ETFdb Realtime Rating & Analyst Report for UGA
UGA is a passive Commodity Pool that seeks to replicate the Gasoline. The investment objective of UGA is for the changes in percentage terms of the units' net asset value to reflect the changes in percentage terms of the price of gasoline as measured by the futures contract on unleaded gasoline traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange that is the near month contract to expire, except when the near month contract is within two weeks of expiration, in which case it will invest in the next month to expire, less UGA's expenses.
| ETFdb Category | Expense Ratio | Inception Date | Issuer | Structure | YTD Return * |
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| Oil & Gas | 0.60% | 2008-02-26 | US Commodity Funds | Commodity Pool | +4.68% |
* As of 05-24-2012
UGA Realtime Rating: By Metric
| Metric | Metric Realtime Rating | A+ Metric Rated ETF |
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| Liquidity | A- | UNG |
| Expenses | A | USO |
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The first adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for UGA 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.
UGA Realtime Rating: Overall
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The second table shows the overall Realtime Rating for UGA, as well as the A+ Overall Rated ETF in UGA's Category. To view information on how the ETFdb Realtime Ratings work, click here.
ETFdb Analyst Report for UGA
This ETF offers targeted exposure to a widely-used energy commodity, making UGA a potentially useful tool for investors looking to bet on an increase in RBOB gasoline prices. Given the targeted nature of this fund, as well as the frequent contango in futures market, UGA probably doesn't have much...
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