XLV News Alert Healthcare Select Sector SPDR (XLV) 68.05 01/06/2015
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2015 Biotech Stock Preview: Rhythms Of The 'PermaBull'
Rod Raynovich - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 2:33PM CST
2015: Another Good Year Unless "Something Happens" Life Science stocks had another big year in 2014 up 48% tracking gains for the overall healthcare sector up 35%. Over 10 years the return is 300%! The move up was not a straight line as...
ESRX: 83.28 (-0.94), GILD: 97.65 (+0.86), FBT: 101.17 (-1.66), ABBV: 64.33 (-0.32), XLV: 68.05 (-0.23)
Generating Alpha With A 2015 Model Portfolio
Foundational Research - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 10:50AM CST
XLB: 46.99 (-0.42), XLP: 47.95 (-0.06), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), XLK: 40.15 (-0.49), XLI: 54.51 (-0.68), XLU: 46.89 (+0.03), XLF: 23.84 (-0.37), XLV: 68.05 (-0.23), XLE: 75.12 (-1.12)
Implications Of Sector Performances For 2015 Using Parametric Analysis
Scott Shander - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 3:29PM CST
VHT: 124.66 (-0.60), XLV: 68.05 (-0.23)
5 Must-Have ETFs for 2015 - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - ZACKS - Mon Jan 05, 12:00PM CST
Look at the five ETFs that could return huge profits in 2015.
VFH: 48.16 (-0.67), VO: 120.08 (-1.32), VIG: 79.02 (-0.70), XLG: 138.03 (-1.20), XLV: 68.05 (-0.23)
Low Risk And Long-Term Success Portfolio Update 2015
AlphaIdeas - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 03, 6:27AM CST
EEM: 37.92 (-0.16), BSV: 80.09 (+0.07), SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), GLD: 117.12 (+1.32), XLK: 40.15 (-0.49), VYM: 67.05 (-0.44), XLU: 46.89 (+0.03), XLF: 23.84 (-0.37), VNQ: 83.49 (+0.82), SLB: 81.72 (-1.63), XLV: 68.05 (-0.23), SCHF: 27.85 (-0.31)
The Market's Best and Worst Sectors of 2014
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Jan 02, 2:58PM CST
Healthcare stocks were among the top performers in 2014. Source: StockMonkeys.com , Flickr 2014 is over and done with, and investors are already looking forward to what 2015 will bring as the stock market aims for what could be its seventh...
IYZ: 28.42 (-0.32), XLU: 46.89 (+0.03), XLV: 68.05 (-0.23), XLE: 75.12 (-1.12)
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: 68.05 (-0.23)
2015 Outlook: Pain
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 3:09AM CST
XLB: 46.99 (-0.42), VXX: 33.95 (+0.74), EWN: 22.75 (-0.24), EWL: 30.78 (-0.33), TLT: 131.65 (+2.33), EWK: 15.67 (-0.15), EEM: 37.92 (-0.16), KRE: 38.17 (-0.93), XLP: 47.95 (-0.06), SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), FXB: 148.81 (-1.01), XLK: 40.15 (-0.49), FM: 29.89 (-0.23), XLI: 54.51 (-0.68), FXE: 117.16 (-0.38), KIE: 64.54 (-0.79), XLF: 23.84 (-0.37), VNQ: 83.49 (+0.82), XLE: 75.12 (-1.12), EIS: 45.51 (-0.21), SH: 22.41 (+0.24), IEF: 107.90 (+0.72), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), FXY: 82.11 (+0.80), UL: 39.03 (-0.20), GSK: 41.68 (-0.23), XLU: 46.89 (+0.03), IVV: 201.27 (-1.83), UUP: 24.30 (+0.05), XLV: 68.05 (-0.23), EWU: 17.21 (-0.20), ENZL: 39.88 (+0.37), GLD: 117.12 (+1.32), EFA: 58.48 (-0.67), EDEN: 46.35 (-0.48), ACWX: 41.40 (-0.43), IWM: 115.31 (-2.03)
