These days you can buy an exchange-traded product that mirrors sugar prices on the exchanges.

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Among the largest issuers, Vanguard grew average assets per exchange-traded product by 42%, compared to 12.4% for State Street and 4.3% for iShares.

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Peter Shea, an attorney at Katten Muchin Rosenman who specializes in these funds, reports that despite regulatory uncertainty, sponsors continue to float new exchange-traded product ideas.

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Barclays, in a daily commodity research report, said palladium exchange-traded product outflows have hit some 21, 000 ounces so far in December following outflows of 84, 800 ounces in November.

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The exchange-traded fund (ETF) market is a prime example of a good product that has been high-jacked by Wall Street.

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