Three ETFs To Watch This Week: EWP, XLI, EWC

U.S. equities finished the week pretty much flat as losses in Monday and Tuesday trading were soon erased by solid performances out of the blue chips later in the week to push the S&P 500 back to roughly breakeven for the five day period. International markets didn’t fare much better on the week, and in many cases declined for the period as many investors sought out safe havens instead of risky international equities. Thanks to this slowly rising fear, gold did manage to once again break through the $1,500/oz. level finishing the week above $1,510. Meanwhile, oil was extremely volatile as the vital commodity declined to about $96/bbl. before surging higher in the mid-week timeframe only to end up at the $100/bbl. mark to end the week. In other news, LinkedIn, the business networking site, IPO’ed on Thursday, creating a wave of euphoria in the markets for everything ‘web 2.0′. [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: Daily ETF Roundup: GDX Slides On Gold’s Weakness, XLI Rises On Strong Earnings Friday’s ETF To Watch: iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund (EWC) March ETF Stats: Another Solid Quarter Three Country ETFs That Could Benefit From Triple-Digit Oil Thursday’s ETF To Watch: iShares MSCI Spain Index Fund (EWP)