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NYMEX Nat'l Gas Bull+. These are for short-term trading. Maximum hold would be one week. You have to be on top of it all the time.

2012-02-03

DON'T BUY

5.390

Gavin Graham

(Market Call Minute.) NYMEX Nat'l Gas Bull+. Gas is less than $3 a million cubic feet and it looks likely to continue.

2012-01-13

DON'T BUY

10.370

Eric Nuttall

NYMEX Nat'l Gas Bull+ ETF. They get rolled over and rebalanced every single day so, if you hold this over time, you are more likely to lose money. Doesn't think this should be a retail product because the vast majority of people do not understand what they are buying. Extremely dangerous.

2011-11-30

BUY

3.150

Brooke Thackray

We just started the season period for Natural gas – until the end of the year. Supply is overwhelming and it will overwhelm seasonal trends, but this is when you should be looking for natural gas plays. This is a leveraged ETF so don’t use a lot of money.

2011-10-27

DON'T BUY

4.820

Hap (Robert) Sneddon FCSI

NYMEX Nat'l Gas Bull+. A lot of people buy this without realizing it is a short term hold. This is something he would be very careful of.

2011-07-29

WATCH

6.870

Natural Gas Bull+ ETF. Natural gas is really a local market, not an international so you get wild fluctuations. If you have the stomach for it you can trade it with Partial Buys and Partial Sells using Stop Losses.

2011-01-05

DON'T BUY

2.720

2 times leveraged. A short term trading vehicle. Limit to about 6 days. Currency hedged. He doesn’t hold any leveraged ETFs.

2010-10-22

Comment

3.550

NYMEX Nat'l Gas Bull+ ETF. Goes down even on days when gas goes up but is always one of the highest volume stocks traded? This market is in CANTANGO, which means every time they sell near-month futures, they pay more for longer futures. This has a negative value on the ETF.

2010-10-01

Comment

4.260

NYMEX Nat'l Gas Bull+. Not a long-term hold. Average hold is 6 days.

2010-09-03

DON'T BUY

5.270

Charles Lannon

NYMEX Natural Gas Bull+ ETF. Great vehicle for promoters of them but really a raw deal for too many investors. Many of the prices commodities have been in “contango” and commodity traders know contracts have to be rolled every month. Instead find a basket of quality stocks that you like and you will be far better off.

2010-08-10

DON'T BUY

6.670

Martin Hubbes, CFA

For most people, he is not sure that speculating on natural gas 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

6.970

There is an awful lot of gas out there and these things (HNU/HND) can be quite volatile. He is not anxious to participate in this market now.

2010-06-08

DON'T BUY

5.900

Jeff Parent B. Eng. FCSI

Natural gas Bull + ETF. Has traded this before but never successfully. Needs a very short timeframe. You have to be very careful with these things.

2010-04-06

SELL

6.020

Barry Schwartz

Nat'l Gas Bull+ ETF. You have to be careful with the leveraged ETF's because the price resets daily. These are for traders, not investors.

2010-03-24

PAST TOP PICK

7.090

(A Top Pick Jun 1/09. Down 82%.) Traded out of this at a much lower loss than 82%.

2010-03-15

DON'T BUY

8.960

Barry Schwartz

Bull, Leveraged Nat Gas. Should only hold day or two. There is way too much in supply. Long term he feels good about nat gas, but not short term.

2010-02-22

DON'T BUY

10.940

Natural Gas Bull+ ETF. He is very bullish on gas but this would not be the name he would use to access it. Consider Claymore Natural Gas Commodity (GAS-T), or better yet own a large cap gas company.

2010-02-02

Comment

9.690

Jim Huang

Natural Gas Bull+ ETF. If you own it for anything more than a very short period, there tends to be leakage in the performance. If you are a day trader and you have a conviction on the price direction, these are the tools you use. Hasn't used it lately because of the volatility of the gas price.

2010-01-29

DON'T BUY

11.850

Natural Gas Bull+ ETF, which is levered. Has held Claymore Natural Gas Commodity (GAS-T), which is predicated upon a forward contract in gas but it is much too volatile for him. Also there is a lot of natural gas available at this time.

2010-01-25

SELL

12.140

John Stephenson

A lot of these products have daily rebalancing. While the concept is great, it is the price path that really impacts you.

2010-01-22

Comment

8.150

Leveraged 2x daily return of natural gas commodity. It buys futures. At the end of each day, you re-balance the portfolio. There is a drag on it so when there is volatility; there is a drag on your returns if you hold long term. Use them for daily trading vehicles.

2009-12-02

SELL

9.640

Barry Schwartz

Natural Gas Bull+ ETF. He doesn't like natural gas. Thinks shale gas and liquefied natural gas into North America are game changers and is expecting low prices for many years to come because of oversupply.

2009-11-10

Comment

10.500

John Stephenson

Natural Gas Bull+ ETF. If you want to hold for a day or less, it is perfect. Structured to rebalance every day, which doesn't mean you necessarily get a double. E.G. If you buy 100 units and it goes down 10%, you have 90 units. If it then goes up 10% you end up with 99 units. Prefers one that is not rebalance every day.

