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Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Energy Sector
David Trainer • Thu, May 2
Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Energy Sector
David Trainer • Tue, Feb 12 • 2 Comments
Energy Prices Increase As Third Quarter Production Volumes Fall
Julie Young • Tue, Nov 6, 2012 • 9 Comments
Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Energy Sector
David Trainer • Fri, Oct 26, 2012
Investing In Oil: 5 Questions To Ask Company Management
Oil and Gas Investments Bulletin • Mon, Aug 6, 2012 • 3 Comments
ETF Midweek Peek: Wait For QE In June?
David Fry • Wed, May 2, 2012 • 2 Comments
It's Time To Buy Oil And Energy
Scott Gibson • Thu, Apr 19, 2012 • 2 Comments
2 Stocks To Trade, And What's Next For The Market
The Oxen Group • Wed, Mar 14, 2012 • 12 Comments
5 Essentials Worth Remembering In This Market
Joseph E. Meyer • Sun, Mar 4, 2012 • 15 Comments
2 ETFs For Higher Gas Prices As Summer Approaches
Street Instincts • Sun, Feb 26, 2012
Commodity ETF Flows: Energy ETFs See Big Inflows, Alternative Energy ETFs Surge
Hard Assets Investor • Wed, Feb 15, 2012
Commodity ETF Flows: All About Energy
Hard Assets Investor • Mon, Feb 13, 2012 • 1 Comment
6 Common Myths About Global And U.S. Energy Issues
Walter Kurtz • Wed, Dec 28, 2011 • 4 Comments
iShares' Chief Investment Strategist: Energy Is 'The' Sector For 2012; Avoid Utilities [Video]
Russ Koesterich • Tue, Dec 20, 2011 • 3 Comments
Energy Transitions - Are We In One Now? Part Three - Investments
Elliott R. Morss • Tue, Nov 29, 2011 • 7 Comments
Cutting Through The Smoke In The Energy Sector: Choose Stocks Over ETFs
David Trainer • Wed, Nov 9, 2011
Energy And Industrials Relative Strength
Bespoke Investment Group • Fri, Nov 4, 2011
A Strategy For Shorting Leveraged ETF Pairs
Eric Falkenstein • Mon, Oct 31, 2011 • 5 Comments
Understanding The Risks Of A Commodities Investment
David Hunkar • Mon, Oct 31, 2011 • 2 Comments
ETFs Cannot Fully Account For Increased Correlation
Roger Nusbaum • Sun, Oct 16, 2011 • 1 Comment

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Leveraged ETFs: A Seeking Alpha Expert Panel
SA Editors • Wed, Nov 11, 2009 • 10 Comments
What Happens When You Hold Leveraged ETFs for More than One Day?
Marc Gerstein • Wed, Mar 25, 2009 • 22 Comments
Inflation, Demand and OPEC Should Drive DIG Higher
TraderRob • Sat, Mar 21, 2009 • 6 Comments
Why I Got Long Oil Today
Greg Feirman • Mon, Aug 18, 2008 • 1 Comment
Constructive on Stocks: Selling Some Financials, Shorting Energy
Jeffrey Saut • Tue, Jul 29, 2008 • 4 Comments

Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Energy Sector
David Trainer • Thu, May 2
Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Energy Sector
David Trainer • Tue, Feb 12 • 2 Comments
Energy Prices Increase As Third Quarter Production Volumes Fall
Julie Young • Tue, Nov 6, 2012 • 9 Comments
Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Energy Sector
David Trainer • Fri, Oct 26, 2012
Investing In Oil: 5 Questions To Ask Company Management
Oil and Gas Investments Bulletin • Mon, Aug 6, 2012 • 3 Comments
ETF Midweek Peek: Wait For QE In June?
