January 28, 20160Comments

The Best and Worst of the All Cap Blend Style 1Q16

The All Cap Blend style ranks third out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in our 1Q16 Style Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Neutral rating

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

June 17, 20150Comments

True Fund Costs: Sector ETFs and Mutual Funds 2Q15

This report focuses on providing investors the true costs incurred when investing in Sector ETFs and mutual funds.

by Max Lee

June 5, 20150Comments

How To Avoid the Worst Sector ETFs 2Q15

Why are there so many ETFs? ETF providers tend to make lots of money on each ETF so they create more products to sell. The large number of ETFs has little to do with serving your best interests. Below are three red flags you can use to avoid the worst ETFs:

by Max Lee

October 9, 20140Comments

True Fund Costs: Energy Sector

This report focuses on providing investors the true costs incurred when investing in Energy ETFs and mutual funds.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

October 9, 20140Comments

Stock Picking Grades for Energy Sector Fund Managers

This report shows how well Energy ETFs and mutual fund managers pick stocks.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

May 2, 20140Comments

How To Avoid the Worst Sector ETFs

Picking from the multitude of sector ETFs is a daunting task.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

February 13, 20140Comments

How To Avoid the Worst Sector ETFs

Picking from the multitude of sector ETFs is a daunting task. In any given sector there may be as many as 45 different ETFs, and there are at least 183 ETFs across all sectors.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

January 17, 20140Comments

Best & Worst ETFs & Mutual Funds: Energy Sector

The Energy sector ranks eighth out of the ten sectors as detailed in my Sector Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets my Dangerous rating, which is based

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

November 4, 20130Comments

How To Avoid the Worst Sector ETFs: November 2013

Picking from the multitude of sector ETFs is a daunting task. In any given sector there may be as many as 44 different ETFs, and there are at least 183 ETFs across all sectors.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

July 15, 20132Comments

Best & Worst ETFs & Mutual Funds July 2013: Energy Sector

The Energy sector ranks eighth out of the ten sectors as detailed in my Sector Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets my Dangerous rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 18 ETFs and 63 mutual funds in the Energy sector as of July 10, 2013.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

April 26, 20130Comments

Best & Worst ETFs & Mutual Funds April 2013: Energy Sector

The Energy sector ranks eighth out of the ten sectors as detailed in my Sector Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets my Dangerous rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 18 ETFs and 73 mutual funds in the Energy sector as of April 23, 2013.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

January 29, 20130Comments

Best & Worst ETFs & Mutual Funds January 2013: Energy Sector

The Energy sector ranks fifth out of the ten sectors as detailed in my Sector Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets my Neutral rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 20 ETFs and 73 mutual funds in the Energy sector as of January 25th, 2013.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

December 18, 20121Comments

How To Avoid the Worst Sector ETFs: December 2012

Why are there so many ETFs? The answer is: because ETF providers are making lots of money selling them. The number of ETFs has little to do with serving investors’ best interests. Here are three red flags investors can use to avoid the worst ETFs...

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

October 10, 20120Comments

Best & Worst ETFs & Mutual Funds October 2012: Energy Sector

The Energy sector ranks fifth out of the ten sectors as detailed in my sector rankings for ETFs and mutual funds. It gets my Neutral rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 20 ETFs and 79 mutual funds in the Energy sector as of October 10, 2012.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

April 20, 20120Comments

Best & Worst ETFs & Mutual Funds: Energy Sector

The Energy sector ranks seventh out of the ten sectors as detailed in my sector roadmap. It gets my Neutral rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 20 ETFs and 89 mutual funds in the Energy sector as of April 17, 2012.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

November 8, 20110Comments

Cutting Thru the Smoke in the Energy Sector

Two of the three stocks added to our large/mid cap Most Dangerous stocks list for November are from the energy sector. Those stocks are Energy XXI (Bermuda) Ltd. (EXXI) and Superior Energy Services (SPN) – both get my very dangerous rating as do all of the Most Dangerous stocks. All of the energy sector ETFs get a dangerous rating, which means you should sell them.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

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

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