other equity ETFs Click here to read the full article .

8. The Price of an Illiquidity Premium Using ETFs for Alternatives

9. Too Late for Commercial REITs? Energy ETFs for a Double-Dip Economy

10. Dividend-Paying Stocks from Emerging Markets Pay Off Laudus Mondrian's Andrew Miller finds success with a dividend-discount model Click here to read the full article .

11. ETF Expert: As ETF Offerings Expand, More Funds “Jump the Track” A recent Morgan Stanley study found 37.5% of ETFs had a tracking error of more than 100 basis points in '09 Click here to read the full article .

12. Genworth’s Alternatives Move Commodity Futures Research

13. Going for the Gold-Conservatively Advisors outline several strategies for working with the price volatility of metals Click here to read the full article .

14. The Most Attractive Microcap Funds For those who are interested in putting some portion of their holdings Into an equity fund that is not dominated by stocks they already own in other funds, there are microcap funds Click here to read the full article .

15. ETF Expert: Software ETFs Programmed for Industry’s Revival Average revenue growth in the software field was 15% last year, and most industry players expect even stronger growth this year Click here to read the full article .

16. High-Yield Muni Bond Funds That Beat Treasuries Performance among these funds, though, has varied from a high of 3.62% to a loss of about 5% over the past five years Click here to read the full article .