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Do You Know What You’re Doing With Oil ETFs?
etftrends.com - 1/30/2009
Do You Know What You’re Doing With Oil ETFs?
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Goldman Sachs has stepped forward to warn of unprecedented flows into oil exchange traded funds (ETFs), and it has raised the question of whether investors know what they’re doing. What’s Behind the Jump? The energy analysts attribute the jump in inflows to a spike in oil prices seen...
fool.com - 1/30/2009
The Long and Short of Oil ETFs
— fool.com — Oil was both praised and pilloried last year, as the price of a barrel of oil reached heights never before seen and then steadily declined to shockingly low levels. Last year, the now-infamous Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS ) prediction for oil to hit $200 ... (more) The Long and Short of Oil ETFs

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financialsense.com - 1/29/2009
Financial Sense Storm Watch Update "Oil Rises, Oil Falls" by James J. Puplava 01/28/2009
— financialsense.com — Oil Rise, Oil Falls F rom the drilling of the first oil well in 1859, the oil industry has been locked into a perpetual boom-and-bust cycle. During the early days booms and busts were brought on by dramatic swings in the supply vs. demand equation. ... (more) Financial Sense Storm Watch Update "Oil Rises, Oil ...

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seekingalpha.com - 1/29/2009
Contango: How It Affects Crude Oil ETFs and ETNs -
— seekingalpha.com — (The following is a Guest post on MarketFolly.com . ' Tradefast ' is the nickname of an independent equity trader who has more than 20 years of market experience at a major financial institution and two hedge funds. He now trades for a private ... (more) Contango: How It Affects Crude Oil ETFs and ETNs -

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What Contango Means For Oil ETFs
Daily Markets — ... Yesterday, we covered the issue of whether oil exchange traded fund (ETF) investors knew what they were doing when it came to these funds. (You do). But how does the issue of contago impact oil-related ETFs? ...

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