TradingMarkets 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Tuesday
On the eve of a Federal Reserve Board rate decision, stocks traded lower on relatively light volume. Financial and technology earnings will be among the focuses of traders over the balance of the week.
Here are 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Tuesday.
Technology stock earnings will be on stage this week, with companies like Oracle Corporation
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Another group of ETFs that may be affected by tech stock earnings this week are the ETFs linked to the Nasdaq and Nasdaq 100. These include ETFs like the PowerShares QQQ Trust ETF, QQQQ
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With both Goldman Sachs
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Energy stocks were among the early leaders to the upside on Monday. A number of these stocks are significantly over their 50-day moving averages. Traders can avoid corporate risk – the risk that any one stock will under perform those in its sector or the market as a whole – by choosing an energy ETF such as the Energy Select Sector SPDR, XLE
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Since bottoming in late November, emerging markets stocks have been among the most impressive gainers. Traders can get exposure to a basket of emerging markets stocks from countries including Brazil, China, Russia and Taiwan through exchange-traded funds like the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF, EEM
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Continuing to soar on the eve of the Federal Reserve Board interest rate announcement on Tuesday, the CurrencyShares Euro ETF, FXE
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