2009-11-09

SELL

10.180

David Driscoll

Natural Gas Bull+ ETF. Hates investors to be involved with these.

2009-11-06

Comment

10.800

Stan Wong

Natural Gas Bull+ ETF. This is a 2X levered relationship to natural gas so if gas drops, the downward swings will be compounded. Use very short time frames for this. A single ETF such as US Natural Gas Fund (UNG-N) might be preferable.

2009-11-04

BUY

13.650

Wrong vehicle, right sector. Nat Gas has gone up since June; this is down due to leverage. It’s good for a very short period of time.

2009-10-27

PAST TOP PICK

13.650

(Top Pick June 11/09, ) Got stopped out.

2009-10-27

Comment

13.280

Michael Smedley

Natural Gas Bull+ ETF. If you believe in gas moving up this is the ideal way of investing. (Ed. Note this doubles going up or down. Very speculative. Please talk to your advisor first.)

2009-10-26

Comment

14.850

Caller Plays HMU/HMD, the up and down alternately so you gain as Gas goes up AND down. Guest doesn’t do it.

2009-10-23

DON'T BUY

15.880

John DeGoey

They fluctuate a lot from one day to the next. Use for bets of 1-3 days at the most. If he was betting on Natural Gas, he would use XEG, GAS. XEG is preferred over just gas because it is Oil and Gas.

2009-10-09

PAST TOP PICK

15.320

(A Top Pick June 1/09. Down 62%.) NYMEX Natural Gas Bull+ ETF. If a long-term Bull on natural gas he would prefer a “single” natural gas ETF rather than the “double”. A trading vehicle.

2009-10-02

WEAK BUY

16.330

Laura Lau

(Market Call Minute.) Natural gas Bull+ ETF. Short-term Yes. Like 2 or 3 days.

2009-09-30

DON'T BUY

16.870

Keith Richards

October contract. Has climbed 24% since Sept 4. Has broken the 50 day moving average and is hitting the 200 day. Some short term momentum behind it but could end fairly soon as we come into the noise at around $4. A gamble and you would have to be pretty bold.

2009-09-24

SELL

15.950

Steve Carlin

Natural Gas Bull+ ETF. Just went through a reverse split in order to make it each year to buy for any investors. If you own, he would consider taking some profits. This is not an investment vehicle it is a trading vehicle. You get in and you get out. A Bull+ gives you twice the exposure to the price of natural gas up or down.

2009-09-16

VAGUE

2.700

Bruce Campbell

This is a trading vehicle. As soon as they bounce around, they start losing track with the underlying commodity. The split wont affect the investor. Would prefer a senior Gas company.

2009-09-15

Comment

1.950

Veronika Hirsch

Natural Gas Bull+ ETF. There is a glut of natural gas in storage because of a cool summer, additional production out of new gas fields in the US and industrial cutback. If economic conditions improve and there is a cold winter there will probably be a gas price that surprises.

2009-09-02

Comment

1.950

Michael Sprung

NYMEX Natural Gas Bull+ ETF. Be aware that this will not follow the natural gas Index. They're pretty much rebalanced on a daily basis, which can give you a lot of tracking error.

2009-09-02

SELL

2.420

Bill Carrigan

NYMEX Natural gas bull+ ETF. This is a leveraged play and leverage is a killer. He would play natural gas stocks, not the ETF. If the natural gas downtrend drags on for another month or two, it is possible that they may have to shut down some of the ETF’s. Would move out of this and into a natural gas stock such as Breaker (WAV-T), Crew (CR-T), Fairborne (FEL-T), Galleon (GO-T), Progress (PRQ-T), Talisman (TLM-T). Buy 2 or 3.

2009-08-28

DON'T BUY

2.700

Rick Stuchberry

Natural Gas Bull+ ETF. Designed for traders, not investors. He hasn't had good luck using them as a hedge on investments so far. Very important to talk your advisor before buying.

2009-08-27

Comment

2.870

Gavin Graham

Natural gas bull+ ETF. There have been enormous increases in supply of natural gas as well as a fall in demand. With a complete cut off in gas drilling, supply will reduce and maybe we'll get a cold winter. At some stage gas will gradually start moving. Could get cheaper.

2009-08-25

Comment

2.930

Andrew Cook

Natural Gas Bull+ ETF. Believes that natural gas at some point here will find a floor. You should have a very short time horizon if you play this.

2009-08-20

BUY

2.930

Colin Stewart

Nat Gas is one commodity that he looks favourably on. It is the only commodity that has not moved up and has hit a 52 week low. Rig count in North America is very low which will help correct the situation. Expecting a dramatic spike in prices. If you own, he would average down.

2009-08-20

DON'T BUY

3.250

Ara Nalbandian

Natural gas Bull double ETF. More of a short-term hedge for a portfolio, similar to buying options. Natural gas in the short term continues to be quite weak. Wait until a base is formed and there is an uptrend in natural gas before getting aggressively invested in natural gas.

