TradingMarkets 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Tuesday
Five days of advancing markets on low volume ending on Friday have resulted in some aggressive profit-taking on Monday. Weakness in technology stocks, especially semiconductors, was marked. We include a number of technology ETFs in our report below.
Here are 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Tuesday.
Among the most widely traded technology ETFs is the SPDRS Technology Sector ETF, XLK
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Weakness on Monday was particularly pronounced in semiconductor stocks. Avoid sector risk with semiconductor ETFs such as the ProShares UltraSemiconductor ETF, USD
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The SPDR KBW Regional Bank ETF, KRE
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Falling energy prices continue to encourage traders to sell energy stocks. While the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Energy Sector ETF, IYE
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