Tag: commodity ETFs
All ETFs Are Complete Garbage (Video)
We review the relative short term performance of the USO ETF in tracking the Oil Futures market, and it fails miserably as a proxy for the oil market. The existence of these failed class of instruments is enabled by the reluctance of brokerages to offer futures contracts to their clients. How long has Fidelity had […]
Bumper Crop Takes A Toll On Agriculture ETFs – CORN, WEAT, MOO
As October gets underway, fall is in the air, football is in full swing, and the annual corn harvest is underway. And what a harvest it will be… The Corn Belt has had nearly ideal growing conditions this year. The US Department of Agriculture is expecting US corn production to set a new record of […]
Hot ETFs – GDXJ, FAN, QGEM
The new all time highs just keep coming for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. It reached an all time high of 15,604 earlier this week. That’s an eye popping 141% surge from March 2009 low for the blue chip index. But that doesn’t mean large cap stocks are the only place you can make money… […]
Weekly ETF Winners – CVOL, CHOC, GLDX
It’s been an interesting week on Wall Street. A series of weaker than expected economic reports to start the week fanned the flames of the market-wide selloff that began a few weeks ago. One thing’s for sure, it made for some unusual weekly ETF winners. Let’s take a closer look at three of the top […]
This Week’s ETF Winners – REMX, CPER, GREK
The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit an impressive milestone this week – Dow 15,000! As I write, the blue chip average is up 2% for the week and an eye-popping 16% year-to-date. Let’s take a closer look at three of the best performing ETFs this week… Market Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF (REMX) REMX’s 10% […]
ETF Trading Research Mailbag
Last week I wrote about ‘3 ETFs That Tanked In April’… As the name suggests, I highlighted three of the worst performing ETFs during the month of April. And then I gave you my opinion of whether or not the ETF was worth owning at this point. One of the ETFs I highlighted was the […]
3 ETFs That Tanked In April
The S&P 500 finished the month of April at an all-time high of 1,597. But it wasn’t all sunshine and teddy bears. Some ETFs aren’t enjoying the same success as the large cap index. Understanding why these ETFs struggled in April will give you some insight into whether they’re a buy or sell at this […]
3 ETFs That Tanked This Week
Right now we’re in the thick of the first quarter earnings season. It’s the time of year for companies to deliver the revenue and earnings investors are expecting… or be ready to deal with the fallout. Here are three ETFs that have taken heavy losses this week. VelocityShares Long VIX Short Term ETN (VIIX) VIIX […]
