The Energy Select Sector SPDR (ETF) (NYSE: XLE), the largest equity-based exchange-traded fund tracking the energy sector, is up more than 10 percent in the second quarter. That extends a run that has XLE up 12.5 percent year-to-date, a showing that, among the sector SPDR ETFs, has been trumped only by XLE's utilities peer.
Interestingly, even while it was falling, XLE was legitimately adding new assets. Meaning the inflows to the ETF were courtesy of buyers that were betting the fund was going to rebound, not short sellers forcing the creation of new shares.
However, in the second quarter, investors are not scurrying to energy ETFs as they were earlier this year — despite the sector's recent bullish displays.
“The recent oil price rally has pushed the energy sector upward in both the equity and bond markets. ...
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