Oil ETFs: Look Before Leaping

The United States Oil Fund (NYSEArca: USO), which tracks West Texas Intermediate oil, and the United States Brent Oil Fund (NYSEArca: BNO) are down 15.8% and 8.1%, respectively, year-to-date after falling an average of 45.5% last year. However, USO and some other futures-based oil exchange traded...