Financial Select Sector SPDR (XLF) 24.73 $XLF
A Potential Selloff in January Won’t Derail Stocks in 2015
at The Street - Wed Dec 31, 1:28PM CST
The CNBC 'Fast Money Halftime' trading panel is looking toward 2015 and sees a solid year ahead, despite some potential bumps along the way.
AMZN: 310.35 (+0.05), WLL: 33.00 (-0.32), CLR: 38.36 (+0.27), VXX: 31.51 (+2.31), FB: 78.02 (-1.20), CLF: 7.14 (+0.24), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), QQQ: 103.25 (-1.07), IBM: 160.44 (+0.39), DIA: 177.88 (-1.58), EOG: 92.07 (-0.63), IWM: 119.62 (-0.72), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), TWTR: 35.87 (+0.01), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60)
February 2015 Options Now Available For Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund
at The Street - Wed Dec 31, 10:03AM CST
Investors in Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund saw new options begin trading today, for the February 2015 expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the XLF options chain for the new February 2015 contracts...
XLF: 24.73 (-0.28)
Kass' 15 surprises for 15
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 7:43AM CST
XHB: 34.12 (+0.12), ITB: 25.88 (+0.20), BRK.B: 150.15 (-1.94), TWTR: 35.87 (+0.01), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), BRK.A: 226,000.00 (-2,255.00), GOOG: 526.40 (-4.02), AAPL: 110.38 (-2.14), CSCO: 27.82 (-0.54)
What Do 2014 Winners Say About 2015?
Matthew Sauer, Esq. - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 3:40AM CST
HEDJ: 55.62 (-0.19), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), IYF: 90.20 (-1.06), UUP: 23.97 (+0.08)
2015 Outlook: Pain
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 3:09AM CST
XLB: 48.58 (-0.48), VXX: 31.51 (+2.31), EWN: 23.90 (-0.10), EWL: 31.69 (-0.27), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), EWK: 16.20 (-0.09), EEM: 39.29 (+0.03), KRE: 40.70 (-0.44), XLP: 48.49 (-0.60), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), FXB: 153.06 (+0.24), XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), FM: 30.80 (-0.15), XLI: 56.58 (-0.57), FXE: 119.14 (-0.53), KIE: 66.69 (-0.79), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), VNQ: 81.00 (-1.39), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60), EIS: 46.78 (+0.34), SH: 21.78 (+0.22), IEF: 105.99 (+0.12), XLY: 72.15 (-0.29), FXY: 81.21 (-0.20), UL: 40.48 (-0.28), GSK: 42.74 (-0.05), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87), IVV: 206.87 (-2.14), UUP: 23.97 (+0.08), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69), EWU: 18.03 (-0.10), ENZL: 39.98 (-0.08), GLD: 113.58 (-1.62), EFA: 60.84 (-0.38), EDEN: 46.99 (-0.53), ACWX: 43.02 (-0.21), IWM: 119.62 (-0.72)
Best ETF Strategies For 2015
Zacks Funds - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 4:14PM CST
Stocks are on their way to close this year on a strong note--with the S&P 500 index up 15% year to date-the third consecutive year of double-digit growth for the index. With the economy growing at the fastest clip in more than a decade, stocks...
SPLV: 37.96 (-0.47), EPI: 22.05 (+0.04), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), USMV: 40.48 (-0.46), VGT: 104.48 (-1.16), XRT: 96.01 (-0.28)
Best ETF Strategies for 2015 - ETF News And Commentary
Neena Mishra - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Dec 30, 10:56AM CST
Now may be a good time to take a look at your investment portfolio and re-position it for the investment landscape in 2015.
EPI: 22.05 (+0.04), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), USMV: 40.48 (-0.46), VGT: 104.48 (-1.16), XRT: 96.01 (-0.28)
Four ‘Too Big to Fail' Money Center Banks Key Performance of the Finance SPDR Fund
at The Street - Tue Dec 30, 5:09AM CST
Bank of America, Citigroup, JP Morgan and Wells Fargo led the finance sector SPDR to an all-time intraday high on Dec. 23.
JPM: 62.58 (-0.57), C: 54.11 (-0.73), WFC: 54.82 (-0.60), BAC: 17.89 (-0.24), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28)
Small Cap Stocks Seem Likely to Outperform Large Caps in 2015
at The Street - Mon Dec 29, 3:22PM CST
The CNBC "Fast Money Halftime" trading panel says small caps stocks should outperform large cap stocks in 2015 due to lower rates and energy prices.
