This week marks the start of fourth-quarter earnings season and while only a few marquee names are due to report this week, three Dow names to be exact, it never hurts to do a little advanced planning and scope out some ETFs that may move on the back of these profit reports. For Alcoa (NYSE:
AA
) today after the bell: The SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF (NYSE:
XME
) would be the conservative play as Alcoa gets just over 4% of XME's weight, but the ambitious trader could give the newly minted Global X Aluminum ETF (NYSE:
ALUM
) a whirl. A good leveraged bet would be the ProShares Ultra Industrials (NYSE:
UXI
). For Intel (Nasdaq:
INTC
) Thursday after the close, run with the Semiconductor HOLDRs (AMEX:
SMH
), which allocates more than 20% of its weight to Intel. If Intel blows out as it has in recent quarters, go big with the Direxion Daily Semicondct Bull 3X Shares (NYSE:
SOXL
). For JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:
JPM
) Friday before the open: Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE:
XLF
), iShares Dow Jones US Financial Sector ETF (NYSE:
IYF
) and the Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSE:
VFH
).
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