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Although energy prices have come off their 2011 highs, futures contracts are trading well above their mid-2010 levels with current prices trending near the $100/bbl. mark. This has proven to be pretty good news for energy companies across the board helping many to beat analyst expectations for the most recent quarter. Yet, while many giant oil firms have beaten estimates, earnings are down significantly for many of the world’s largest oil firms, a troubling situation for those who are heavily invested in the sector. For example, ConocoPhillips, which reported earnings earlier in the week, beat consensus expectations but also saw profits drop by 39% largely thanks to asset sales in the year ago period. Meanwhile, other large companies are seeing a decline in overall oil production, a trend that could signal slumping profits in the near future for many of the Western world’s oil majors. Thanks to these conflicting signals, investors will likely look to ExxonMobil (XOM) and its earnings report to set the record straight when the company reports before the bell later today. [click to continue…]

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Highlighting Five Free ETF Tools

by Michael Johnston on May 27, 2011

With more than 1,200 products in a lineup that adds dozens of new funds every month, navigating through the ETF universe has become an increasingly challenging task in recent years. Innovation in the space has given investors more options than ever before for accessing asset classes and investment strategies that may have previously been out of reach. With the tremendous growth in the ETF industry has come the introduction of countless tools and resources designed to help ETF investors find the products that meet their objectives, and analyze potential holdings to determine the optimal fund. ETF Database has developed a suite of free ETF tools and resources that can be used in a variety of different ways, and that may be useful for investors of all types and all levels of sophistication. Below, we outline five of the free tools offered at ETFdb.com: [click to continue…]

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Three ETFs To Watch This Week: IYE, SMH, VOO

by Jared Cummans on October 25, 2010

As the greenback begins to take back some of the ground it has recently lost, investors are befuddled as to where they should allocate their assets. Some are still bullish on gold or fixed income, while others believe that these two asset classes have hit their peaks, and are due for a nasty correction in [...]

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Energy ETFs In Focus As Exxon Mobil (XOM) Reports Earnings

by Jared Cummans on July 29, 2010

In the midst of earnings season, stock markets are no strangers to volatility. The first week saw mixed results, with some industry leaders beating estimates while others disappointed the Street on weak revenue numbers. Week two was slightly more upbeat, with some major financial and energy companies –such as Morgan Stanley and Halliburton– crushed their [...]

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ETF Plays For $100 Oil: USO, EEO, and IEZ

by Michael Johnston on March 2, 2010

After surging from about $35 per barrel at the end of 2008 to $70 at the halfway point of 2009, crude oil traded within a relatively tight range of $70 and $80 for the last eight months. But many analysts have become bullish on oil prices in recent weeks, anticipating a rally spurred by seasonal [...]

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Energy ETFs: Global Or U.S.?

by Michael Johnston on October 22, 2009

Over the last two weeks, crude oil prices have crept higher on hopes of a continued recovery and increasingly strong demand from China. With some analysts anticipating that crude will continue to rise, many investors have begun tilting their portfolios more heavily towards energy ETFs, hoping that higher margins will lead this sector to outperform [...]

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