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Utilities Select Sector SPDR (XLU)

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  • Ten Best ETFs for 2010 [View article]
    Solid recommendations, thanks. I just wanted to point out something regarding the Global X FTSE Nordic 30 ETF as I happen to live in the... More »
    Comment by UltraLong
    Jan 1 12:13 pm |
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  • Ten Best ETFs for 2010 [View article]
    hat tip to http://seekingalpha-articles.blogspot.com/
    Comment by AME rej
    Jan 1 11:50 am |
    Rating: +1 -1
  • Ten Best ETFs for 2010 [View article]
    i would long the vix, the market is still very volatile. The time to short the VIX was last Novermber when it went above 60 I wanted to... More »
    Comment by Jacob Wolinsky
    Jan 1 11:00 am |
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  • Ten Best ETFs for 2010 [View article]
    We study search demand/supply trends from around the world to find profitable niches and products, and the main problem with predictions... More »
    Comment by Stock Market Sage
    Jan 1 10:46 am |
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  • Ten Best ETFs for 2010 [View article]
    I like SPDR and WYE.....................I feel like Paulson is on to something here. We may see him top Gates and Buffet on the Forbes... More »
    Comment by debora edholm
    Dec 31 16:28 pm |
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  • Ten Best ETFs for 2010 [View article]
    I like Paulsons involvment in Hayman Capitals hedge fund and SPDR Gold Trust..............................
    Comment by debora edholm
    Dec 31 16:27 pm |
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  • Ten Best ETFs for 2010 [View article]
    what is "near term"[US gov't......rcognize.....replace ....oil...]? and what near term action can gov't take to drive significant use... More »
    Comment by fran
    Dec 31 15:57 pm |
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  • 10 S&P Sectors, 10 Years, 1 Graph [View article]
    This chart would be more useful if it included total returns - I bet utilities would come out looking far better than middle of the pack... More »
    Comment by Annualgain
    Dec 31 14:27 pm |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Ten Best ETFs for 2010 [View article]
    An excellent introductory presentation of potentially exciting ETFs. All are worth investigating to one degree or another.
    Comment by Thomas Smicklas
    Dec 30 19:51 pm |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Ten Best ETFs for 2010 [View article]
    Am I the only one who believe that treasury bonds will have to unperform? Interest rates will go up with discount rate coming up in the... More »
    Comment by Alex Bernstein
    Dec 30 17:33 pm |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Ten Best ETFs for 2010 [View article]
    A fine, well-written article with a somewhat eclectic group of recommendations. Our clients for whom these are appropriate have owned... More »
    Comment by Joseph L. Shaefer
    Dec 30 14:41 pm |
    Rating: +4 0
  • Ten Best ETFs for 2010 [View article]
    Instead of CPI, wouldn't it better to just buy BIL, SHV or GLD yourself? Or does the manager of this ETF have a track record that it... More »
    Comment by Hedged In
    Dec 30 13:27 pm |
    Rating: 0 0
  • Ten Best ETFs for 2010 [View article]
    With all due respect, you seem to be confusing the ETF with the commodity. If you buy UNG here, you could end up paying a premium to... More »
    Comment by djj420
    Dec 30 12:10 pm |
    Rating: +4 0
  • Ten Best ETFs for 2010 [View article]
    I'll stick with UNG for the meantime. Contango spread with NG is getting much lesser every roll-over; therefore UNG will lose less... More »
    Comment by aarc
    Dec 30 11:56 am |
    Rating: +1 -2
  • Ten Best ETFs for 2010 [View article]
    While many of those sectors look good, the low cap on many of them is a bit scary. But I bought 1000 (GXF) anyway - which amounts to... More »
    Comment by Windsun33
    Dec 30 11:07 am |
    Rating: +3 0