Will McClatchy - Seeking Alpha 'Will McClatchy' Tag RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.com/author/will-mcclatchy Light and Sweet: Oil ETFs Ranked http://seekingalpha.com/article/86457-light-and-sweet-oil-etfs-ranked?source=feed 86457 Assessing oil ETFs is not a standard exercise. These ETFs target crude oil, not oil companies, so P/E ratios and average holding size are irrelevant metrics. We use other methods to pick favorites among the big crude oil players. We also find some useful niche funds for specialty situations.

How do oil ETFs get their crude? Not by buying it at day-to-day spot prices. One-month futures contracts for West Texas Intermediate (or light, sweet crude) are currently the holding of choice for these funds. Their returns over the past year follow:

]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:29:42 -0400 Will McClatchy Assessing oil ETFs is not a standard exercise. These ETFs target crude oil, not oil companies, so P/E ratios and average holding size are irrelevant metrics. We use other methods to pick favorites among the big crude oil players. We also find some useful niche funds for specialty situations.

How do oil ETFs get their crude? Not by buying it at day-to-day spot prices. One-month futures contracts for West Texas Intermediate (or light, sweet crude) are currently the holding of choice for these funds. Their returns over the past year follow:


Complete Story »]]> DBO DIG DUG OIL UHN USL USO Will McClatchy Eight US Real Estate ETFs http://seekingalpha.com/article/86433-eight-us-real-estate-etfs?source=feed 86433 US real estate ETFs are a bellwether asset class these days. They have been tossed about by changes in bank credit and interest rates and remain an important hedge against inflation. We put US real estate ETFs under the microscope to identify the strongest candidates for various portfolio uses.

The first thing to emphasize is that no real estate ETF is exposed to single family housing, which is causing so much grief to individual Americans. With the recent withdrawal of the Adelante Shares line of real estate ETFs, the field has shrunk considerably. There are now five broad or large cap ETFs suitable as a core holding:

]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:55:10 -0400 Will McClatchy US real estate ETFs are a bellwether asset class these days. They have been tossed about by changes in bank credit and interest rates and remain an important hedge against inflation. We put US real estate ETFs under the microscope to identify the strongest candidates for various portfolio uses.

The first thing to emphasize is that no real estate ETF is exposed to single family housing, which is causing so much grief to individual Americans. With the recent withdrawal of the Adelante Shares line of real estate ETFs, the field has shrunk considerably. There are now five broad or large cap ETFs suitable as a core holding:


Complete Story »]]> FIO FRI FTY ICF REM REZ RWR VNQ Will McClatchy Response to Roger Nusbaum on Bond ETFs http://seekingalpha.com/article/40591-response-to-roger-nusbaum-on-bond-etfs?source=feed 40591 Five New Bond ETFs, and Why They May Not Be for You").

I expected someone to take him to task, but I guess I will have to. According to Roger:

]]> Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:09:43 -0400 Will McClatchy Five New Bond ETFs, and Why They May Not Be for You").

I expected someone to take him to task, but I guess I will have to. According to Roger:


Complete Story »]]> GKA GKB GKC GKD GKE Will McClatchy Clearing Up ETF Misinformation http://seekingalpha.com/article/37873-clearing-up-etf-misinformation?source=feed 37873

But ETF investors have a problem when inexperienced reporters publish inaccuracies which are immediately broadcast by equally inexperienced bloggers. Take Wall Street Journal reporter Eleanor Laise's well-meaning "Before You Drive That Hot ETF..." on June 4, which was then repeated uncritically by an equally well-meaning Tom Lydon here on Seeking Alpha on June 7.

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But ETF investors have a problem when inexperienced reporters publish inaccuracies which are immediately broadcast by equally inexperienced bloggers. Take Wall Street Journal reporter Eleanor Laise's well-meaning "Before You Drive That Hot ETF..." on June 4, which was then repeated uncritically by an equally well-meaning Tom Lydon here on Seeking Alpha on June 7.


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