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The largest oil exchange traded fund (Oil ETF) is the U.S. Oil Fund ETF. The U.S oil fund tracks oil futures.

U.S oil fund etf has $1.89 Billlion in Assets. The $1.89 billion U.S. Oil Fund trades with the symbols (NYSEArca: USO).

The U.S oil fund etf invests in futures contracts for WTI light, sweet crude oil, other types of crude oil, heating oil, gasoline, natural gas and other petroleum based-fuels that are traded on exchanges.

The United States Oil Fund was founded in April 2006 by the Victoria Bay Asset Management along with the American Stock Exchange.

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Solar energy is in vogue! I have read a couple of business articles talking about the coming boom in Solar energy. Although solar is yet to compete with natural gas and coal as a source of cheap energy it is still used in sufficient amount to consider it an emerging force.

If you are interested in investing in Solar energy you can invest in stocks of companies supplying the solar industry. The following companies were featured in a Businessweek article on Solar Energy.

SMA SOLAR

a German producer of inverters, which convert the direct current produced by solar and wind into alternating current that can be used on the grid.

SATCON TECHNOLOGY

is the largest manufacturer of utility-scale inverters

POWER ONE

Maker of inverters

ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES

Also maker of inverters

STR HOLDINGS

Which makes adhesive encapsulants, the ethylene vinyl acetate sheets used to weatherproof solar panels and prevent yellowing. Demand for STR’s products is strong, with half the world’s solar panel makers signed up to use them

FIRST SOLAR & SUNPOWER

Photovoltaic panel makers

Source businessweek.com

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