Consumer Discret Select Sector SPDR (XLY) 69.56 $XLY
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)
Specialty retail starts the year with some tailwinds
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 10:29AM CST
BEBE: 2.23 (-0.07), NWY: 2.44 (-0.11), RTH: 70.32 (-0.14), FDIS: 28.16 (-0.29), PMR: 38.05 (-0.10), ANF: 28.88 (+0.61), PIR: 14.77 (-0.37), AEO: 13.95 (+0.05), RCD: 85.25 (-1.20), FXD: 34.51 (-0.46), VRA: 18.53 (-0.80), CHS: 15.98 (-0.11), CACH: 0.22 (unch), ZUMZ: 38.46 (-0.48), PSUN: 2.20 (-0.11), EXPR: 14.01 (-0.03), CBK: 5.66 (-0.11), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), ANN: 34.77 (-0.39), TCS: 18.48 (+0.16), ARO: 2.24 (-0.06), XRT: 93.26 (-1.00), GES: 20.56 (-0.07), BBBY: 75.42 (-0.43), VCR: 112.51 (-1.23), RETL: 96.61 (-0.81), GPS: 41.59 (-0.56), LE: 52.67 (-0.76)
Consumer Companies Issue Most Negative Guidance Ever Despite Lower Gasoline Prices
Wolf Richter - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 9:14AM CST
The price of oil continues to crash relentlessly. WTI trades at $49.80 as I'm writing this on Monday after hours, down 5.5% for the day, and down 54% since June 2014. The oil price plunge is eating into the American oil boom, munching on income...
PEJ: 34.66 (-0.19), OLO: 7.32 (-0.33), BNO: 19.92 (-0.78), RTH: 70.32 (-0.14), FDIS: 28.16 (-0.29), XLP: 47.95 (-0.06), PMR: 38.05 (-0.10), FSTA: 29.07 (-0.03), UGE: 92.99 (-0.85), DNO: 61.81 (+2.25), OIL: 10.98 (-0.49), UCC: 92.48 (-1.22), RCD: 85.25 (-1.20), FXD: 34.51 (-0.46), OLEM: 22.70 (-1.00), FXG: 41.73 (-0.10), IYK: 102.40 (-0.59), SCC: 13.68 (+0.13), USO: 18.05 (-0.74), VDC: 123.36 (-0.10), UCO: 8.16 (-0.76), DTO: 99.21 (+6.21), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), IYC: 133.57 (-1.06), UWTI: 3.37 (-0.46), PBJ: 29.85 (-0.19), PEZ: 43.20 (-0.47), SCO: 95.37 (+6.72), XRT: 93.26 (-1.00), VCR: 112.51 (-1.23), SZO: 68.45 (+3.45), DBO: 13.82 (-0.61), RETL: 96.61 (-0.81), SZK: 27.50 (-0.32), PSCC: 53.04 (-0.32), RHS: 103.28 (-0.03), PSL: 49.72 (+0.02), DWTI: 163.88 (+16.14), PSCD: 49.21 (-0.85), USL: 24.30 (-0.89)
Risk Adjusted Sector ETF Performance: A Year End Verdict For 2015
Gary Jakacky - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 12:04PM CST
XLB: 46.99 (-0.42), SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), XLF: 23.84 (-0.37), XLE: 75.12 (-1.12)
IBM: Online holiday sales +13.9%
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 9:13AM CST
IYK: 102.40 (-0.59), FDIS: 28.16 (-0.29), VCR: 112.51 (-1.23), PMR: 38.05 (-0.10), UGE: 92.99 (-0.85), RETL: 96.61 (-0.81), SZK: 27.50 (-0.32), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), RCD: 85.25 (-1.20), FXD: 34.51 (-0.46), RTH: 70.32 (-0.14), XRT: 93.26 (-1.00)
Is It Time For Stock Market Investors To Play Defense?
ETFguide - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 12:34AM CST
By Ronald Delegge The U.S. stock market has gained five consecutive years and 9 out of the past 10 years. Put another way, an offensive oriented aggressive approach toward stocks has worked like a charm. Is it time for investors to start playing...
VTI: 103.08 (-1.02), VOO: 183.27 (-1.82), VCR: 112.51 (-1.23), XLP: 47.95 (-0.06), SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), VDC: 123.36 (-0.10), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70)
The free delivery gambit in retail
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 03, 6:51PM CST
SPLS: 17.31 (-0.13), CAB: 52.23 (-0.09), BBY: 37.45 (-0.34), WMT: 86.31 (+0.66), RTH: 70.32 (-0.14), FDIS: 28.16 (-0.29), XLP: 47.95 (-0.06), PMR: 38.05 (-0.10), FSTA: 29.07 (-0.03), UGE: 92.99 (-0.85), TGT: 73.97 (-0.01), UCC: 92.48 (-1.22), RCD: 85.25 (-1.20), FXD: 34.51 (-0.46), FXG: 41.73 (-0.10), IYK: 102.40 (-0.59), AMZN: 295.29 (-6.90), SCC: 13.68 (+0.13), VDC: 123.36 (-0.10), DKS: 49.24 (-0.43), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), IYC: 133.57 (-1.06), PEZ: 43.20 (-0.47), XRT: 93.26 (-1.00), VCR: 112.51 (-1.23), TJX: 66.87 (-0.33), RETL: 96.61 (-0.81), SZK: 27.50 (-0.32), RHS: 103.28 (-0.03), BIG: 39.31 (-0.43), PSCD: 49.21 (-0.85)
Five Best ETF Themes For Investors In 2015
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Jan 02, 5:58PM CST
ETFs proved a winner in 2014, with assets in U.S. funds topping $2 trillion on Dec. 22. That confirmed the popularity of exchange traded funds, as well as a successful year for the stock market. The start to 2014 was rocky, with a stock market...
