Healthcare Select Sector SPDR (XLV) 68.38 $XLV
XLV February 2015 Options Begin Trading
at The Street - Wed Dec 31, 10:04AM CST
Investors in Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund saw new options become available today, for the February 2015 expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the XLV options chain for the new February 2015...
XLV: 68.38 (-0.69)
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)
Health Care SPDR Consolidating Gains as J&J, Merck Show Negative Trends
at The Street - Tue Dec 30, 5:10AM CST
This exchange-traded fund rose to an all-time intraday high on Dec. 8 but its four Dow components are showing negative indicators.
JNJ: 104.57 (-0.79), UNH: 101.09 (-1.76), PFE: 31.15 (-0.23), MRK: 56.79 (-0.86), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69)
Analyzing The First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX ETF: How Did It Do It?
Stanford Chemist - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 29, 10:40AM CST
PSCH: 59.76 (-0.45), IBB: 303.35 (-1.27), FXH: 60.29 (-0.57), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69)
The Real Source Of A Santa Claus Rally
George Acs - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 26, 7:35PM CST
YHOO: 50.51 (-0.71), T: 33.59 (-0.49), VMW: 82.52 (-0.15), OIH: 35.92 (-0.30), MRK: 56.79 (-0.86), BNO: 22.70 (+0.23), EMC: 29.74 (-0.41), AAPL: 110.38 (-2.14), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69)
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)
Dow Reaches Record Close as Santa Claus Rally Hits Day 5
at The Street - Tue Dec 23, 3:04PM CST
The Dow Jones Industrial Average breaks through 18,000 on Tuesday as third-quarter GDP shows signs of better-than-expected economic health.
PSX: 71.70 (-1.22), HTZ: 24.94 (-0.24), GMCR: 132.40 (-1.00), OCN: 15.10 (+0.38), XOM: 92.45 (-0.57), NQ: 3.91 (-0.10), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69), AGO: 25.99 (-0.43), ESRX: 84.67 (-1.08), RDN: 16.72 (-0.11), GILD: 94.26 (-1.02), ACHN: 12.25 (-0.04), CHK: 19.57 (-0.07), ABBV: 65.44 (-0.86), CVX: 112.18 (-0.93), SWN: 27.29 (+0.05), WAG: 76.05 (-0.49), REGN: 410.25 (+1.91), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60)
Dow, S&P 500 Near Session Highs After GDP Growth Smashes Expectations
at The Street - Tue Dec 23, 1:25PM CST
The Dow Jones Industrial Average breaks through 18,000 on Tuesday as third-quarter GDP shows signs of better-than-expected economic health.
GPRO: 63.22 (-2.18), GMCR: 132.40 (-1.00), OCN: 15.10 (+0.38), NQ: 3.91 (-0.10), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69), AGO: 25.99 (-0.43), ESRX: 84.67 (-1.08), RDN: 16.72 (-0.11), GILD: 94.26 (-1.02), ACHN: 12.25 (-0.04), CHK: 19.57 (-0.07), ABBV: 65.44 (-0.86), SWN: 27.29 (+0.05), WAG: 76.05 (-0.49), REGN: 410.25 (+1.91)
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)
Bioshares New Equal Weight ETFs Offer Diversification And Growth
Chris Katje - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 22, 10:01AM CST
BBP: 26.12 (-0.06), BBC: 27.74 (+0.25), IBB: 303.35 (-1.27), FXH: 60.29 (-0.57), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69)
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)
Health Care Select Sector SPDR announces quarterly distribution of $0.26
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 1:18PM CST
XLV: 68.38 (-0.69)
The 3 'Macro' Questions Investors Must Ask Heading Into 2015
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 8:12AM CST
I am ecstatic that the majority of my client base had 65%-70% long exposure in lower-volatility stock ETFs over the last two trading sessions. The S&P 500 picked up roughly 4.5%, which means that these portfolio balances rose approximately 3.0%...
TLH: 135.17 (-0.10), VTV: 84.49 (-0.90), QQQ: 103.25 (-1.07), GLD: 113.58 (-1.62), FXY: 81.21 (-0.20), EDV: 123.94 (-0.03), VYM: 68.75 (-0.82), IVV: 206.87 (-2.14), USMV: 40.48 (-0.46), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69)
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)
Where the wealthy are investing now
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 15, 10:35AM CST
EEM: 39.29 (+0.03), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), XLY: 72.15 (-0.29), BRK.B: 150.15 (-1.94), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), BRK.A: 226,000.00 (-2,255.00), AAPL: 110.38 (-2.14), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60)
Energy Sector Rains On Bulls' Parade, But Skies May Clear Soon
Scott Martindale - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 15, 4:15AM CST
Stocks have needed a reason to take a breather and pull back in this long-standing ultra-bullish climate, with strong economic data and seasonality providing impressive tailwinds -- and plummeting oil prices certainly have given it to them. But this...
