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Natural Gas Commodity ETF. This trades an awful lot like a commodity because it’s based on Canadian gas contract. He doesn't like it because he just doesn't know what it's going to do.

2011-09-16

PAST TOP PICK

29.050

(A Top Pick June 1/10. Down 20.41%.) Tracks physical gas. Sold his holdings after probably a few months. Not a buy.

2011-06-03

PAST TOP PICK

2.690

(A Top Pick June 1/10. Down 26.03%.) Natural gas ETF. Still a Hold.

2011-04-28

BUY

2.580

Benj Gallander

Likes natural gas. The further up that oil goes the better chance for natural gas to go up. Typical of supply and demand and there is a lot more supply than demand. You could bet on the commodity through this and longer term do quite well.

2011-04-25

Comment

2.370

Physical natural gas contracts in Canada.

2011-03-11

DON'T BUY

2.350

John Stephenson

These ETFs do well when futures prices are lower than present because you are buying low and selling higher. When they are in co tango, you are buying high and selling low.

2011-03-04

DON'T BUY

2.700

John Stephenson

Natural Gas Commodity ETF (GAS-T) or Perpetual Energy (PMT-T) for a 5-year gas play? A 5-year expectation that gas will go up eventually is reasonable. He would hold Perpetual. This one is essentially Future contracts and essentially are Buying high and Selling low..

2011-01-17

DON'T BUY

2.880

Natural Gas ETF. Quite volatile and he has very little exposure to it. At some point natural gas will go up but doesn’t see it on the horizon right now. If you own, consider for tax loss selling.

2010-12-08

BUY

2.810

Natural Gas Commodity ETF. He is surprised that gas has not done better. As a longer-term hold, he would classify this as a real buy. Very cheap.

2010-08-23

Comment

3.390

Natural Gas Commodity ETF. Too volatile for him but as a long-term hold it is fine and he sees no problem with it.

2010-07-30

BUY

3.240

Natural Gas Commodity ETF. Now that it's off a bit, it's a great time to Buy because we are now going into the real dog days of summer and it's really hot.

2010-07-12

DON'T BUY

3.590

Martin Hubbes, CFA

For most people, he is not sure that speculating on the commodity is the best way to go. Natural gas prices are very unpredictable. Because of shale gas is not sure there will be much of an increase in gas prices.

2010-07-05

DON'T BUY

4.070

Natural gas is one of the most volatile commodity out there. A very difficult area to play. This ETF may not necessarily track the actual movement of the commodity perfectly. Would prefer one of the natural gas trusts.

2010-06-17

TOP PICK

3.650

Tracks physical gas. We are way past the shoulder season. The air conditioners are really humming. There should be a real peak in demand.

2010-06-01

SELL

3.630

John Stephenson

That gas is settled out at a reasonable range and downside is fairly limited. Most of the ETFs go to the market and buy future delivery of the commodity so rebalancing is sometimes monthly, sometimes daily. Given the shape of the curve, he would be a seller.

2010-04-16

DON'T BUY

3.680

Natural gas ETF. Trades like a commodity and he has gotten rid of about three quarters of his holdings. Can't see where the bottom is on gas.

2010-04-09

DON'T BUY

3.570

Natural gas ETF. Natural gas and currency are 2 of the most difficult things to predict. If he were going to own natural gas, he would rather own the companies that produce it.

2010-04-08

SELL

3.860

Natural gas ETF. He does not expect gas to go back up. Recent storage numbers indicated a draw down but injections are going to start relatively soon and we’ll be back into the excess storage situation again.

2010-03-19

DON'T BUY

4.060

Richard Croft

Natural gas. One of the problems with all commodity ETF's is that they tend to trade off the futures market, which tends to give a rollover effect. Would rather hold a basket of commodities within a portfolio.

2010-03-16

PAST TOP PICK

5.360

(A Top Pick June 19/09. Down 31.6%.) Got stopped out at about 10% down.

2010-02-04

DON'T BUY

5.640

Natural gas ETF. Unless you are extremely nimble, such as a day trader, this is a hard way to make money as an investor.

2009-12-21

PAST TOP PICK

5.740

(A Top Pick June 19/09. Down 26.4%.) Got stopped out with a 10%-11% loss.

2009-12-17

BUY

5.990

Mike S. Newton, CIM FCSI

Better ETF for longer term holds on Nat Gas.

2009-10-27

Comment

5.900

Very volatile. When you are dealing with any kind of futures contract, you have to anticipate volatility. Treat this as a trading vehicle.

2009-10-15

DON'T BUY

6.020

Norman Levine

Tracks price of the forward contract of natural gas. Things are starting to normalize. To own this you hope for a cold winter and that the manufacturing sector comes back strongly. There are tones of storage out there. Be careful. Would prefer stocks that drill for Nat Gas.

