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This Week In ETFs: March 18th Edition
March 18, 2012 at 07:00 AM EDT
Stocks fell flat at the end of this week after both the Nasdaq and Dow had logged in their seventh-straight winning streaks. The earlier rally edged both indexes into post-crisis, record breaking territory, an encouraging sign that perhaps the equity markets are well on their way to a full recovery. Friday’s lackluster session was in part due to mixed economic data: consumer sentiment came in weaker-than-expected, while consumer prices rose and U.S. industrial production remained unchanged in the month of February. On the international front, Europe equities saw a slight uptick as optimism over the global economic recovery grew and concerns over the Euro debt crisis seemed to have abated. Investors this week also saw a rather interesting leader emerge in the commodities market: oats, which gained more than 16% this week (see also ETFs To Bet Against Natural Gas). A new player entered the ETF industry this week with the debut [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: No Related Posts
Stocks fell flat at the end of this week after both the Nasdaq and Dow had logged in their seventh-straight winning streaks. The earlier rally edged both indexes into post-crisis, record breaking territory, an encouraging sign that perhaps the equity markets are well on their way to a full recovery. Friday’s lackluster session was in part due to mixed economic data: consumer sentiment came in weaker-than-expected, while consumer prices rose and U.S. industrial production remained unchanged in the month of February. On the international front, Europe equities saw a slight uptick as optimism over the global economic recovery grew and concerns over the Euro debt crisis seemed to have abated. Investors this week also saw a rather interesting leader emerge in the commodities market: oats, which gained more than 16% this week (see also ETFs To Bet Against Natural Gas). A new player entered the ETF industry this week with the debut [...]
