Here's The ETFs Blowing Up On Social Media


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Market Prophit compiles and analyzes how social media commentary relates to the stock market, and develops statistics that track sentiment.

On Friday, Benzinga spoke with CEO Igor Gonta, who pointed out a few trending ETFs in the social media space.

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1. United States Oil Fund LP (ETF) (NYSE: USO)

This fund seeks to reflect the performance of the spot price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) light, sweet crude oil.

As volatility lingered and crude oil fell below $60 after a short rally recently, Market Prophit's Expert sentiment indicator remained bearish. The Crowd, meanwhile, is now starting to reverse its opinion, turning negative too.

2. iShares iBoxx $ High Yid Corp Bond (ETF) (NYSE: HYG)


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This ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated, high yield corporate bonds.

As Gonta explained, “Since a big chunk of the High Yield Index as represented by the ETF HYG is comprised of leveraged oil producers, the index has taken a big beating with the recent price fall in oil.

"Even with the recent rally from the lows, both the Crowd and the Market Prophit sentiment remain bearish on the ETF HYG."

3. iShares Barclays 20 Yr Treas.Bond (ETF) (NYSE: TLT)

Possibly responding to recent Russian volatility, the TLT ETF was up on the first three days of the week, and both Expert and Crowd sentiment was bullish, according to Gonta. On December 18, however, sentiment turned negative as the ETF's share price fell over 2 percent.

4. SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSE: GLD)

This fund reflects the performance of the price of gold bullion.

As the price of gold tumbled this past week, the Crowd remained bullish, but Experts were generally bearish.

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27% profit every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.


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