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: 103.28 (-0.51), UNH: 98.92 (-0.20), PFE: 31.42 (+0.26), MRK: 60.32 (+2.28), XLV: 68.05 (-0.23)
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: 58.11 (-0.76), IBB: 300.81 (-5.04), FXH: 59.43 (-0.45), XLV: 68.05 (-0.23)
The Real Source Of A Santa Claus Rally
George Acs - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 26, 7:35PM CST
YHOO: 49.21 (+0.08), T: 33.60 (+0.05), VMW: 78.79 (-2.24), OIH: 33.99 (-0.51), MRK: 60.32 (+2.28), BNO: 19.92 (-0.78), EMC: 28.68 (-0.56), AAPL: 106.26 (+0.01), XLV: 68.05 (-0.23)
The Global Defenders
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 24, 12:25AM CST
BUD: 107.85 (-0.24), EIS: 45.51 (-0.21), UN: 37.64 (-0.10), UL: 39.03 (-0.20), EWN: 22.75 (-0.24), GSK: 41.68 (-0.23), XLU: 46.89 (+0.03), EWL: 30.78 (-0.33), DEO: 109.08 (-1.98), EWK: 15.67 (-0.15), XLV: 68.05 (-0.23), XLP: 47.95 (-0.06), IYZ: 28.42 (-0.32), SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), RDS.A: 63.02 (-0.78), NVO: 41.90 (-0.51), AZN: 68.16 (-1.70), ENZL: 39.88 (+0.37), EWU: 17.21 (-0.20), TEVA: 54.93 (-0.16), ACWX: 41.40 (-0.43), EDEN: 46.35 (-0.48), NGG: 68.01 (-1.34), NVS: 91.67 (-0.78)
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: 66.02 (-1.90), HTZ: 23.17 (-0.40), GMCR: 127.19 (-2.53), OCN: 13.48 (-0.49), XOM: 89.81 (-0.48), NQ: 4.39 (+0.26), XLV: 68.05 (-0.23), AGO: 25.51 (-0.59), ESRX: 83.28 (-0.94), RDN: 16.53 (-0.27), GILD: 97.65 (+0.86), ACHN: 12.81 (-0.51), CHK: 17.99 (-0.50), ABBV: 64.33 (-0.32), CVX: 108.03 (-0.05), SWN: 24.71 (-1.30), WAG: 76.05 (-0.49), REGN: 396.89 (-15.58), XLE: 75.12 (-1.12)
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: 64.85 (-1.34), GMCR: 127.19 (-2.53), OCN: 13.48 (-0.49), NQ: 4.39 (+0.26), XLV: 68.05 (-0.23), AGO: 25.51 (-0.59), ESRX: 83.28 (-0.94), RDN: 16.53 (-0.27), GILD: 97.65 (+0.86), ACHN: 12.81 (-0.51), CHK: 17.99 (-0.50), ABBV: 64.33 (-0.32), SWN: 24.71 (-1.30), WAG: 76.05 (-0.49), REGN: 396.89 (-15.58)
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: 46.99 (-0.42), XLP: 47.95 (-0.06), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), XLK: 40.15 (-0.49), XLI: 54.51 (-0.68), XLU: 46.89 (+0.03), XLF: 23.84 (-0.37), XLV: 68.05 (-0.23), XLE: 75.12 (-1.12)
Bioshares New Equal Weight ETFs Offer Diversification And Growth
Chris Katje - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 22, 10:01AM CST
BBP: 26.08 (-0.39), BBC: 27.72 (-0.86), IBB: 300.81 (-5.04), FXH: 59.43 (-0.45), XLV: 68.05 (-0.23)
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: 40.15 (-0.49), XLU: 46.89 (+0.03), XLF: 23.84 (-0.37), XLV: 68.05 (-0.23), XLE: 75.12 (-1.12)
Health Care Select Sector SPDR announces quarterly distribution of $0.26
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 1:18PM CST
XLV: 68.05 (-0.23)
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: 138.74 (+1.27), VTV: 82.22 (-0.73), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), GLD: 117.12 (+1.32), FXY: 82.11 (+0.80), EDV: 131.80 (+2.81), VYM: 67.05 (-0.44), IVV: 201.27 (-1.83), USMV: 40.02 (-0.11), XLV: 68.05 (-0.23)