Technology Select Sector SPDR (XLK) 41.35 $XLK
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)
How Cisco, Intel, Microsoft Outperform This Tech Sector ETF -- but IBM Is a Drag
at The Street - Mon Dec 29, 11:17AM CST
Here's how to trade tech, as Cisco, Intel and Microsoft lead the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund, and IBM lags.
IBM: 160.44 (+0.39), XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), MSFT: 46.45 (-0.57), INTC: 36.29 (-0.47), CSCO: 27.82 (-0.54)
February 2015 Options Now Available For Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund
at The Street - Wed Dec 24, 11:14AM CST
Investors in Technology 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 XLK options chain for the new February 2015 contracts...
XLK: 41.35 (-0.46)
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)
Updated Research: Abnormal Negative Returns Around IPO Lockup Expiration - Shorting Opportunity
Don Dion - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 22, 11:30AM CST
XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), TWTR: 35.87 (+0.01)
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)
Technology Select Sector SPDR announces quarterly distribution of $0.216
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 1:17PM CST
XLK: 41.35 (-0.46)
Dow Rockets to First 400-Point Gain in Three Years as Oil Resumes Slide
at The Street - Thu Dec 18, 3:07PM CST
The markets and crude oil finally break apart after weeks in lockstep as stocks soar even as commodity prices continue a steep decline.
TSLA: 222.41 (+0.18), FB: 78.02 (-1.20), SNE: 20.47 (-0.11), COP: 69.06 (-0.87), KRFT: 62.66 (-0.87), INTC: 36.29 (-0.47), HPQ: 40.13 (-0.59), ORCL: 44.97 (-0.37), RGC: 21.36 (+0.11), RAD: 7.52 (-0.04), DNKN: 42.65 (-0.73), XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), CVS: 96.31 (-1.22), MRO: 28.29 (-0.13), MSFT: 46.45 (-0.57), AAPL: 110.38 (-2.14)
High-Momentum Tech Stocks Lead Gains in Fed-Inspired Rally
at The Street - Thu Dec 18, 1:41PM CST
Stocks hold onto soaring gains through to Thursday's afternoon session.
TSLA: 222.41 (+0.18), AXP: 93.04 (-1.23), FB: 78.02 (-1.20), SNE: 20.47 (-0.11), COP: 69.06 (-0.87), KRFT: 62.66 (-0.87), INTC: 36.29 (-0.47), HPQ: 40.13 (-0.59), ORCL: 44.97 (-0.37), RGC: 21.36 (+0.11), RAD: 7.52 (-0.04), DNKN: 42.65 (-0.73), LNKD: 229.71 (-2.96), XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), AMC: 26.18 (+0.08), MRO: 28.29 (-0.13), MSFT: 46.45 (-0.57), CVX: 112.18 (-0.93), AAPL: 110.38 (-2.14)
New Questions In Mobile (Podcast Interview)
Benedict Evans - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 18, 11:41AM CST
It's been a long and (at times) interesting battle pitching iOS vs. Android. It's time to let it go: it's time to move on to a new set of questions. This is a companion piece to my blog post here . Read comments Read more articles from...
XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), GOOGL: 530.66 (-4.62), AAPL: 110.38 (-2.14), GOOG: 526.40 (-4.02)
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)
Transformation: The Onrushing Digital Age Will Change Everything
John Slater - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 17, 4:45PM CST
The modern era has witnessed two great periods of transformation that radically changed the global economy and the very nature of human existence. The Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries and the shift to a postindustrial economy over...
IBM: 160.44 (+0.39), FB: 78.02 (-1.20), XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), BABA: 103.94 (-1.81)
Custom Mobile Apps For Business Still In Their Infancy
Bob O'Donnell - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 16, 3:12PM CST
While there may be little debate about how the world of mobile devices is impacting traditional PCs, there are still some big questions remaining about the speed of this transition, particularly in the business world. The truth is, we're still in the...
