For example, the Market Vectors Russia ETF (NYSEArca: RSX), the largest Russia ETF, joined BNO as one of 2014’s worst ETFs, but with this year’s Brent rally, RSX has surged 23.4%. That is enough to make RSX the best non-leveraged ETF to this point in 2015. [Bullish on Russia ETFs]
RSX bulls need to monitor BNO and Brent futures because Russia prices its vast oil production in Brent terms. Russia is the largest non-OPEC producer in the world and as such, Moscow is more dependent on oil output as a percentage of government receipts than any other non-OPEC nation.
United States Brent Oil Fund
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