TradingMarkets 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Monday
Financials and consumer discretionary ETFs were among the best performers on the final trading day of the week. Strength in technology shares helped push the Nasdaq above 2,000 and send Nasdaq-related ETFs higher.
Here are 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Monday.
Buyers continue to be obsessed with everything financial, with the overbought SPDR KBW Regional Banking ETF
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Up 2% late in trading, the iShares MSCI Taiwan Index ETF
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One day in overbought territory below the 200-day moving average was enough to bring out the sellers in the ProShares UltraShort QQQ ETF
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Breaking out to new year-to-date highs was the Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF
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Dow theory fans take note! The iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average ETF
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