TECL: 139.20 (-5.15), XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), VGT: 104.48 (-1.16), IYW: 104.40 (-1.19)
Broadcom (BRCM) Raises Q4 Outlook: 2 Semiconductor ETFs to Watch - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Fri Dec 12, 9:00AM CST
Watch these semiconductor ETFs following the improved earnings outlook from Broadcom.
PSI: 25.46 (-0.19), BRCM: 43.33 (+0.20), TXN: 53.47 (-0.46), XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), TSM: 22.38 (-0.06), SMH: 54.62 (-0.22), INTC: 36.29 (-0.47)
WTO IT trade deal on verge of collapse
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 12, 2:33AM CST
PXQ: 34.94 (-0.09), ROM: 152.22 (-3.78), TLL: 60.81 (-0.22), CQQQ: 34.67 (+0.28), XSW: 95.21 (-0.15), QTEC: 43.75 (-0.34), PBS: 25.58 (-0.24), PTF: 38.37 (-0.42), FXL: 34.51 (-0.26), IYZ: 29.28 (-0.27), TECL: 139.20 (-5.15), TDIV: 27.68 (-0.28), XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), XSD: 79.73 (-0.40), IYW: 104.40 (-1.19), XTL: 57.74 (-0.34), SOXS: 13.39 (+0.22), LTL: 89.72 (-1.38), KWEB: 32.60 (-0.20), IGM: 101.92 (-1.00), REW: 54.76 (+0.56), SOXL: 134.82 (-2.68), QQQC: 21.11 (-0.11), FDN: 61.32 (-0.37), FCOM: 26.63 (-0.20), SMH: 54.62 (-0.22), SOXX: 92.89 (-0.48), TECS: 11.29 (+0.36), RYT: 90.76 (-1.02), PSCT: 50.22 (-0.24), SSG: 47.82 (+0.73), FTEC: 31.69 (-0.33), PSJ: 39.95 (+0.09), IGV: 92.80 (-0.72), PSI: 25.46 (-0.19), USD: 94.02 (-1.84), MTK: 101.80 (-0.23), VOX: 84.72 (-0.79), IGN: 37.15 (-0.35), VGT: 104.48 (-1.16)
3 Apple-Focused Tech ETFs to Bet on for the Holiday Season - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Thu Dec 11, 11:00AM CST
These technology ETFs look to be in focus thanks to their heavy allocation to Apple stock.
XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), VGT: 104.48 (-1.16), GOOG: 526.40 (-4.02), AAPL: 110.38 (-2.14), IYW: 104.40 (-1.19)
Bulls Revel In New Highs And Blue Skies, But Oil Introduces A Dark Cloud
Scott Martindale - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 08, 2:50PM CST
As everyone knows, stocks do not go up in a straight line, not even during the holidays. So although the future looks bright for U.S. equities as the major indexes continue to hit or challenge new highs, the market has been gasping for a breather to...
FDX: 173.66 (-1.34), IYK: 104.76 (-1.07), IYJ: 106.59 (-1.18), XTN: 108.50 (-0.33), IYH: 144.13 (-1.56), IYM: 82.47 (-0.83), IYC: 137.76 (-0.63), IYF: 90.20 (-1.06), HNT: 53.53 (-0.78), IYE: 44.81 (-0.34), CNC: 103.85 (-1.46), IHF: 118.37 (-1.58), SWI: 49.83 (-0.49), IYZ: 29.28 (-0.27), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), SAVE: 75.58 (-0.85), IDU: 118.27 (-2.31), XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), SNDK: 97.98 (-1.82), IYW: 104.40 (-1.19)
The Technology Sectors That Create The Most Value
Tomasz Tunguz - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 08, 1:41PM CST
(click to enlarge) In which sectors have software companies created the most financial value? I asked myself this question over the weekend. I categorized the top 250 IT companies which spans $675B in market cap (Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL )) to $3B in...
