Friday, March 6, 2015

Oil ETF About to Be Crushed By Contango (USO)

We've never understood why anyone would put money in this thing.
From ZeroHedge:

Crude Awakening: Why Next Week Could Be Carnage For Oil ETFs
Don’t look now, but the sharp slide in crude prices may be leading the proverbial sheep to slaughter. Investors have piled into the market’s largest crude ETF over the last several months sending the number of shares outstanding to the highest level since 2009. We suspect many of these “investors” might be unaware that they’re currently staring down the most severe decoupling between second- and first- month contracts in four years. 

Sell low, buy high anyone?