IYK: 104.76 (-1.07), IYJ: 106.59 (-1.18), WLK: 61.09 (-0.83), IYH: 144.13 (-1.56), IYM: 82.47 (-0.83), IYC: 137.76 (-0.63), AMGN: 159.29 (-1.34), ALK: 59.76 (-0.01), IYF: 90.20 (-1.06), UPS: 111.17 (-0.97), IYE: 44.81 (-0.34), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69), CELG: 111.86 (-1.68), VAL: 86.48 (-0.99), IYZ: 29.28 (-0.27), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), IDU: 118.27 (-2.31), PYZ: 52.50 (-0.56), IYT: 164.07 (-1.02), IYW: 104.40 (-1.19)
Cramer's Mad Money - The Good Isis (12/10/14)
SA Editor Miriam Metzinger - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 11, 3:43AM CST
Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, Wednesday December 10. CEO Interview: Dr. Stanley Crooke, Isis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ISIS ) Isis Pharmaceuticals ( ISIS ) produces treatments that bind to...
BLUE: 91.72 (-1.08), TSLA: 222.41 (+0.18), RH: 96.01 (-0.75), FRPT: 17.06 (-0.31), BA: 129.98 (-1.85), CELG: 111.86 (-1.68), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69), RFMD: 16.59 (-0.35), NOV: 65.53 (-0.72), ISIS: 61.74 (+0.01), KITE: 57.67 (+1.73), TQNT: 27.55 (-0.77), COST: 141.75 (-1.74), AGIO: 112.04 (-0.13), VZ: 46.78 (-0.55), CSCO: 27.82 (-0.54)
Bull of the Day: Acadia Healthcare (ACHC) - Bull of the Day
Kevin Cook - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Dec 09, 12:00AM CST
Bull of the Day: Acadia Healthcare (ACHC) - Bull of the Day
ACHC: 61.21 (-1.07), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69)
U.S. Equity Sectors Review: December 8th, 2014
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 08, 5:25PM CST
The great divide between health care and energy in U.S. equities rolls on. Health care shares continue to dominate the recent rally in the U.S. stock market while energy firms remain conspicuous laggards, based on one-year returns. In fact, energy is...
SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), VOX: 84.72 (-0.79), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69)
XLV February 2015 Options Begin Trading
at The Street - Wed Dec 31, 10:04AM CST
Investors in Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund saw new options become available today, for the February 2015 expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the XLV options chain for the new February 2015...
XLV: 68.38 (-0.69)
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)
Health Care SPDR Consolidating Gains as J&J, Merck Show Negative Trends
at The Street - Tue Dec 30, 5:10AM CST
This exchange-traded fund rose to an all-time intraday high on Dec. 8 but its four Dow components are showing negative indicators.
JNJ: 104.57 (-0.79), UNH: 101.09 (-1.76), PFE: 31.15 (-0.23), MRK: 56.79 (-0.86), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69)
Analyzing The First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX ETF: How Did It Do It?
Stanford Chemist - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 29, 10:40AM CST
PSCH: 59.76 (-0.45), IBB: 303.35 (-1.27), FXH: 60.29 (-0.57), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69)
The Real Source Of A Santa Claus Rally
George Acs - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 26, 7:35PM CST
YHOO: 50.51 (-0.71), T: 33.59 (-0.49), VMW: 82.52 (-0.15), OIH: 35.92 (-0.30), MRK: 56.79 (-0.86), BNO: 22.70 (+0.23), EMC: 29.74 (-0.41), AAPL: 110.38 (-2.14), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69)
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)
Dow Reaches Record Close as Santa Claus Rally Hits Day 5
at The Street - Tue Dec 23, 3:04PM CST
The Dow Jones Industrial Average breaks through 18,000 on Tuesday as third-quarter GDP shows signs of better-than-expected economic health.
PSX: 71.70 (-1.22), HTZ: 24.94 (-0.24), GMCR: 132.40 (-1.00), OCN: 15.10 (+0.38), XOM: 92.45 (-0.57), NQ: 3.91 (-0.10), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69), AGO: 25.99 (-0.43), ESRX: 84.67 (-1.08), RDN: 16.72 (-0.11), GILD: 94.26 (-1.02), ACHN: 12.25 (-0.04), CHK: 19.57 (-0.07), ABBV: 65.44 (-0.86), CVX: 112.18 (-0.93), SWN: 27.29 (+0.05), WAG: 76.05 (-0.49), REGN: 410.25 (+1.91), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60)
Dow, S&P 500 Near Session Highs After GDP Growth Smashes Expectations
at The Street - Tue Dec 23, 1:25PM CST
The Dow Jones Industrial Average breaks through 18,000 on Tuesday as third-quarter GDP shows signs of better-than-expected economic health.