KBE: 31.56 (-0.84), SPLV: 37.47 (-0.13), EMCR: 19.53 (-0.60), SJNK: 28.80 (-0.12), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), XRT: 93.26 (-1.00), EWJ: 10.95 (-0.18), SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), HEWJ: 26.09 (-0.76), CWB: 46.22 (-0.11), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), XLK: 40.15 (-0.49), VWO: 38.74 (-0.19), EFA: 58.48 (-0.67), USMV: 40.02 (-0.11)
Consumer Discretionary Sector Starts To Feel Its Oats
Gary Jakacky - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 01, 11:11PM CST
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70)
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)
2015 Will Be The Year Of The Credit-Constrained Consumer
Outsized Analytics - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 29, 11:10PM CST
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), IWM: 115.31 (-2.03)
Late season strength seen for holiday sales
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Dec 28, 1:19PM CST
IYK: 102.40 (-0.59), FDIS: 28.16 (-0.29), VCR: 112.51 (-1.23), PMR: 38.05 (-0.10), UGE: 92.99 (-0.85), RETL: 96.61 (-0.81), SZK: 27.50 (-0.32), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), RCD: 85.25 (-1.20), FXD: 34.51 (-0.46), RTH: 70.32 (-0.14), XRT: 93.26 (-1.00)
MasterCard: Holiday retail sales up 5.5% Y/Y
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 26, 11:32AM CST
PEJ: 34.66 (-0.19), RTH: 70.32 (-0.14), FDIS: 28.16 (-0.29), XLP: 47.95 (-0.06), PMR: 38.05 (-0.10), FSTA: 29.07 (-0.03), UGE: 92.99 (-0.85), UCC: 92.48 (-1.22), FXD: 34.51 (-0.46), RCD: 85.25 (-1.20), FXG: 41.73 (-0.10), IYK: 102.40 (-0.59), SCC: 13.68 (+0.13), VDC: 123.36 (-0.10), IYC: 133.57 (-1.06), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), PBJ: 29.85 (-0.19), PEZ: 43.20 (-0.47), VCR: 112.51 (-1.23), RETL: 96.61 (-0.81), SZK: 27.50 (-0.32), PSCC: 53.04 (-0.32), RHS: 103.28 (-0.03), PSL: 49.72 (+0.02), PSCD: 49.21 (-0.85)
Amazon, Home Depot, McDonald's Push Consumer Discretionary Fund to High
at The Street - Fri Dec 26, 11:25AM CST
The Consumer Discretionary sector SPDR set an all-time intraday high Tuesday in anticipation of solid holiday consumer spending.
AMZN: 295.29 (-6.90), HD: 100.95 (-0.31), NKE: 92.95 (-0.55), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), MCD: 92.40 (+0.17)
Retail tailwinds start to pick up
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 23, 1:59PM CST
PEJ: 34.66 (-0.19), BBY: 37.45 (-0.34), KORS: 66.87 (-6.13), RTH: 70.32 (-0.14), RL: 174.41 (-3.47), FDIS: 28.16 (-0.29), XLP: 47.95 (-0.06), FOSL: 107.26 (-1.41), COH: 36.30 (-0.43), PMR: 38.05 (-0.10), FSTA: 29.07 (-0.03), UGE: 92.99 (-0.85), UCC: 92.48 (-1.22), RCD: 85.25 (-1.20), VRA: 18.53 (-0.80), FXD: 34.51 (-0.46), KATE: 29.57 (-1.35), FXG: 41.73 (-0.10), IYK: 102.40 (-0.59), SCC: 13.68 (+0.13), AMZN: 295.29 (-6.90), VDC: 123.36 (-0.10), HGG: 5.62 (-1.63), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), IYC: 133.57 (-1.06), PBJ: 29.85 (-0.19), TIF: 102.17 (-1.58), PEZ: 43.20 (-0.47), XRT: 93.26 (-1.00), VCR: 112.51 (-1.23), RETL: 96.61 (-0.81), SZK: 27.50 (-0.32), PSCC: 53.04 (-0.32), RHS: 103.28 (-0.03), PSL: 49.72 (+0.02), PSCD: 49.21 (-0.85)
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)
Harlem Globetrotters Brand Grows as Consumer Spending Strengthens
at The Street - Mon Dec 22, 3:43PM CST
The Harlem Globetrotters saw record revenue in 2014 and CEO Kurt Schneider foresees a bright 2015.
