United States Oil Fund (NYSEMKT: USO)
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United States Oil Fund Returns vs. S&P
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United States Oil Fund Company Info
The Fund is a commodity pool issues units that may be purchased and sold on the American Stock Exchange. It engages in the speculative trading of futures contracts and options on futures contracts.
News & Analysis
Oil and gas stocks can produce significant capital gains from share price appreciation and attractive dividend income during periods of high oil and gas prices.
Although returns may appear lucrative, many will not even recoup their initial investment in these exotic ETFs.
The agency has made a preliminary determination to take enforcement action against the oil ETF.
Just as they're picking volatile individual stocks, many users of the trading app are buying exchange-trade funds that have high-risk characteristics.
This oil ETF offers a much better risk-reward profile than these more popular ones.
Oil ETFs like USO and UCO need oil to keep rallying to continue working.
Oil prices have rebounded from their lows, but these companies are still likely to underperform.
Even the fund's own futures merchants are posing risks.
Valuation
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