TradingMarkets 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Tuesday
Virtually all sectors were trading lower as of the final hours of trading on Monday, with corrections and pullbacks especially significant in the materials sector. Financial stocks as well as energy stocks were also failing to attract buyers.
Here are 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Tuesday.
The sell-off in Basic Materials stocks on Monday helped send the ProShares UltraShort Basic Materials ETF, SMN
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Falling prices for crude oil mean continued falling prices for the United States Oil Fund, USO
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Down for a third day in a row on Monday were the ProShares Ultra Financials ETF, UYG
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Looking to diversify your investment and trades by investing style? Increase your exposure to small-cap growth stocks by way of an ETF like the Vanguard Small Cap Growth ETF, VBK
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