ETFs to Watch August 17, 2012 (FXA, VHT, XOP)

Here is the ETF Professor's ETF Watch List for Friday August 17, 2012. The Technology Select Sector SPDR XLK continues to impress. The SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF XOP looks like it wants to move higher. Go conservative with the Vanguard Health Care ETF VHT. Emerging markets plays of the day: Direxion Daily Latin America Bull 3X Shares LBJ, Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF EGPT and the ProShares UltraShort FTSE China 25 FXP. Forex play of the day: CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust FXA. Bond play of the day: SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond JNK.