ETFdb Realtime Rating & Analyst Report for OIL
OIL is a passive ETN that seeks to replicate the S&P GSCI Crude Oil Total Return Index. The index reflects the returns that are potentially available through an unleveraged investment in the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures contract plus the Treasury Bill rate of interest that could be earned on funds committed to the trading of the underlying contracts.
| ETFdb Category | Expense Ratio | Inception Date | Issuer | Structure | YTD Return * |
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| Oil & Gas | 0.75% | 2006-08-15 | Barclays iPath | ETN | -10.83% |
* As of 05-24-2012
OIL Realtime Rating: By Metric
| Metric | Metric Realtime Rating | A+ Metric Rated ETF |
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| Liquidity | A | UNG |
| Expenses | C+ | USO |
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The first adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for OIL on several different metrics, including liquidity, expenses, performance, volatility, dividend, and concentration of holdings. The "A+ Metric Rated ETF" field, available to ETFdb Pro members, shows the ETF in the Oil & Gas ETFdb Category with the highest Metric Realtime Rating for each individual field.
OIL Realtime Rating: Overall
| ETFdb Rating Type | Overall Rating | A+ Overall Rated ETF |
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The second table shows the overall Realtime Rating for OIL, as well as the A+ Overall Rated ETF in OIL's Category. To view information on how the ETFdb Realtime Ratings work, click here.
ETFdb Analyst Report for OIL
This particular ETN looks at the commodity of crude oil, arguably, the most important resource in the world. Crude is vital to modern society and as such it can be a great play on the health of the world economy, surging when growth is robust and slumping when markets hit recessions. This note...
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