SAP: 69.65 (-0.75), XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), MSFT: 46.45 (-0.57), AAPL: 110.38 (-2.14), ORCL: 44.97 (-0.37)
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)
How Cisco, Intel, Microsoft Outperform This Tech Sector ETF -- but IBM Is a Drag
at The Street - Mon Dec 29, 11:17AM CST
Here's how to trade tech, as Cisco, Intel and Microsoft lead the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund, and IBM lags.
IBM: 160.44 (+0.39), XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), MSFT: 46.45 (-0.57), INTC: 36.29 (-0.47), CSCO: 27.82 (-0.54)
February 2015 Options Now Available For Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund
at The Street - Wed Dec 24, 11:14AM CST
Investors in Technology 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 XLK options chain for the new February 2015 contracts...
XLK: 41.35 (-0.46)
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)
Updated Research: Abnormal Negative Returns Around IPO Lockup Expiration - Shorting Opportunity
Don Dion - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 22, 11:30AM CST
XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), TWTR: 35.87 (+0.01)
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)
Technology Select Sector SPDR announces quarterly distribution of $0.216
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 1:17PM CST
XLK: 41.35 (-0.46)
Dow Rockets to First 400-Point Gain in Three Years as Oil Resumes Slide
at The Street - Thu Dec 18, 3:07PM CST
The markets and crude oil finally break apart after weeks in lockstep as stocks soar even as commodity prices continue a steep decline.
TSLA: 222.41 (+0.18), FB: 78.02 (-1.20), SNE: 20.47 (-0.11), COP: 69.06 (-0.87), KRFT: 62.66 (-0.87), INTC: 36.29 (-0.47), HPQ: 40.13 (-0.59), ORCL: 44.97 (-0.37), RGC: 21.36 (+0.11), RAD: 7.52 (-0.04), DNKN: 42.65 (-0.73), XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), CVS: 96.31 (-1.22), MRO: 28.29 (-0.13), MSFT: 46.45 (-0.57), AAPL: 110.38 (-2.14)
High-Momentum Tech Stocks Lead Gains in Fed-Inspired Rally
at The Street - Thu Dec 18, 1:41PM CST
Stocks hold onto soaring gains through to Thursday's afternoon session.
TSLA: 222.41 (+0.18), AXP: 93.04 (-1.23), FB: 78.02 (-1.20), SNE: 20.47 (-0.11), COP: 69.06 (-0.87), KRFT: 62.66 (-0.87), INTC: 36.29 (-0.47), HPQ: 40.13 (-0.59), ORCL: 44.97 (-0.37), RGC: 21.36 (+0.11), RAD: 7.52 (-0.04), DNKN: 42.65 (-0.73), LNKD: 229.71 (-2.96), XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), AMC: 26.18 (+0.08), MRO: 28.29 (-0.13), MSFT: 46.45 (-0.57), CVX: 112.18 (-0.93), AAPL: 110.38 (-2.14)
New Questions In Mobile (Podcast Interview)
Benedict Evans - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 18, 11:41AM CST
It's been a long and (at times) interesting battle pitching iOS vs. Android. It's time to let it go: it's time to move on to a new set of questions. This is a companion piece to my blog post here . Read comments Read more articles from...
XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), GOOGL: 530.66 (-4.62), AAPL: 110.38 (-2.14), GOOG: 526.40 (-4.02)
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)
Transformation: The Onrushing Digital Age Will Change Everything
John Slater - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 17, 4:45PM CST
The modern era has witnessed two great periods of transformation that radically changed the global economy and the very nature of human existence. The Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries and the shift to a postindustrial economy over...
IBM: 160.44 (+0.39), FB: 78.02 (-1.20), XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), BABA: 103.94 (-1.81)
Custom Mobile Apps For Business Still In Their Infancy
Bob O'Donnell - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 16, 3:12PM CST
While there may be little debate about how the world of mobile devices is impacting traditional PCs, there are still some big questions remaining about the speed of this transition, particularly in the business world. The truth is, we're still in the...
