Sector ETFs at the Midpoint in Q1: Hits & Misses

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on February 19,2020

The year 2020 has so far been marked with Middle East tensions, the coronavirus outbreak and Wall Street rally. These sector ETFs have come across as winners and losers.

• SPY Quick QuoteSPYPositive Net Change
• USO Quick QuoteUSOPositive Net Change
• TAN Quick QuoteTANPositive Net Change
• DIA Quick QuoteDIAPositive Net Change
• ITB Quick QuoteITBPositive Net Change
• PBW Quick QuotePBWNegative Net Change
• XME Quick QuoteXMEPositive Net Change
• ARKW Quick QuoteARKWPositive Net Change
• QCLN Quick QuoteQCLNPositive Net Change
• PSCE Quick QuotePSCEPositive Net Change
• XOP Quick QuoteXOPPositive Net Change
• WCLD Quick QuoteWCLDNegative Net Change
• CNBS Quick QuoteCNBSPositive Net Change
• FN Quick QuoteFNPositive Net Change

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Wining & Losing ETF Areas on Coronavirus Outbreak

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on January 28,2020

Coronavirus outbreak puts these ETF areas in winning and losing positions.

• LVS Quick QuoteLVSPositive Net Change
• WYNN Quick QuoteWYNNPositive Net Change
• JETS Quick QuoteJETSPositive Net Change
• PEJ Quick QuotePEJPositive Net Change
• COPX Quick QuoteCOPXPositive Net Change
• BJK Quick QuoteBJKNegative Net Change
• BNO Quick QuoteBNOPositive Net Change
• XLV Quick QuoteXLVPositive Net Change
• JJC Quick QuoteJJCPositive Net Change
• USO Quick QuoteUSOPositive Net Change
• DBA Quick QuoteDBAPositive Net Change
• IYE Quick QuoteIYEPositive Net Change
• MRNA Quick QuoteMRNANegative Net Change
• GILD Quick QuoteGILDNegative Net Change
• IDN Quick QuoteIDNNegative Net Change

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Virus Scare Weighs on Oil ETFs: Go Short for the Near Term

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on January 27,2020

The spread of China's coronavirus has hurt oil prices and benefited inverse oil ETFs.

• BNO Quick QuoteBNOPositive Net Change
• DBO Quick QuoteDBOPositive Net Change
• DTO Quick QuoteDTONo Net Change
• SCO Quick QuoteSCONegative Net Change
• USL Quick QuoteUSLNegative Net Change
• OIL Quick QuoteOILPositive Net Change
• USO Quick QuoteUSOPositive Net Change
• OILX Quick QuoteOILXNegative Net Change
• OILD Quick QuoteOILDNegative Net Change
• DWT Quick QuoteDWTNegative Net Change
• WTID Quick QuoteWTIDNegative Net Change
• OLEM Quick QuoteOLEMNegative Net Change

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• etfs

What Do Q4 Earnings Say About Oil Service ETFs?

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on January 22,2020

Schlumberger and Halliburton have surpassed earnings estimates in Q4 and put these ETFs in focus.

• XLE Quick QuoteXLEPositive Net Change
• IEZ Quick QuoteIEZPositive Net Change
• USO Quick QuoteUSOPositive Net Change
• OIH Quick QuoteOIHPositive Net Change
• BNO Quick QuoteBNOPositive Net Change
• HAL Quick QuoteHALPositive Net Change
• SLB Quick QuoteSLBPositive Net Change

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The Markets Keep Their Head Following Iran's Retaliation

by Daniel Laboe Published on January 08,2020

Whether this is the end of the US-Iran conflict remains to be seen, but for now, the markets have priced in peace

• USO Quick QuoteUSOPositive Net Change
• SPY Quick QuoteSPYPositive Net Change

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• large-cap
• oil-energy

Good Tidings Await Oil in 2020: 5 Soaring Energy ETFs

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on January 07,2020

Easing U.S.-China trade feud, global monetary policy easing, lesser ambiguity surrounding Brexit, lower OPEC output, falling U.S. rigs and escalating Middle East tensions to boost oil prices in 2020.

• USO Quick QuoteUSOPositive Net Change
• XES Quick QuoteXESPositive Net Change
• FRAK Quick QuoteFRAKPositive Net Change
• AMZA Quick QuoteAMZAPositive Net Change
• PXI Quick QuotePXIPositive Net Change
• BNO Quick QuoteBNOPositive Net Change
• OIH Quick QuoteOIHPositive Net Change

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• etfs

ETF Strategies to Stave Off Middle East Tension

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on January 06,2020

If U.S.-Iran tensions escalate, these ETF strategies could save your portfolio.

