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Old 04-21-2020, 12:32 PM   #5323
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Originally Posted by bizaro86 View Post
No. The risk for USO is that what they own doesn't stay constant - every month they sell the old futures and buy new ones. VOO owns a static basket of stocks, it only changes when the index rebalances, which isnt often or dramatic.

A better crude oil etf would own physic crude to eliminate this risk, but the cost of storage is quite high.
USO shifted to August futures, got halted and then June futures rose almost in sync. Incredibly entertaining, unless you're holding it I suppose!
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