ETFdb Realtime Rating & Analyst Report for USO
USO is a passive Commodity Pool that seeks to replicate the Light, sweet crude oil. Tracks changes in the price of light, sweet crude oil, as measured by the changes in price of the futures contract on light, sweet crude oil traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
| ETFdb Category | Expense Ratio | Inception Date | Issuer | Structure | YTD Return * |
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| Oil & Gas | 0.45% | 2006-04-10 | US Commodity Funds | Commodity Pool | -10.10% |
* As of 05-24-2012
USO 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 USO 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.
USO 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 USO, as well as the A+ Overall Rated ETF in USO's Category. To view information on how the ETFdb Realtime Ratings work, click here.
ETFdb Analyst Report for USO
This fund offers exposure to one of the the world's most important commodities, oil, and potentially has appeal as an inflation hedge. While oil may be appealing, USO often suffers from severe contango making the product more appropriate for short-term traders.
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