TradingMarkets 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Friday
Buyers dominated the light trading on Wednesday as sectors such as technology and industrials attracted the most attention from traders and investors in both stocks and ETFs.
Here are 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Friday.
Industrial stocks were among the early leaders on the final trading day of 2008, with Pall Corporation
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Take a market neutral approach to investing trading in the industrial stock sector with top industrial stocks and leveraged inverse funds like the ProShares UltraShort Industrials ETF, SIJ
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Technology shares took center stage midday on Wednesday, led by stocks like Motorola
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Hedge your tech stock holdings with an inverse fund like the ProShares UltraShort Technology ETF, REW
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Moving higher for a second day in a row on Wednesday was the Vanguard REIT Index ETF, VNQ
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Among the better performing exchange-traded funds in 2008, the iShares Lehman Brothers 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund, TLT
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