ATLS: 31.15 (-0.62), OCN: 15.10 (+0.38), TDW: 32.41 (-0.29), DHR: 85.71 (-0.53), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), MTW: 22.10 (-0.24), CIE: 8.89 (+0.02), JACK: 79.96 (-0.01), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), QQQ: 103.25 (-1.07), BBG: 11.39 (-0.13), CHK: 19.57 (-0.07), AMAT: 24.92 (-0.30), EWU: 18.03 (-0.10), DIA: 177.88 (-1.58), IWM: 119.62 (-0.72), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), OXY: 80.61 (-0.79), OAS: 16.54 (+0.23), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60)
Small-Cap Stocks Likely to Outperform Larger Stocks in 2015
at The Street - Mon Dec 29, 1:35PM CST
The CNBC "Fast Money Halftime" trading panel says small caps stocks should outperform large cap stocks in 2015 due to lower rates and energy prices.
ATLS: 31.15 (-0.62), OCN: 15.10 (+0.38), TDW: 32.41 (-0.29), DHR: 85.71 (-0.53), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), MTW: 22.10 (-0.24), CIE: 8.89 (+0.02), JACK: 79.96 (-0.01), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), QQQ: 103.25 (-1.07), BBG: 11.39 (-0.13), CHK: 19.57 (-0.07), AMAT: 24.92 (-0.30), EWU: 18.03 (-0.10), DIA: 177.88 (-1.58), IWM: 119.62 (-0.72), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), OXY: 80.61 (-0.79), OAS: 16.54 (+0.23), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60)
One Account Banking
John M. Mason - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 26, 11:36AM CST
BAC: 17.89 (-0.24), FAS: 127.15 (-4.62), FAZ: 12.67 (+0.40), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), AAPL: 110.38 (-2.14)
Jim Cramer Says Bank Stocks Appear Ready to Roll in 2015
at The Street - Wed Dec 24, 12:39PM CST
TheStreet’s Jim Cramer says banking stocks could go higher in 2015, as expected higher interest rates should boost profitability.
JPM: 62.58 (-0.57), USB: 44.95 (-0.61), STI: 41.90 (-0.68), WFC: 54.82 (-0.60), BAC: 17.89 (-0.24), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28)
S&P 500 Sector Trading Range Charts
Bespoke Investment Group - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 23, 3:01AM CST
Below is a good look at where the S&P 500 and its ten sectors stand heading into the new year. These trading range charts help to identify both short and long-term trends, and they also give you an idea of how extended (to the upside or downside)...
XLB: 48.58 (-0.48), XLP: 48.49 (-0.60), XLY: 72.15 (-0.29), XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), XLI: 56.58 (-0.57), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60)
Big Equity Outflows - Is It That Time Of The Year?
Lipper Insight at Thomson Reuters - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 22, 1:38PM CST
By Jeff Tjornehoj Crude oil continued its slide this past week, and focus turned to Russia and how its problems continue to grow the longer oil prices remain down. Lower prices led the consumer price index down 0.3% for November, its biggest...
SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), IWM: 119.62 (-0.72), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28)
S&P 500 Weekly Earnings Update: Energy Sector Earnings Estimates Took Another Hammering This Week
Brian Gilmartin, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 22, 8:51AM CST
Per Thomson Reuter's This Week in Earnings, the forward 4-quarter earnings estimate for the S&P 500 fell $0.89 this week to $123.48, versus last week's $124.37. The PE ratio on the forward estimate is 16.7(x). The PEG ratio is now 2.94(x). The...
XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60)
U.S. Stocks Stimulated by Investors Believing Quantitative Easing Coming to Europe
at The Street - Fri Dec 19, 1:34PM CST
CNBC's 'Fast Money Halftime' trading panel looked at some of the driving forces behind the recent stock market rally.
SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), GS: 193.83 (-1.88), QQQ: 103.25 (-1.07), LNKD: 229.71 (-2.96), FB: 78.02 (-1.20), DIA: 177.88 (-1.58), IWM: 119.62 (-0.72), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), TWTR: 35.87 (+0.01), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60), MS: 38.80 (-0.20)
Financial Select Sector SPDR announces quarterly distribution of $0.126
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 1:19PM CST
XLF: 24.73 (-0.28)
This Is How A Bear Market Starts
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 18, 12:51AM CST
XLB: 48.58 (-0.48), XLP: 48.49 (-0.60), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), GLD: 113.58 (-1.62), XLY: 72.15 (-0.29), XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), XLI: 56.58 (-0.57), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60)
Bank Of America - Oil Contagion Fear Opening Opportunity
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 17, 11:42AM CST
SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), C: 54.11 (-0.73), BAC: 17.89 (-0.24), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28)
A Potential Selloff in January Won’t Derail Stocks in 2015
at The Street - Wed Dec 31, 1:28PM CST
The CNBC 'Fast Money Halftime' trading panel is looking toward 2015 and sees a solid year ahead, despite some potential bumps along the way.
