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Rising Crude Prices: Not Necessarily Good for Oil Stocks

Instead of buying oil stocks, consider investing in the energy ETFs like GAZ, JJE, DBE, RJN and USO. Out of these, RJN and DBE are the best performers, up almost 32% in the past 3 months. If you prefer individual stocks, check out ANR, PCX, MEE, REXX, CLR and WLL. See our website for more info.

An October Surprise for IFN Investors

You forgot to mention that iPath MSCI India Index ETN (INP) has actually gained more than 30% YTD and the ride has been much smoother than other emerging market funds. Since IFN is a closed-end fund, it can sell at a large premium or discount to its NAV. That is why INP is a better proxy for investing in the Indian stock market.

RYMFX: Correlated With Nothing At All

If Rydex Managed Futures Strategies Fund (RYMFX) is not uncorrelated to anything else, how do you explain the fact that it bottomed on 8/16/07 just like all other stock market indices and has been trending up ever since?