TradingMarkets 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Friday
Stocks rallied into the close on the day before the Thanksgiving holiday, with traders and investors moving out of recession stocks and into areas such as technology and consumer cyclicals. The rising fortunes of emerging markets stocks were also indicative of a growing appetite for risk.
Here are 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Friday.
A rally in shares of Apple
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A good day in the market these days also tends to mean a good day for financial stocks – which did not disappoint on Wednesday. The iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Sector ETF, IYF
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Buyers were also interested in telecommunications stocks, sending the Vanguard Telecommunications ETF, VOX
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Emerging markets were another source of strong buying pressure on Wednesday. The iShares FTSE/Xinhua 25 ETF, FXI
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