{"id":18913,"date":"2020-04-24T09:03:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T14:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/?p=18913"},"modified":"2020-04-24T09:15:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T14:15:01","slug":"united-states-oil-fund-plunges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/united-states-oil-fund-plunges\/","title":{"rendered":"As United States Oil Fund Plunges 30%, Retail ETF Investors Should Worry About Losses"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ETF Investors Of United States Oil Fund May Not Have Known Full Extent Of Risks<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our investment fraud lawyers are offering free case consultations to investors who\u2019ve lost money in the United States Oil Fund (USO) after it dropped 30%. The exchange-traded security continues to make changes to its structure in an attempt to stave off more losses. Part of this now involves giving itself the leeway to get into long-term contracts. The USO exchange-traded fund (ETF), which keeps track of oil prices, is popular among retail investors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately, many of these investors think they are betting on oil prices\u2019 long-term rise and do not fully comprehend how the futures market operates or that these types of funds hold primarily short-dated oil futures contracts and should never be held long-term.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/united-states-oil-fund-plunges\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading As United States Oil Fund Plunges 30%, Retail ETF Investors Should Worry About Losses\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ETF Investors Of United States Oil Fund May Not Have Known Full Extent Of Risks Our investment fraud lawyers are offering free case consultations to investors who\u2019ve lost money in the United States Oil Fund (USO) after it dropped 30%. 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