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August 2, 20111Comments

Energy Sector ETFs Could Incinerate Your Savings

I recommend investors avoid all energy sector ETFs. There are no ETFs in the energy sector with an attractive-or-better rating from my methodology at New Constructs. None of the ETFs rank better than the S&P500. Investors should sell all dangerous-rated energy sector ETFs. The five ETFs below are the worst-rated of all energy sector ETFs:

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

July 26, 20111Comments

Five Utility Sector ETFs To Sell

We recommend investors avoid all utility sector ETFs. There are no ETFs in the utility sector with an attractive-or-better rating. None of the ETFs rank better than the S&P500. Investors should sell the following dangerous-rated utility sector ETFs:

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

July 19, 20110Comments

Tech Sector ETF Rankings for 3Q11

ProShares Ultra Semiconductors (USD) is our top pick among the 25 ETFs we analyzed for our 3Q11 update on the “Best & Worst Tech Sector ETFs”.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

May 10, 20110Comments

Show Discretion When Choosing Consumer Discretionary Sector ETFs

Retail HOLDRS (RTH) is our top pick for consumer discretionary sector ETFs. RTH is one of 51 ETFs that gets an attractive-or-better rating. We rate the investment merit of the

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

May 10, 20110Comments

Many Tasty Choices In Consumer Staples Sector ETFs

Select Sector SPDR-Consumer Staples (XLP) is our top pick for consumer staples sector ETFs. XLP is one of four ETFs, out of the 270 we currently cover, to get our very attractive rating. We also rate the investment merit of the top five consumer staple sector ETFs.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

May 9, 20113Comments

Don’t Employ Any Industrial Sector ETFs

We recommend avoid or sell all industrial sector ETFs. We also rate the investment merit of the top six industrial sector ETFs.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

May 6, 20110Comments

Nothing But Ugly Financial Sector ETFs

We recommend investors short the KBW Bank ETF (KBE) and avoid or sell all other financial sector ETFs. We also rate the investment merit of the top nine financial sector ETFs.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

May 5, 20111Comments

Lots Of Ugly in Energy ETFs

We recommend investors avoid all energy sector ETFs. We found no ETFs in the sector that offer investors attractive investment merit and acceptable structural integrity. We also rate the investment merit of the top-9 energy sector ETFs.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

May 5, 20112Comments

Some Good In Telecom Sector ETFs

Broadband HOLDRS (BDH) is our top pick for telecom sector ETFs. We also rate the investment merit of the top-3 telecom sector ETFs. Per our first-quarter-2011 review of U.S. Equity Sector

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

May 5, 20110Comments

Bad and Ugly Materials Sector ETFs

We recommend investors avoid all materials sector ETFs. We found no ETFs in the materials sector that offer investors attractive investment merit and acceptable structural integrity. We rate the investment merit of the top-6 materials sector ETFs.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

May 5, 20111Comments

Bad and Ugly In Utility Sector ETFs

We recommend investors avoid all utility sector ETFs. We found no ETFs in the utility sector that offer investors attractive investment merit and acceptable structural integrity. We rate the investment merit of the top-5 utility sector ETFs.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

May 4, 20110Comments

Mainly Just Good in Health Care Sector ETFs

Our top picks for the Health Care sector ETFs are: Biotech HOLDRS (BBH) and Pharmaceutical HOLDRS (PPH). We also rate the investment merit of the top-9 health care sector ETFs.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

April 26, 20112Comments

Good, Bad and Ugly Tech Sector ETFs

Our top picks for ETFs for the Information Technology sector are: Internet Architecture HOLDRS (IAH) and Semiconductor HOLDRS (SMH). We also rate the investment merit of the top-12 tech sector ETFs.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

February 3, 20112Comments

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly In Consumer Staples ETFs

If you want to be in a sector ETF, the Consumer Staples Sector is the only place to shop. However, not all ETFs are made the same. Despite the predominance of Attractive-rated stocks in the Consumer Staples Sector, there are still ETFs that investors should be careful to avoid.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

January 25, 20110Comments

Telecom Sector ETFs Are Best Left Alone

We recommend investors avoid Telecommunication Sector ETF as that sector is one 4 sectors to our “dangerous” rating.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

January 21, 20110Comments

Neutral Rating for Financial Sector Means ETF Investors Should Beware

Investors in Financial Sector ETFs needs to be very careful about which ETF they buy because there are simply not that many good stocks as compared to bad stocks in the sector. The Financial sector is one of 5 that gets our Neutral rating.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

January 10, 20110Comments

Retail and Financials Are Most Dangerous in January

Retail and Financials are the most common stocks on our Most Dangerous Stocks list for January. Now that the holiday shopping season is behind us, we see little incremental upside in the retail and financial sectors.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

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