2009-08-19

Comment

3.250

Natural Gas Bull+ ETF? Leveraged ETF based on twice the daily movement of the market on natural gas. Natural gas is volatile and you also have catango. In addition this is a leveraged product dealing with the daily rebalancing of gas. Volatility and catango, when very high, can really affect that leverage rebalancing so this has to be a day-trading product.

2009-08-19

DON'T BUY

3.210

Andrew McCreath

Not a fan of double ETFs. Stick with a single ETF, be it gas or oil. We have not seen the bottom. These ETFs are day trades or 2 days at the most because of the rebalancing at end of day and erosion to price.

2009-08-18

DON'T BUY

3.410

Bought higher. Can resist temptation to average down. New ones are not as deadly as the double ones. Buy the single longs.

2009-08-17

PAST TOP PICK

4.180

(A Top Pick June 11/09. Down 37.1%.) Got stopped out with a loss of about 21%-22%. Double natural gas ETF could be too risky for some people. If you like natural gas, you could consider buying this or the single exposure Claymore Natural Gas (GAS-T). October 31 would still be the time frame for this.

2009-08-11

DON'T BUY

4.520

Benj Gallander

2X the daily performance of the NYMEX natural gas futures contract. A remarkable amount of torque. Whenever you get involved with something that is 2 times or 3 times it is much more for the professionals than the amateurs.

2009-08-07

DON'T BUY

4.640

Stan Wong

Natural Gas Bull+ ETF. Lots of risk with this double natural gas.. This one has not done very well at all. Not for the average investor but if you do think about us on a very short-term basis.

2009-07-30

SELL

4.370

NYMEX Nat'l Gas Bull+ is a short-term trading instrument. Thinks this is a little premature for natural gas. On a longer-term basis it will do alright but this is not an instrument for long-term holds.

2009-07-09

HOLD

4.260

Paul Gardner, CFA

Natural gas bull+ ETF. Worst time ever for natural gas. Overcapacity and weather is not helping. As a contrarian there is every reason to own it now. Drilling has been cut in half. At some time shale does not make economic sense. If he didn't have any he would Buy otherwise wait it out.

2009-07-08

Comment

5.010

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

5.030

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 on the way down.

2009-07-02

Comment

6.350

Natural Gas Bull+. Leveraged ETF’s have an objective of giving you daily returns 2X the daily movement (up or down). For a short-term trader and can take risks it could be a potential strategy you could use. If you like gas and you want to hold it in your portfolio for a few weeks you might prefer Natural Gas (GAS-T).

2009-06-26

TOP PICK

7.450

Andrew Cook

NYMEX Natural Gas Bull+ ETF. Have to be careful as there is upside/downside leverage and you can lose a lot very quickly. Designed to give you returns/losses twice the price of natural gas. Not a long-term hold because contracts roll over and is reset on a nightly basis.

2009-06-17

TOP PICK

6.630

Natural gas bull+ ETF. He believes that natural gas prices will be going up from here. Ratio of oil to natural gas is 18 to 1 so oil is going to have to come down or natural gas is going to have to go up. Usually 3rd quarter is a 13% out performance over oil. Might want to own this into Halloween and reassess your position at that time.

2009-06-11

TOP PICK

7.870

Natural gas has really taken a beating and he is thinking that companies at these prices are probably going to wind up going out of business. Eventually, the level of supply has to come down. When they do, he thinks you could see natural gas at $7-$8 in the next 6 to 12 months.

2009-06-01

HOLD

1.920

(Marked Call Minute.) Natural gas.

2009-03-27

Comment

2.210

Dennis Da Silva

Natural gas bull ETF. He expects an average of $5.50 on natural gas this year. Thinks conditions are building for an improvement and sustainability in prices. Thinks there is better leverage and opportunity in owning equities instead.

2009-03-26

DON'T BUY

2.490

Ken McCord

ETF. Generally, a weak US$ is good for commodity prices including natural gas. Investors would probably like to pick a bottom but no one ever guesses the bottom. This is a very volatile security in a very volatile sector. Suspects the demand for natural gas is going to remain low for quite a period of time.

2009-03-19

HOLD

2.130

Don Vialoux

(Market Call Minute.) Trend for natural gas is still on the downside. Trying to bottom.

2009-03-10

Comment

3.090

Kevin O'Leary

Natural Gas ETF. A way to play natural gas in Canadian currency if you are bullish on it.

2009-02-10

Comment

5.290

2X leveraged NYMX natural gas. If natural gas prices increased, this would give a leveraged exposure but on a daily basis. Good trades but only for short trading periods. Longer you hold it, the more off you are going to be because of daily re-leveraging. Natural gas is the most volatile asset class globally.

2009-01-07

BUY

10.000

Jeff Black

Gas is an essential commodity. Gas is a good place to be.

2008-10-06

BUY

13.570