• DIA Quick QuoteDIAPositive Net Change
• USMV Quick QuoteUSMVPositive Net Change
• VIXY Quick QuoteVIXYNegative Net Change
• VIIX Quick QuoteVIIXNegative Net Change
• XLU Quick QuoteXLUPositive Net Change
• HDGE Quick QuoteHDGENegative Net Change
• VXX Quick QuoteVXXNegative Net Change
• ACWI Quick QuoteACWIPositive Net Change
• VYM Quick QuoteVYMPositive Net Change
• FXY Quick QuoteFXYPositive Net Change
• VNQ Quick QuoteVNQPositive Net Change
• TLT Quick QuoteTLTPositive Net Change
• XOP Quick QuoteXOPPositive Net Change
• USO Quick QuoteUSOPositive Net Change
• BTA Quick QuoteBTAPositive Net Change

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Geopolitical Uncertainties to Start the Week

by Mark Vickery Published on January 06,2020

We began the year 2020 with clear skies and a partial end to the U.S.-China trade war on the horizon, but a couple bomb strikes in the Middle East have re-set this table.

• DIA Quick QuoteDIAPositive Net Change
• IAU Quick QuoteIAUPositive Net Change
• USO Quick QuoteUSOPositive Net Change
• QQQ Quick QuoteQQQPositive Net Change
• SPY Quick QuoteSPYPositive Net Change

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Top ETF Stories of the Fourth Quarter

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on December 31,2019

: Inside the key economic and corporate events of the fourth quarter of 2019 that ruled the ETF world.

• BABA Quick QuoteBABAPositive Net Change
• MG Quick QuoteMGPositive Net Change
• DIA Quick QuoteDIAPositive Net Change
• USO Quick QuoteUSOPositive Net Change
• EWC Quick QuoteEWCPositive Net Change
• SOXX Quick QuoteSOXXPositive Net Change
• IWY Quick QuoteIWYPositive Net Change
• IPOS Quick QuoteIPOSNegative Net Change
• XSW Quick QuoteXSWPositive Net Change
• IBUY Quick QuoteIBUYPositive Net Change
• BNO Quick QuoteBNOPositive Net Change
• EEM Quick QuoteEEMPositive Net Change
• EWW Quick QuoteEWWPositive Net Change
• QQQ Quick QuoteQQQPositive Net Change
• SPY Quick QuoteSPYPositive Net Change
• X Quick QuoteXPositive Net Change

Oil Rally in the Cards for 2020: ETF & Stock Picks

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on December 20,2019

Easing trade feud, extensive policy relaxations in major developed and emerging economies, less ambiguity surrounding Brexit, lower OPEC output and falling U.S. rigs should bump up oil prices in 2020.

• AM Quick QuoteAMPositive Net Change
• CRAK Quick QuoteCRAKPositive Net Change
• BNO Quick QuoteBNOPositive Net Change
• AMZA Quick QuoteAMZAPositive Net Change
• USO Quick QuoteUSOPositive Net Change
• VLO Quick QuoteVLOPositive Net Change
• CNXM Quick QuoteCNXMNegative Net Change

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• etfs

Time to Buy Beaten Down Oil ETFs

by Sweta Jaiswal, FRM Published on December 11,2019

Oil manufacturers, including Russia and Saudi Arabia, have agreed to reduce oil output by another 500,000 bpd through the first quarter of 2020.

• DBO Quick QuoteDBOPositive Net Change
• BNO Quick QuoteBNOPositive Net Change
• USO Quick QuoteUSOPositive Net Change
• USL Quick QuoteUSLNegative Net Change

• etfs
• oil-energy

Can Dow ETFs Be a Winner in 2020?

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on December 10,2019

Though the Dow Jones has lagged its other two cousins the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq, can it surge higher in 2020?

• DIA Quick QuoteDIAPositive Net Change
• USO Quick QuoteUSOPositive Net Change
• BNO Quick QuoteBNOPositive Net Change
• UDOW Quick QuoteUDOWPositive Net Change
• DDM Quick QuoteDDMPositive Net Change
• DJD Quick QuoteDJDPositive Net Change
• IYY Quick QuoteIYYPositive Net Change

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Best & Worst ETF Areas of Last Week

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on December 09,2019

Inside the ETF gainers and losers of last week.