David Fry • Wed, May 2, 2012 • 2 Comments
It's Time To Buy Oil And Energy
Scott Gibson • Thu, Apr 19, 2012 • 2 Comments
2 Stocks To Trade, And What's Next For The Market
The Oxen Group • Wed, Mar 14, 2012 • 12 Comments
5 Essentials Worth Remembering In This Market
Joseph E. Meyer • Sun, Mar 4, 2012 • 15 Comments
2 ETFs For Higher Gas Prices As Summer Approaches
Street Instincts • Sun, Feb 26, 2012
Commodity ETF Flows: Energy ETFs See Big Inflows, Alternative Energy ETFs Surge
Hard Assets Investor • Wed, Feb 15, 2012
Commodity ETF Flows: All About Energy
Hard Assets Investor • Mon, Feb 13, 2012 • 1 Comment
6 Common Myths About Global And U.S. Energy Issues
Walter Kurtz • Wed, Dec 28, 2011 • 4 Comments
iShares' Chief Investment Strategist: Energy Is 'The' Sector For 2012; Avoid Utilities [Video]
Russ Koesterich • Tue, Dec 20, 2011 • 3 Comments
Energy Transitions - Are We In One Now? Part Three - Investments
Elliott R. Morss • Tue, Nov 29, 2011 • 7 Comments
Cutting Through The Smoke In The Energy Sector: Choose Stocks Over ETFs
David Trainer • Wed, Nov 9, 2011
Energy And Industrials Relative Strength
Bespoke Investment Group • Fri, Nov 4, 2011
A Strategy For Shorting Leveraged ETF Pairs
Eric Falkenstein • Mon, Oct 31, 2011 • 5 Comments
Understanding The Risks Of A Commodities Investment
David Hunkar • Mon, Oct 31, 2011 • 2 Comments
ETFs Cannot Fully Account For Increased Correlation
Roger Nusbaum • Sun, Oct 16, 2011 • 1 Comment

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Friday, May 3, 8:00 AM "We don't want to sell in May and we continue to prefer cyclicals (XLY, XLI, XLB, XLE) ," says JPMorgan's Tom Lee, fully returned to his normal bullish stance. He notes client positioning is "dramatically different" from the heavily long stance of the last 3 years at this time. More, the downturn in gasoline prices could ad 50 bps to GDP in Q2, and the rally in high-yield suggests the economy is set to get stronger. 1 Comment
Monday, April 29, 8:41 AM Credit Suisse remains bearish on the commodity sector, noting years of high prices triggered a capex surge, with new supplies coming on just at the time they're not needed. Mining stocks (XME) may look cheap, says the team, but it's a sector that once it gets oversold tends to remain so. Big-cap oil (XLE)? It tends to outperform only during periods when stocks are falling, credit spreads are rising, or the oil price is spiking - none of which is likely. Comment! [Commodities]
Friday, April 26, 4:54 PM Recent underperformance in Exxon's (XOM) shares is unwarranted and is about to turn a corner, Cowen says, but not everyone on Wall Street agrees. Goldman Sachs is Neutral on XOM following Q1 earnings and sees production declines and reductions in overall cash returns. Deutsche Bank paints the entire integrated oil sector (XLE) with a broad brush: "no growth and declining returns." 2 Comments [Energy]
Friday, April 26, 10:37 AM This week has seen a nice pickup in battered cyclical sectors, as the materials sector (XLB), the year’s second-worst performing group, began today as the week’s top gainer, rising 4.5%. Next was energy (XLE), the year’s third-weakest, up 3.2%. MKM Partners thinks it means the recent gains may morph into sustained momentum, and likes adding June calls in XLB and the oil service ETF (OIH). 1 Comment [Energy]
Friday, April 26, 8:34 AM The beginning of a bigger move? Two of the year's three strongest performing sectors - healthcare (XLV) and consumer staples (XLP) - are down on the week as the three weakest sectors - energy (XLE), materials (XLB), and tech (XLK) - post gains of 3%-4.5%. 2 Comments
Wednesday, April 17, 12:57 PM Energy stocks (XLE -2.8%) trade well below the broader market as crude oil futures plunge after a surprising drop in U.S. distillate supplies and a smaller drop in crude supplies than API data showed. With the U.S. dollar substantially higher, analyst Tariq Zahir sees crude continuing its downward trend. Refiners: VLO -3.9%, TSO -5.6%, PBF -6.3%, CVI -6.8%. Big losers: LPI -5.4%, HLX -5.9%, PDS -6.5%, PWE -5.8%, KOG -4.4%. Comment! [Energy, On the Move]
Monday, April 15, 11:57 AM It's not as bad as gold, but crude oil is taking a beating too as weaker-than-anticipated economic reports from China deepen demand worries. Goldman Sachs says it has closed its long position in Brent crude with a loss of ~15%, worried prices will come under more pressure as European refining capacity comes back online after routine maintenance. WTI -2.9% to $88.59, Brent -2.6% to $100.45. Comment! [Energy, Global & FX]
Monday, April 15, 11:24 AM A 2.5% move up in Citigroup following earnings is allowing the banks (XLF) to tread water or even move higher in an otherwise bright red tape. Leading the S&P on the downside is the resources sector, XLE -2.9%, XLB -2.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) -0.7%. Comment! [Financials]
Thursday, April 4, 3:10 PM A few leave the bullish camp in the AAII Investor Sentiment survey, their number declining 2.9 points to 35.5%. A slight drop in bears brought their number down to 28.2%, the lowest level in 9 weeks. A special question asked for investor's favorite sector. The winner? Energy (XLE), including MLPs (AMJ), with 30% of the votes. Comment!