TECL: 139.20 (-5.15), XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), VGT: 104.48 (-1.16), IYW: 104.40 (-1.19)
Broadcom (BRCM) Raises Q4 Outlook: 2 Semiconductor ETFs to Watch - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Fri Dec 12, 9:00AM CST
Watch these semiconductor ETFs following the improved earnings outlook from Broadcom.
PSI: 25.46 (-0.19), BRCM: 43.33 (+0.20), TXN: 53.47 (-0.46), XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), TSM: 22.38 (-0.06), SMH: 54.62 (-0.22), INTC: 36.29 (-0.47)
WTO IT trade deal on verge of collapse
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 12, 2:33AM CST
PXQ: 34.94 (-0.09), ROM: 152.22 (-3.78), TLL: 60.81 (-0.22), CQQQ: 34.67 (+0.28), XSW: 95.21 (-0.15), QTEC: 43.75 (-0.34), PBS: 25.58 (-0.24), PTF: 38.37 (-0.42), FXL: 34.51 (-0.26), IYZ: 29.28 (-0.27), TECL: 139.20 (-5.15), TDIV: 27.68 (-0.28), XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), XSD: 79.73 (-0.40), IYW: 104.40 (-1.19), XTL: 57.74 (-0.34), SOXS: 13.39 (+0.22), LTL: 89.72 (-1.38), KWEB: 32.60 (-0.20), IGM: 101.92 (-1.00), REW: 54.76 (+0.56), SOXL: 134.82 (-2.68), QQQC: 21.11 (-0.11), FDN: 61.32 (-0.37), FCOM: 26.63 (-0.20), SMH: 54.62 (-0.22), SOXX: 92.89 (-0.48), TECS: 11.29 (+0.36), RYT: 90.76 (-1.02), PSCT: 50.22 (-0.24), SSG: 47.82 (+0.73), FTEC: 31.69 (-0.33), PSJ: 39.95 (+0.09), IGV: 92.80 (-0.72), PSI: 25.46 (-0.19), USD: 94.02 (-1.84), MTK: 101.80 (-0.23), VOX: 84.72 (-0.79), IGN: 37.15 (-0.35), VGT: 104.48 (-1.16)
3 Apple-Focused Tech ETFs to Bet on for the Holiday Season - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Thu Dec 11, 11:00AM CST
These technology ETFs look to be in focus thanks to their heavy allocation to Apple stock.
XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), VGT: 104.48 (-1.16), GOOG: 526.40 (-4.02), AAPL: 110.38 (-2.14), IYW: 104.40 (-1.19)
Bulls Revel In New Highs And Blue Skies, But Oil Introduces A Dark Cloud
Scott Martindale - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 08, 2:50PM CST
As everyone knows, stocks do not go up in a straight line, not even during the holidays. So although the future looks bright for U.S. equities as the major indexes continue to hit or challenge new highs, the market has been gasping for a breather to...
FDX: 173.66 (-1.34), IYK: 104.76 (-1.07), IYJ: 106.59 (-1.18), XTN: 108.50 (-0.33), IYH: 144.13 (-1.56), IYM: 82.47 (-0.83), IYC: 137.76 (-0.63), IYF: 90.20 (-1.06), HNT: 53.53 (-0.78), IYE: 44.81 (-0.34), CNC: 103.85 (-1.46), IHF: 118.37 (-1.58), SWI: 49.83 (-0.49), IYZ: 29.28 (-0.27), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), SAVE: 75.58 (-0.85), IDU: 118.27 (-2.31), XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), SNDK: 97.98 (-1.82), IYW: 104.40 (-1.19)
The Technology Sectors That Create The Most Value
Tomasz Tunguz - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 08, 1:41PM CST
(click to enlarge) In which sectors have software companies created the most financial value? I asked myself this question over the weekend. I categorized the top 250 IT companies which spans $675B in market cap (Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL )) to $3B in...
SAP: 69.65 (-0.75), XLK: 41.35 (-0.46), MSFT: 46.45 (-0.57), AAPL: 110.38 (-2.14), ORCL: 44.97 (-0.37)
