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Are Oil ETFs the Rodney Dangerfield Of Investment Vehicles?

10 July 2009 at 10:29 am by Gary Gordon     Bookmark and Share

Oil is having a bear of a time lately… dropping more than 20% to $59 per barrel. Are you on top of how your Oil ETFs have performed? Do you know if you're getting creamed by "contango," "backwardization," or half-a-dozen other reasons that Oil ETFs don't always live up to the hype?

On a separate noe, corporate bonds have been hanging tough. In fact, you may be doing better than okay with your investment grade bond ETF.

Heading out of town for the weekend? Before "checking out," check in with one of these ETF articles below:

Investment Grade Corporate Bonds Holding Up Well – Bespoke
It’s Tough Being A (Small) Speculator – Paul Amery, Index Universe
Crude Oil Could Bounce, But … β€“ Brad Zigler, Hard Assets Investor

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