Thursday, March 28, 11:12 AM The U.S. government reportedly is set to lift the embargo of shale gas to Japan as early as next month, giving conditional approval and then proceeding to examine Japanese companies and their shale gas projects on a case-by-case basis. Japan's LNG imports have been rising since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant disaster, and U.S. LNG prices have been falling due to the sharp rise in shale gas output. 3 Comments [Energy, Global & FX]
Wednesday, March 27, 2:51 PM Green enters the major averages which all were down nearly 1% in the day's early going on EU bank worries. The Nasdaq +0.1% even as Apple and Google slip more than 1%. The DJIA -0.2%, the S&P 500 -0.1%, with financials the biggest drag, but energy (XLE) and healthcare (XLV) mostly higher. 2 Comments
Wednesday, February 20, 3:21 PM Why the tumbling price of crude matters? The energy sector (XLE) has been the clear leader in 2013's rally, notes ukarlewitz. If it turns, will another sector step up or will energy lead the way down? Comment! [Energy, On the Move]
Monday, February 11, 4:34 AM Shell (RDS.A) has unilaterally changed the SUKO 90 terms of how forward BFOE (Brent, Forties, Oseberg and Ekofisk) cargoes are traded. Shell said said the new rules will support the Brent benchmark, whose validity has come under increasing scrutiny, by allowing more grades and cargoes to be used in establishing the price. However, Platts, which sets the Dated Brent physical price, will disregard Shell's new terms until it has consulted market participants. Brent crude +1.4%. Comment! [Energy]
Friday, February 1, 10:11 AM Stocks move to session highs following the big ISM beat, not to mention better-than-expected sentiment numbers. S&P 500 +0.9% and the DJIA is just 10 points shy of 14K. Treasurys give up most of their post-payroll report gains. Comment!
Thursday, January 31, 11:57 AM Fidelity Contrafund manager Will Danoff is cautious about the energy sector (XLE), noting some companies continue to chase growth at the expense of returns. The industry - which made a massive investment in shale gas, causing prices to collapse - is doing the same thing with shale oil, he says. Comment! [Energy]
Wednesday, January 30, 9:11 AM Quick question: What's the biggest holding in the SPDR Retail ETF (XRT)? It's Netflix, with 1.68% of assets. Money poured into the XRT yesterday, with the fund growing AUM by 31.25% (Amazon is a 1.07% holding). The Transports (IYT) saw a big inflow, growing AUM by 17.9%. Losing funds was the SPDR Oil & Gas Explorers (XOP), down 15%. Comment!