AMZN: 310.35 (+0.05), WLL: 33.00 (-0.32), CLR: 38.36 (+0.27), VXX: 31.51 (+2.31), FB: 78.02 (-1.20), CLF: 7.14 (+0.24), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), QQQ: 103.25 (-1.07), IBM: 160.44 (+0.39), DIA: 177.88 (-1.58), EOG: 92.07 (-0.63), IWM: 119.62 (-0.72), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), TWTR: 35.87 (+0.01), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60)
February 2015 Options Now Available For Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund
at The Street - Wed Dec 31, 10:03AM CST
Investors in Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund saw new options begin trading today, for the February 2015 expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the XLF options chain for the new February 2015 contracts...
XLF: 24.73 (-0.28)
Kass' 15 surprises for 15
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 7:43AM CST
XHB: 34.12 (+0.12), ITB: 25.88 (+0.20), BRK.B: 150.15 (-1.94), TWTR: 35.87 (+0.01), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), BRK.A: 226,000.00 (-2,255.00), GOOG: 526.40 (-4.02), AAPL: 110.38 (-2.14), CSCO: 27.82 (-0.54)
What Do 2014 Winners Say About 2015?
Matthew Sauer, Esq. - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 3:40AM CST
HEDJ: 55.62 (-0.19), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), IYF: 90.20 (-1.06), UUP: 23.97 (+0.08)
2015 Outlook: Pain
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 3:09AM CST
XLB: 48.58 (-0.48), VXX: 31.51 (+2.31), EWN: 23.90 (-0.10), EWL: 31.69 (-0.27), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), EWK: 16.20 (-0.09), EEM: 39.29 (+0.03), KRE: 40.70 (-0.44), XLP: 48.49 (-0.60), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), FXB: 153.06 (+0.24), XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), FM: 30.80 (-0.15), XLI: 56.58 (-0.57), FXE: 119.14 (-0.53), KIE: 66.69 (-0.79), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), VNQ: 81.00 (-1.39), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60), EIS: 46.78 (+0.34), SH: 21.78 (+0.22), IEF: 105.99 (+0.12), XLY: 72.15 (-0.29), FXY: 81.21 (-0.20), UL: 40.48 (-0.28), GSK: 42.74 (-0.05), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87), IVV: 206.87 (-2.14), UUP: 23.97 (+0.08), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69), EWU: 18.03 (-0.10), ENZL: 39.98 (-0.08), GLD: 113.58 (-1.62), EFA: 60.84 (-0.38), EDEN: 46.99 (-0.53), ACWX: 43.02 (-0.21), IWM: 119.62 (-0.72)
Best ETF Strategies For 2015
Zacks Funds - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 4:14PM CST
Stocks are on their way to close this year on a strong note--with the S&P 500 index up 15% year to date-the third consecutive year of double-digit growth for the index. With the economy growing at the fastest clip in more than a decade, stocks...
SPLV: 37.96 (-0.47), EPI: 22.05 (+0.04), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), USMV: 40.48 (-0.46), VGT: 104.48 (-1.16), XRT: 96.01 (-0.28)
Best ETF Strategies for 2015 - ETF News And Commentary
Neena Mishra - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Dec 30, 10:56AM CST
Now may be a good time to take a look at your investment portfolio and re-position it for the investment landscape in 2015.
EPI: 22.05 (+0.04), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), USMV: 40.48 (-0.46), VGT: 104.48 (-1.16), XRT: 96.01 (-0.28)
Four ‘Too Big to Fail' Money Center Banks Key Performance of the Finance SPDR Fund
at The Street - Tue Dec 30, 5:09AM CST
Bank of America, Citigroup, JP Morgan and Wells Fargo led the finance sector SPDR to an all-time intraday high on Dec. 23.
JPM: 62.58 (-0.57), C: 54.11 (-0.73), WFC: 54.82 (-0.60), BAC: 17.89 (-0.24), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28)
Small Cap Stocks Seem Likely to Outperform Large Caps in 2015
at The Street - Mon Dec 29, 3:22PM CST
The CNBC "Fast Money Halftime" trading panel says small caps stocks should outperform large cap stocks in 2015 due to lower rates and energy prices.
