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Jan 1, 2015 at 5:04 PM

Utilities Select Sector SPDR (XLU) 47.22 $XLU

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)

Interesting XLU Put And Call Options For February 2015
at The Street - Wed Dec 31, 10:04AM CST
Investors in Utilities 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 XLU options chain for the new February 2015 contracts...
XLU: 47.22 (-0.87)

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)

Are Rate-Sensitive ETFs Suggesting Economic Weakness Ahead?
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 29, 12:00PM CST
Lost in the bull market euphoria is the reality that economists have been dead wrong about the direction of asset prices, particularly bond prices. Last December, when 55 of the most prestigious economists across a wide range of institutions had been...
TLH: 135.17 (-0.10), IYY: 103.56 (-0.97), IDU: 118.27 (-2.31), RWR: 90.90 (-1.48), VPU: 102.35 (-1.91), VNQ: 81.00 (-1.39), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87), USMV: 40.48 (-0.46), ICF: 96.84 (-1.62)

Utilities SPDR Fund on a Big Run as Investors Chase Dividends
at The Street - Mon Dec 29, 8:58AM CST
Dominion Resources, Duke Energy, NextEra and Southern Co. have led the fund to all-time highs. Here's a technical look at those stocks and the fund.
76.90 (-1.40), NEE: 106.29 (-1.54), DUK: 83.54 (-1.16), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87), SO: 49.11 (-0.66)

Putting Together Quant Portfolios
Paul Novell - Seeking Alpha - Sun Dec 28, 2:19AM CST
One of the more overlooked areas of quantitative investing is how to integrate quant strategies into a diversified portfolio. Let's look at a few of the issues involved and some possible solutions. I've discussed the big allocation decision...
XLP: 48.49 (-0.60), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87)

2014's Trash Could Be 2015's Treasure
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Dec 27, 2:41AM CST

PALL: 77.49 (-0.51), DBB: 15.90 (-0.13), VXX: 31.51 (+2.31), FXY: 81.21 (-0.20), JJU: 17.96 (-0.12), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), PPLT: 117.05 (-0.85), EWJ: 11.24 (-0.06), JJN: 19.98 (+0.20), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), IEV: 42.53 (-0.31), GLD: 113.58 (-1.62), OIL: 12.54 (+0.04), FXB: 153.06 (+0.24), SLV: 15.06 (-0.52), ACWX: 43.02 (-0.21), FXE: 119.14 (-0.53), VNQ: 81.00 (-1.39), JJC: 33.96 (-0.39), EPP: 43.95 (-0.34), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60)

Utilities: The High-Flyers Of 2014
Bespoke Investment Group - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 26, 5:55PM CST
The S&P 500 Utilities sector is closing out 2014 with a bang. As shown below, the sector is currently in the midst of another big momentum move higher into extreme overbought territory - currently trading more than two standard deviations above...
IDU: 118.27 (-2.31), VPU: 102.35 (-1.91), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87)

Weekly ETF Gainers / Losers
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 26, 3:25PM CST

USO: 20.36 (+0.07), VXX: 31.51 (+2.31), UNG: 14.77 (-0.95), IDU: 118.27 (-2.31), FCG: 11.21 (-0.04), OIL: 12.54 (+0.04), GAZ: 2.01 (-0.14), PHO: 25.75 (-0.27), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87), FXI: 41.62 (+0.67)

Utilities Stocks: Year in Review and How to Profit in 2015
at The Street - Fri Dec 26, 11:05AM CST
Where they may trail the market in sex appeal and growth, utility stocks are leaders when it comes to generating income.
XEL: 35.92 (-0.46), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), PCG: 53.24 (-1.04), DUK: 83.54 (-1.16), PPL: 36.33 (-0.89), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87), SO: 49.11 (-0.66)

The Global Defenders
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 24, 12:25AM CST

BUD: 112.32 (-0.68), EIS: 46.78 (+0.34), UN: 39.04 (-0.25), UL: 40.48 (-0.28), EWN: 23.90 (-0.10), GSK: 42.74 (-0.05), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87), EWL: 31.69 (-0.27), DEO: 114.09 (-0.28), EWK: 16.20 (-0.09), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69), XLP: 48.49 (-0.60), IYZ: 29.28 (-0.27), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), RDS.A: 66.95 (-0.41), NVO: 42.32 (-0.35), AZN: 70.38 (-0.31), ENZL: 39.98 (-0.08), EWU: 18.03 (-0.10), TEVA: 57.51 (+0.54), ACWX: 43.02 (-0.21), EDEN: 46.99 (-0.53), NGG: 70.66 (-0.29), NVS: 92.66 (-0.55)

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)

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)

New EPA standards label coal ash non-hazardous
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 5:23PM CST

PUI: 23.71 (-0.27), IDU: 118.27 (-2.31), UPW: 107.56 (-3.90), VPU: 102.35 (-1.91), SDP: 47.50 (+1.60), FXU: 24.88 (-0.46), FUTY: 30.56 (-0.53), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87), PSCU: 40.15 (-0.13), RYU: 78.57 (-2.69)

Utilities Select Sector SPDR announces quarterly distribution of $0.417
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 1:19PM CST

XLU: 47.22 (-0.87)

What Stock Market Sectors Are Gaining The Most From Low Rates?
ETFguide - Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 10:59AM CST
By Ronald Delegge We can officially count 2014 as another bad year for Wall Street's investment strategists. Not only were they dead wrong about their prediction that interest rates would rise. They were also wrong about bond prices crashing. And...
SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), DRN: 78.87 (-3.96), VNQ: 81.00 (-1.39), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87)

How the Federal Reserve Saved the 'Santa Claus Rally'
at The Street - Fri Dec 19, 9:12AM CST
The 'Santa Claus Rally' is back on track thanks to the slow steps toward normalization of Federal Reserve monetary policy. Here are the technicals.
SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), QQQ: 103.25 (-1.07), DIA: 177.88 (-1.58), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87), IYT: 164.07 (-1.02), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24)

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)

Notable ETF Outflow Detected - XLU, D, EXC, AEP
ETFChannel.com - Tue Dec 16, 9:54AM CST
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund where we have detected an approximate $36.4 million dollar outflow -- that's a 0.6%...
XLU: 47.22 (-0.87)

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