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Returning Upgrades (3/28/13): $CGNX, $CMG, $COO, $CP, $CPSI, $DIG, $DNB, $DST, $DTE, $ERX, $FBT, $GMT, $HES, $IBB, $IP, $IYT, $LSTR, $MIDD
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Youngone91
Buying some DIG here
10/31/12
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The_American
TAHO HL PAAS SSRI GSS GPL as the price of SLV GLD PALL PTM PMs support USD declines UDN :on USO UCO DIG UNG VXX GDX GDXJ NUGT CHK AAPL GOOG
10/1/12
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The_American
UNG DIG DUG seems we have bottom on USO : on CHK XCO BTU High OIL prices support PMs GLD SLV USLV UGLD SLVP SIL GDX GDXJ NUGT : VXX GE YINN
9/28/12
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Coinflation sights many uses of GLD and undervalue Of SLV WITE and : on PTM PPLT as mines strike REMX AVL QRM : GLTR GLDX GDXJ GDX NUGT DIG
9/28/12
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The_American
: On GOLD lease rates as GLD SLV breakout High DIG UCO UNG : on SLW RGLD royalty on PHYS UGLD GDX NUGT GDXJ AG HL GPL GSS DIG DUG GASL REMX
9/28/12
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The_American
DAG AGF DBA JJA JJG USO UCO DIG DUG UNG UGAZ uptrend HDGE SPY profit taking VXX volume increasing TVIX UVXY GLD SLV SDS GDX GDXJ GLDX GLTR
8/20/12
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The_American
SDOW SDS SQQQ HDGE TVIX UVXY : on VIIX GLD SLV PSLV SIL PHYS IAU SGOL NUGT up 20% with more room DBA USO SCO DIG DUG SIRI WEN F : on pulls
8/9/12
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The_American
SH SZYM as it has high beta and trades with USO UNG which had a huge rally. SCO UCO DIG DUG NAV appear to be trading in tandem. OIL GLD SLV
7/6/12
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stocktrend: I believe NAV it will be bought but when ,just cut my losses and make upin other stocks today but will reenter with aleast 1000 maybe today
7/6/12
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Maria Auziliadora: stocktrend check ATRS well it saved me from loosing
7/9/12
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Ryan Mallory
Oil - Update Long-Term EWP http://bit.ly/Rcb3AU USO DIG DUG
7/4/12
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The_American
SH SZYM as it has high beta and trades with USO UNG which had a huge rally. SCO UCO DIG DUG NAV appear to be trading in tandem. OIL GLD SLV
7/6/12
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stocktrend: I believe NAV it will be bought but when ,just cut my losses and make upin other stocks today but will reenter with aleast 1000 maybe today
7/6/12
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Maria Auziliadora: stocktrend check ATRS well it saved me from loosing
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Husky Financial
DIG up 15% since I told everyone to back up the truck at 35.. did anyone join me?
6/30/12
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DaLatin: We thought alike :>) Talked the turn to the exact hour on C33's sell oil post. Good job HK
7/1/12
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Modernist: nice call
7/6/12
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The_American
GLD SLV may have bottomed now we may see a rally in USO OIL DIG NUGT which will help PMs along with $$ flows out of USD if EUO BOND Created
6/29/12
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The_American: Not in TV headlines but $$$ flows went into the EU and look at EUO which has come down Euro has gone up USD came down GLD broke 1600 SLV up
7/3/12
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The_American: Not in TV headlines but $$$ flows went into the EU and look at EUO which has come down Euro up USD came down NUGT GLD broke 1600 SLV up
7/3/12
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The_American
As long as USO OIL DIG OLO prices are at these levels along with worldwide deficits you will have sustained prices in GLD SLV Basic Economic
7/3/12
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jdub2788: Yep, liquidation of debt the only risk, and central banks have shown their hands.
7/3/12
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The_American
WPRT has almost doubled in a single month of June and may have more room to go USO is starting to form bottom XLE XCO CHK DIG DBC FCX COPX
6/29/12
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Maria Auziliadora: Yes this one has been on fire!!!
6/29/12
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Husky Financial
Back up the truck on DIG. Middle east geopolitical risks are real, and printing is coming.. Great way to play both. Also gold is a buy here
6/26/12
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lewwillis: Do you have a favorite way to play gold?
6/26/12
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Brian58: GDX
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Husky Financial
Does any1 here trade DIG? it seems like the most levered way to play oil unless you guys think a high-beta idv oil co would be a better bet
12/29/11
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jroliver77: Cheme, liking those etf's. Nice thanks.
12/29/11
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Ocean Man: I like CWEI as a high-beta indiv oil stock.
12/29/11
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Syria and mideast unrest. Looking at oil stocks and DIG. http://bit.ly/skEkYo
11/23/11
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Irishmedic: tanks you cost down, either way in the long run you win, IMO
11/23/11
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C4I Havoc: Thanks for the heads up. Took profits on SCO.
11/23/11
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The_American
CHIN look@ PUK it's ADR of PRU low beta, nice yield. USO OIL DIG DUG DBO makes me SDS GLD IAU UGL SLV which is best both Monetray&Industry
11/17/11
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Venerability: (Cont.) - and if so, it could be a nice rally this time - selected components should begin to move higher at 11 or 11:30, per pattern.
11/17/11
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The_American: China just cut SIVR USLV DSLV UGLD DGLD IAU DBS AGQ they are cutting back on their SLV exports by 5%. GLD support at 1700 SIL may go to 50
11/19/11
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