• EWZ Quick QuoteEWZNegative Net Change
• OIL Quick QuoteOILPositive Net Change
• USO Quick QuoteUSOPositive Net Change
• GREK Quick QuoteGREKNegative Net Change
• ECH Quick QuoteECHPositive Net Change
• DBO Quick QuoteDBOPositive Net Change
• XES Quick QuoteXESPositive Net Change
• OILX Quick QuoteOILXNegative Net Change
• TOKE Quick QuoteTOKEPositive Net Change
• WCLD Quick QuoteWCLDNegative Net Change
• YOLO Quick QuoteYOLOPositive Net Change
• CNBS Quick QuoteCNBSPositive Net Change

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More OPEC Output Cut in the Cards? Energy ETFs in Focus

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on December 06,2019

OPEC is likely to deepen the ongoing output cut. This can boost energy ETFs in the near term.

• FRAK Quick QuoteFRAKPositive Net Change
• PSCE Quick QuotePSCEPositive Net Change
• XOP Quick QuoteXOPPositive Net Change
• USL Quick QuoteUSLNegative Net Change
• JHME Quick QuoteJHMEPositive Net Change
• DBO Quick QuoteDBOPositive Net Change
• USO Quick QuoteUSOPositive Net Change
• BNO Quick QuoteBNOPositive Net Change

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Risk-On Sentiments Are Back: ETFs to Play

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on November 11,2019

The global market has been rallying hard since October. Investors can thus bet on these high-flying ETFs.

• JJC Quick QuoteJJCPositive Net Change
• ACWI Quick QuoteACWIPositive Net Change
• USO Quick QuoteUSOPositive Net Change
• EEM Quick QuoteEEMPositive Net Change
• BBH Quick QuoteBBHPositive Net Change
• QMOM Quick QuoteQMOMPositive Net Change
• KBWD Quick QuoteKBWDPositive Net Change
• XLB Quick QuoteXLBPositive Net Change
• SPY Quick QuoteSPYPositive Net Change

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3 Top Sector ETFs of Last Week

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on October 28,2019

These sector ETFs breezed past the broader market last week.

• FXN Quick QuoteFXNPositive Net Change
• IEO Quick QuoteIEOPositive Net Change
• BNO Quick QuoteBNOPositive Net Change
• XOP Quick QuoteXOPPositive Net Change
• IEZ Quick QuoteIEZPositive Net Change
• USO Quick QuoteUSOPositive Net Change
• IBUY Quick QuoteIBUYPositive Net Change
• FTXL Quick QuoteFTXLNegative Net Change
• PXE Quick QuotePXEPositive Net Change
• OIH Quick QuoteOIHPositive Net Change
• WMT Quick QuoteWMTNegative Net Change
• INTC Quick QuoteINTCNegative Net Change
• SPG Quick QuoteSPGPositive Net Change

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• internet
• retail
• semiconductor

Slowing Global Economy, Rising Output Put Oil ETFs in Focus

by Sweta Jaiswal, FRM Published on October 21,2019

We highlight some ETFs that might get impacted as slowing global economic growth keeps oil prices under pressure.

• USL Quick QuoteUSLNegative Net Change
• BNO Quick QuoteBNOPositive Net Change
• DBO Quick QuoteDBOPositive Net Change
• USO Quick QuoteUSOPositive Net Change

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• oil-energy

Oil ETFs in Focus Amid Trade War Blows & Rising US Supply

by Sweta Jaiswal, FRM Published on October 10,2019

Oil prices have been slumping due to escalating trade war and crowding US stockpiles.

• USL Quick QuoteUSLNegative Net Change
• BNO Quick QuoteBNOPositive Net Change
• USO Quick QuoteUSOPositive Net Change
• DBO Quick QuoteDBOPositive Net Change

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• oil-energy

Oil ETFs in Focus as US, Russia & OPEC's Output Declines

by Sweta Jaiswal, FRM Published on October 02,2019

Oil prices rebound on lower output levels from the world's largest producers in the third quarter.

• USL Quick QuoteUSLNegative Net Change
• USO Quick QuoteUSOPositive Net Change
• BNO Quick QuoteBNOPositive Net Change
• DBO Quick QuoteDBOPositive Net Change

Top ETF Stories of Third Quarter

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on October 02,2019

Inside the ETF events that ruled the broader market in the third quarter.

