It has been a brutal six months for United States Oil (NYSE: USO), a major exchange traded fund for oil, and United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG), a major exchange traded fund for natural gas. Over the last six months, United States Oil has fallen by more than 50 percent (chart below). It is much […]
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United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG), the main exchange traded fund for natural gas, is up for the week. Cold weather has the demand for natural gas increasing, which takes the share price of United States Natural Gas higher. That is needed as United States Natural Gas is down for the last month, quarter, six […]
Jan
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2014 was another bull market year with both the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DIA) and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (NYSE: SPY) doing well. As with any time period, certain sectors did well with others disappointing. Oil and natural gas plunged, as did the exchange traded funds, United States Oil (NYSE: USO), and […]
Dec
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The carnage in the energy sector has been deep and wide with United States Oil (NYSE: USO), a major exchange traded fund for oil, and United States Natural Gas, (NYSE: UNG), a major exchange traded fund for natural gas, off significantly. While that has been the story for many individual oil and natural gas stocks, […]
Dec
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For those who are bullish on natural gas, there is Southwestern Energy Co. (NYSE: SWN). Based in Houston, Southwestern Energy Co. has been expanding in presence in natural gas, especially in the Fayetteville Shale in Arkansas and the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania. This comes at a time when others such as BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP), […]
Dec
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A recent article on this site detailed how United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG), the exchange traded fund for natural gas, was up for the week. Today United States Natural Gas is off due to a warm weather report. It has been a brutal period for fossil fuels: securities for oil, coal, and natural gas […]
Dec
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Cold weather in America has United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG) up for the last week of market action. This is a bullish indicator for United States Natural Gas in what has been a bearish market for fossil fuels such as oil, coal, and natural gas. The exchanged traded fund for oil, United States Oil, […]
Dec
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The short term pains for oil, natural gas, and coal highlight the long term appeal of the exchange traded funds for oil United States Oil (NYSE: USO), natural gas (NYSE: UNG), and coal Market Vectors Coal (NYSE: KOL). There are many reasons for the short term decline as there are factors that make the long […]
Dec
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Like many other major oil stocks, ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) is down for the last week, month, quarter and six months of market action. For the last 52 weeks, ConocoPhillips has dropped, too (chart below). Projections are that ConocoPhillips and other oil and natural gas stocks will continue to fall. The exchange traded fund for oil, […]
Nov
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Cold weather is making for a hot performance by the exchange traded fund for natural gas, United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG). United States Natural Gas is up for the last week, month, and quarter of market action (chart below). When cold weather hits the United States, the price of natural gas rises. That is […]
