On Wall Street, investors turned their attention to Washington last week, as Congress continues to struggle to come to a bipartisan budget agreement. Since Tuesday, the U.S. federal government has officially shut down, closing the doors on all “non-essential” operations. And though investors saw glimmers of progress in the talks to end the shutdown later last week, markets still struggled to stay afloat, dipping into red territory for the majority of the week. On the economic front, the Labor Department reported initial jobless claims rising to 308,000 last week, just shy of the expected 314,000 figure. The Labor Department did not, however, issue its highly anticipated September jobs report on Friday because of the government shutdown. This week, investors will once again see a slew of economic reports. Below, we outline three ETFs that should see a fair amount of activity during the week ahead [see The Best (And Worst) Performing ETFs For Every Quarter]. 1. [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: ETF Insider: European Tensions On The Horizon ETF Insider: Bullish Abroad, Defensive At Home 3 ETFs To Watch This Week: GLD, EWU, XRT ETF Insider: No Real Fuel Behind The Fire 17 ETFs For Day Traders
On Wall Street, investors turned their attention to Washington last week, as Congress continues to struggle to come to a bipartisan budget agreement. Since Tuesday, the U.S. federal government has officially shut down, closing the doors on all “non-essential” operations. And though investors saw glimmers of progress in the talks to end the shutdown later last week, markets still struggled to stay afloat, dipping into red territory for the majority of the week. On the economic front, the Labor Department reported initial jobless claims rising to 308,000 last week, just shy of the expected 314,000 figure. The Labor Department did not, however, issue its highly anticipated September jobs report on Friday because of the government shutdown. This week, investors will once again see a slew of economic reports. Below, we outline three ETFs that should see a fair amount of activity during the week ahead [see The Best (And Worst) Performing ETFs For Every Quarter]. 1. [...]
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