2009-10-13

DON'T BUY

5.730

Natural Gas Commodity ETF. A lot of people have lost a lot of money on ETFs. There has been a bounce in natural gas so we have probably seen the bottom but we are still not out of the shoulder season yet. If you like natural gas, consider going into a senior producer like Encana (ECA-T).

2009-09-23

PAST TOP PICK

5.490

(A Top Pick June 19/08. Down 29.2%.) Gas commodity ETF. Was stopped out at a 10% loss. This can be very volatile and it is important to put strict stop/losses on it. This is a good vehicle for playing natural gas.

2009-09-17

BUY

4.930

Peter Brieger

Expect there will be quite a bump when people start believing that gas has seen its low. You are going to start seeing a recovery in demand.

2009-09-10

DON'T BUY

4.350

Bill Carrigan

Because natural gas contracts roll over and the CANTAGO there is a roll over value associated with it, it is strictly for traders. Very volatile. If you are bullish on natural gas, buying natural gas stocks, not the ETFs.

2009-08-28

DON'T BUY

4.530

Norman Levine

Ratio of oil to natural gas is almost 25 to 1 because natural gas has become far more abundant and demand is low. Also, natural gas is more economically oriented than oil but as manufacturing production has fallen off, so has demand for gas.

2009-08-24

DON'T BUY

4.530

Jim Huang

Natural gas ETF. There are quite a few ETF’s that you can play natural gas with. There is no question that in the medium to long-term, 12 to 18 months, gas will rebound. Timing is everything. He doesn't see a short-term rebound in gas and in fact it could go lower.

2009-08-24

Comment

5.040

Som Seif

A short-month natural gas commodity product and is based on the Alberta Exchange Gas contract. It is basically a physical gas play. Realize you are investing in volatile commodity. You also have catango, which is the rolling of spot contracts from one month to the next. Right now natural gas and oil have high catangos.

2009-08-19

WAIT

5.070

Andrew McCreath

If we get a downward trend next month it would be an interesting play.

2009-08-18

Comment

5.260

Richard Croft

Gas doesn’t have a lot further to go. This is a diversifier to a broader portfolio. If the economy recovers then Natural Gas will do alright.

2009-08-17

PARTIAL BUY

5.790

Mike S. Newton, CIM FCSI

The single play on natural gas ETF. He loves natural gas. Thinks this one is going to be excellent. You can sneak a little bit of money into this and will probably win by Oct 31.

2009-08-11

DON'T BUY

6.040

Natural gas ETF. This is not a Buy on a long Put on gas, but a short one. This has led to some real problems in that you can guess right but still not make any money. His views on natural gas are negative.

2009-08-07

PAST TOP PICK

6.020

(A Top Pick June 19/09. Down 24.87%.) Natural gas ETF. Was stopped out of this at $7 so was down 9.8%. From a contrarian standpoint, natural gas still looks quite interesting because of the 18 to 1 ratio to oil. If you are going to trade this, use tight stops.

2009-07-30

PARTIAL BUY

6.200

Jeff Parent B. Eng. FCSI

Would be very careful of natural gas. It is very, very choppy. Has a nice downward trend and it looks like the momentum is being lost. Might be a good time to buy, but only by a small amount.

2009-07-24

Comment

6.630

Ara Nalbandian

HBP NYMEX Nat'l Gas Bull+ (HNU-T) or Claymore Natural Gas Commodity ETF (GAS-T)? Natural gas has come down to levels that makes it attractive, especially as related to crude oil prices. There is a lot of gas in the market because of unconventional drilling. He is initiating a very small position through U.S. Natural Gas Fund E.T.F. (UNG-N), which is playing the price of gas rather than companies. He is writing Puts on the position to reduce its costs.

2009-07-03

DON'T BUY

6.530

Bill Carrigan

Natural gas. HPB NYMEX Bull+ or Claymore ETF (GAS-T)? There is no sign that the bear is over. Some of the stocks have moved in anticipation so he would avoid the natural gas stocks. The HPB is a double ETF while the Claymore is an inverse. He would recommend the inverse (GAS-T) and not mess around with the double. Don't buy it on the way down.

2009-07-02

DON'T BUY

6.910

Laura Lau

Natural Gas ETF. In 1 year gas will definitely be higher than what it is now. Longer term, 3-5 years, it will probably be in the $6-$8 range. Most equities are pricing in $6 to $7 gas so there is not as much upside as you would think. This ETF is based on the next contract, which is 1 month. Contract is rolled every month and every time the price is higher you end up buying fewer contracts so you could actually lose money even though the price might be $6. Timeframe for an investor would be 2 or 3 days.

2009-06-30

Comment

7.430

Som Seif

Natural Gas. If you like gas and you want to hold it in your portfolio for a few weeks this will give you that exposure.

2009-06-26

TOP PICK

7.760