ATLS: 31.15 (-0.62), OCN: 15.10 (+0.38), TDW: 32.41 (-0.29), DHR: 85.71 (-0.53), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), MTW: 22.10 (-0.24), CIE: 8.89 (+0.02), JACK: 79.96 (-0.01), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), QQQ: 103.25 (-1.07), BBG: 11.39 (-0.13), CHK: 19.57 (-0.07), AMAT: 24.92 (-0.30), EWU: 18.03 (-0.10), DIA: 177.88 (-1.58), IWM: 119.62 (-0.72), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), OXY: 80.61 (-0.79), OAS: 16.54 (+0.23), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60)
Small-Cap Stocks Likely to Outperform Larger Stocks in 2015
at The Street - Mon Dec 29, 1:35PM CST
The CNBC "Fast Money Halftime" trading panel says small caps stocks should outperform large cap stocks in 2015 due to lower rates and energy prices.
ATLS: 31.15 (-0.62), OCN: 15.10 (+0.38), TDW: 32.41 (-0.29), DHR: 85.71 (-0.53), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), MTW: 22.10 (-0.24), CIE: 8.89 (+0.02), JACK: 79.96 (-0.01), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), QQQ: 103.25 (-1.07), BBG: 11.39 (-0.13), CHK: 19.57 (-0.07), AMAT: 24.92 (-0.30), EWU: 18.03 (-0.10), DIA: 177.88 (-1.58), IWM: 119.62 (-0.72), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), OXY: 80.61 (-0.79), OAS: 16.54 (+0.23), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60)
One Account Banking
John M. Mason - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 26, 11:36AM CST
BAC: 17.89 (-0.24), FAS: 127.15 (-4.62), FAZ: 12.67 (+0.40), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), AAPL: 110.38 (-2.14)
Jim Cramer Says Bank Stocks Appear Ready to Roll in 2015
at The Street - Wed Dec 24, 12:39PM CST
TheStreet’s Jim Cramer says banking stocks could go higher in 2015, as expected higher interest rates should boost profitability.
JPM: 62.58 (-0.57), USB: 44.95 (-0.61), STI: 41.90 (-0.68), WFC: 54.82 (-0.60), BAC: 17.89 (-0.24), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28)
S&P 500 Sector Trading Range Charts
Bespoke Investment Group - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 23, 3:01AM CST
Below is a good look at where the S&P 500 and its ten sectors stand heading into the new year. These trading range charts help to identify both short and long-term trends, and they also give you an idea of how extended (to the upside or downside)...
XLB: 48.58 (-0.48), XLP: 48.49 (-0.60), XLY: 72.15 (-0.29), XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), XLI: 56.58 (-0.57), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60)
Big Equity Outflows - Is It That Time Of The Year?
Lipper Insight at Thomson Reuters - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 22, 1:38PM CST
By Jeff Tjornehoj Crude oil continued its slide this past week, and focus turned to Russia and how its problems continue to grow the longer oil prices remain down. Lower prices led the consumer price index down 0.3% for November, its biggest...
SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), IWM: 119.62 (-0.72), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28)
S&P 500 Weekly Earnings Update: Energy Sector Earnings Estimates Took Another Hammering This Week
Brian Gilmartin, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 22, 8:51AM CST
Per Thomson Reuter's This Week in Earnings, the forward 4-quarter earnings estimate for the S&P 500 fell $0.89 this week to $123.48, versus last week's $124.37. The PE ratio on the forward estimate is 16.7(x). The PEG ratio is now 2.94(x). The...
XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60)
U.S. Stocks Stimulated by Investors Believing Quantitative Easing Coming to Europe
at The Street - Fri Dec 19, 1:34PM CST
CNBC's 'Fast Money Halftime' trading panel looked at some of the driving forces behind the recent stock market rally.
SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), GS: 193.83 (-1.88), QQQ: 103.25 (-1.07), LNKD: 229.71 (-2.96), FB: 78.02 (-1.20), DIA: 177.88 (-1.58), IWM: 119.62 (-0.72), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), TWTR: 35.87 (+0.01), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60), MS: 38.80 (-0.20)
Financial Select Sector SPDR announces quarterly distribution of $0.126
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 1:19PM CST
XLF: 24.73 (-0.28)
This Is How A Bear Market Starts
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 18, 12:51AM CST
XLB: 48.58 (-0.48), XLP: 48.49 (-0.60), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), GLD: 113.58 (-1.62), XLY: 72.15 (-0.29), XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), XLI: 56.58 (-0.57), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60)
Bank Of America - Oil Contagion Fear Opening Opportunity
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 17, 11:42AM CST
SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), C: 54.11 (-0.73), BAC: 17.89 (-0.24), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28)