GPRO: 63.22 (-2.18), GMCR: 132.40 (-1.00), OCN: 15.10 (+0.38), NQ: 3.91 (-0.10), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69), AGO: 25.99 (-0.43), ESRX: 84.67 (-1.08), RDN: 16.72 (-0.11), GILD: 94.26 (-1.02), ACHN: 12.25 (-0.04), CHK: 19.57 (-0.07), ABBV: 65.44 (-0.86), SWN: 27.29 (+0.05), WAG: 76.05 (-0.49), REGN: 410.25 (+1.91)
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)
Bioshares New Equal Weight ETFs Offer Diversification And Growth
Chris Katje - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 22, 10:01AM CST
BBP: 26.12 (-0.06), BBC: 27.74 (+0.25), IBB: 303.35 (-1.27), FXH: 60.29 (-0.57), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69)
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)
Health Care Select Sector SPDR announces quarterly distribution of $0.26
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 1:18PM CST
XLV: 68.38 (-0.69)
The 3 'Macro' Questions Investors Must Ask Heading Into 2015
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 8:12AM CST
I am ecstatic that the majority of my client base had 65%-70% long exposure in lower-volatility stock ETFs over the last two trading sessions. The S&P 500 picked up roughly 4.5%, which means that these portfolio balances rose approximately 3.0%...
TLH: 135.17 (-0.10), VTV: 84.49 (-0.90), QQQ: 103.25 (-1.07), GLD: 113.58 (-1.62), FXY: 81.21 (-0.20), EDV: 123.94 (-0.03), VYM: 68.75 (-0.82), IVV: 206.87 (-2.14), USMV: 40.48 (-0.46), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69)
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)
Where the wealthy are investing now
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 15, 10:35AM CST
EEM: 39.29 (+0.03), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), XLY: 72.15 (-0.29), BRK.B: 150.15 (-1.94), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28), BRK.A: 226,000.00 (-2,255.00), AAPL: 110.38 (-2.14), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60)
Energy Sector Rains On Bulls' Parade, But Skies May Clear Soon
Scott Martindale - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 15, 4:15AM CST
Stocks have needed a reason to take a breather and pull back in this long-standing ultra-bullish climate, with strong economic data and seasonality providing impressive tailwinds -- and plummeting oil prices certainly have given it to them. But this...
IYK: 104.76 (-1.07), IYJ: 106.59 (-1.18), WLK: 61.09 (-0.83), IYH: 144.13 (-1.56), IYM: 82.47 (-0.83), IYC: 137.76 (-0.63), AMGN: 159.29 (-1.34), ALK: 59.76 (-0.01), IYF: 90.20 (-1.06), UPS: 111.17 (-0.97), IYE: 44.81 (-0.34), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69), CELG: 111.86 (-1.68), VAL: 86.48 (-0.99), IYZ: 29.28 (-0.27), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), IDU: 118.27 (-2.31), PYZ: 52.50 (-0.56), IYT: 164.07 (-1.02), IYW: 104.40 (-1.19)
Cramer's Mad Money - The Good Isis (12/10/14)
SA Editor Miriam Metzinger - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 11, 3:43AM CST
Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, Wednesday December 10. CEO Interview: Dr. Stanley Crooke, Isis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ISIS ) Isis Pharmaceuticals ( ISIS ) produces treatments that bind to...
BLUE: 91.72 (-1.08), TSLA: 222.41 (+0.18), RH: 96.01 (-0.75), FRPT: 17.06 (-0.31), BA: 129.98 (-1.85), CELG: 111.86 (-1.68), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69), RFMD: 16.59 (-0.35), NOV: 65.53 (-0.72), ISIS: 61.74 (+0.01), KITE: 57.67 (+1.73), TQNT: 27.55 (-0.77), COST: 141.75 (-1.74), AGIO: 112.04 (-0.13), VZ: 46.78 (-0.55), CSCO: 27.82 (-0.54)
Bull of the Day: Acadia Healthcare (ACHC) - Bull of the Day
Kevin Cook - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Dec 09, 12:00AM CST
Bull of the Day: Acadia Healthcare (ACHC) - Bull of the Day
ACHC: 61.21 (-1.07), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69)
U.S. Equity Sectors Review: December 8th, 2014
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 08, 5:25PM CST
The great divide between health care and energy in U.S. equities rolls on. Health care shares continue to dominate the recent rally in the U.S. stock market while energy firms remain conspicuous laggards, based on one-year returns. In fact, energy is...
SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), VOX: 84.72 (-0.79), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60), XLV: 68.38 (-0.69)