• SOXX Quick QuoteSOXXPositive Net Change
• USO Quick QuoteUSOPositive Net Change
• XLK Quick QuoteXLKPositive Net Change
• GLD Quick QuoteGLDPositive Net Change
• IAGG Quick QuoteIAGGPositive Net Change
• SMH Quick QuoteSMHPositive Net Change
• FLLV Quick QuoteFLLVPositive Net Change
• SPLV Quick QuoteSPLVPositive Net Change
• FTXL Quick QuoteFTXLNegative Net Change
• BWX Quick QuoteBWXPositive Net Change
• XSD Quick QuoteXSDNegative Net Change
• IGOV Quick QuoteIGOVPositive Net Change
• BNDX Quick QuoteBNDXPositive Net Change
• LGLV Quick QuoteLGLVPositive Net Change

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Top ETF Stories of September

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on October 01,2019

Inside the key ETF events for the month of September.

• DIA Quick QuoteDIAPositive Net Change
• IAT Quick QuoteIATPositive Net Change
• FTXO Quick QuoteFTXOPositive Net Change
• KBWB Quick QuoteKBWBPositive Net Change
• USMV Quick QuoteUSMVPositive Net Change
• BNO Quick QuoteBNOPositive Net Change
• USO Quick QuoteUSOPositive Net Change
• QQQ Quick QuoteQQQPositive Net Change
• SPY Quick QuoteSPYPositive Net Change
• LGLV Quick QuoteLGLVPositive Net Change
• LEGR Quick QuoteLEGRNegative Net Change
• BLOK Quick QuoteBLOKPositive Net Change
• BLCN Quick QuoteBLCNNegative Net Change
• SPHD Quick QuoteSPHDPositive Net Change

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ETFs in Focus as Oil Spurts on Rising Middle East Tensions

by Sweta Jaiswal, FRM Published on September 23,2019

Allegations surrounding Iran's involvement are increasing geopolitical tensions in the Gulf region. Also, uncertainty about time needed by Saudi Arabia to return to full-capacity production adds to the woes.

• OIH Quick QuoteOIHPositive Net Change
• USO Quick QuoteUSOPositive Net Change
• XES Quick QuoteXESPositive Net Change
• IEZ Quick QuoteIEZPositive Net Change
• BNO Quick QuoteBNOPositive Net Change

• energy
• etfs
• oil-energy

Profit From the Oil Rush With These ETFs

by Sweta Killa Published on September 18,2019

Given the abrupt changes in oil price and an uncertain outlook, investors should place their bet on oil ETFs cautiously or take advantage of the quick turn in sentiment with the help of leveraged or inverse ETFs.

• DBO Quick QuoteDBOPositive Net Change
• SCO Quick QuoteSCONegative Net Change
• DTO Quick QuoteDTONo Net Change
• BNO Quick QuoteBNOPositive Net Change
• USO Quick QuoteUSOPositive Net Change
• UCO Quick QuoteUCOPositive Net Change
• OILU Quick QuoteOILUPositive Net Change
• UWT Quick QuoteUWTPositive Net Change
• OILD Quick QuoteOILDNegative Net Change
• USOU Quick QuoteUSOUPositive Net Change

• etfs
• oil-energy

Oil ETFs in Focus as Oil Rallies on Saudi Attacks

by Sweta Jaiswal, FRM Published on September 16,2019

We highlight some oil ETFs poised to gain from the latest drone attacks on Saudi Arabia's two major crude facilities.

• USO Quick QuoteUSOPositive Net Change
• BNO Quick QuoteBNOPositive Net Change
• USL Quick QuoteUSLNegative Net Change
• DBO Quick QuoteDBOPositive Net Change

• etfs
• oil-energy

ETFs to Win as Saudi's New Minister May Seek Same Oil Policy

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on September 10,2019

Saudi brought in a royal family member in the energy sector's top position, probably to boost oil prices and facilitate Aramco's IPO. These ETFs can benefit if things go as planned.

• JHME Quick QuoteJHMEPositive Net Change
• FRAK Quick QuoteFRAKPositive Net Change
• BNO Quick QuoteBNOPositive Net Change
• DBO Quick QuoteDBOPositive Net Change
• USL Quick QuoteUSLNegative Net Change
• PSCE Quick QuotePSCEPositive Net Change
• USO Quick QuoteUSOPositive Net Change
• XOP Quick QuoteXOPPositive Net Change

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• etfs