FB: 76.15 (-1.04), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), GOOGL: 506.64 (-12.82), GOOG: 501.96 (-11.91)
2014 Holiday Season Retail Trends (Podcast)
Bob O'Donnell - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 22, 7:51AM CST
Welcome to the weekly Tech.pinions podcast. This week, Ben Bajarin, Bob O'Donnell and Steve Baker discuss the holiday shopping trends for tech devices in US retail stores. We explore what is selling in US retail and talk about tablets, iPads, PCs,...
FDIS: 28.16 (-0.29), VCR: 112.51 (-1.23), PMR: 38.05 (-0.10), RETL: 96.61 (-0.81), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), RCD: 85.25 (-1.20), FXD: 34.51 (-0.46), RTH: 70.32 (-0.14), XRT: 93.26 (-1.00)
Stars Align This Holiday Shopping Season
Russ Koesterich, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Sun Dec 21, 7:54AM CST
The holiday cheer did not last long. With Thanksgiving leftovers barely finished, sales reports came in suggesting a difficult start to the traditional U.S. holiday shopping season. The National Retail Federation's initial estimate of sales during...
FDIS: 28.16 (-0.29), VCR: 112.51 (-1.23), PMR: 38.05 (-0.10), RETL: 96.61 (-0.81), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), RCD: 85.25 (-1.20), FXD: 34.51 (-0.46), RTH: 70.32 (-0.14), XRT: 93.26 (-1.00)
Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR announces quarterly distribution of $0.293
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 1:18PM CST
XLY: 69.56 (-0.70)
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)
Specialty retail starts the year with some tailwinds
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 10:29AM CST
BEBE: 2.23 (-0.07), NWY: 2.44 (-0.11), RTH: 70.32 (-0.14), FDIS: 28.16 (-0.29), PMR: 38.05 (-0.10), ANF: 28.88 (+0.61), PIR: 14.77 (-0.37), AEO: 13.95 (+0.05), RCD: 85.25 (-1.20), FXD: 34.51 (-0.46), VRA: 18.53 (-0.80), CHS: 15.98 (-0.11), CACH: 0.22 (unch), ZUMZ: 38.46 (-0.48), PSUN: 2.20 (-0.11), EXPR: 14.01 (-0.03), CBK: 5.66 (-0.11), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), ANN: 34.77 (-0.39), TCS: 18.48 (+0.16), ARO: 2.24 (-0.06), XRT: 93.26 (-1.00), GES: 20.56 (-0.07), BBBY: 75.42 (-0.43), VCR: 112.51 (-1.23), RETL: 96.61 (-0.81), GPS: 41.59 (-0.56), LE: 52.67 (-0.76)
Consumer Companies Issue Most Negative Guidance Ever Despite Lower Gasoline Prices
Wolf Richter - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 9:14AM CST
The price of oil continues to crash relentlessly. WTI trades at $49.80 as I'm writing this on Monday after hours, down 5.5% for the day, and down 54% since June 2014. The oil price plunge is eating into the American oil boom, munching on income...
PEJ: 34.66 (-0.19), OLO: 7.32 (-0.33), BNO: 19.92 (-0.78), RTH: 70.32 (-0.14), FDIS: 28.16 (-0.29), XLP: 47.95 (-0.06), PMR: 38.05 (-0.10), FSTA: 29.07 (-0.03), UGE: 92.99 (-0.85), DNO: 61.81 (+2.25), OIL: 10.98 (-0.49), UCC: 92.48 (-1.22), RCD: 85.25 (-1.20), FXD: 34.51 (-0.46), OLEM: 22.70 (-1.00), FXG: 41.73 (-0.10), IYK: 102.40 (-0.59), SCC: 13.68 (+0.13), USO: 18.05 (-0.74), VDC: 123.36 (-0.10), UCO: 8.16 (-0.76), DTO: 99.21 (+6.21), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), IYC: 133.57 (-1.06), UWTI: 3.37 (-0.46), PBJ: 29.85 (-0.19), PEZ: 43.20 (-0.47), SCO: 95.37 (+6.72), XRT: 93.26 (-1.00), VCR: 112.51 (-1.23), SZO: 68.45 (+3.45), DBO: 13.82 (-0.61), RETL: 96.61 (-0.81), SZK: 27.50 (-0.32), PSCC: 53.04 (-0.32), RHS: 103.28 (-0.03), PSL: 49.72 (+0.02), DWTI: 163.88 (+16.14), PSCD: 49.21 (-0.85), USL: 24.30 (-0.89)
Risk Adjusted Sector ETF Performance: A Year End Verdict For 2015
Gary Jakacky - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 12:04PM CST
XLB: 46.99 (-0.42), SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), XLF: 23.84 (-0.37), XLE: 75.12 (-1.12)
IBM: Online holiday sales +13.9%
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 9:13AM CST
IYK: 102.40 (-0.59), FDIS: 28.16 (-0.29), VCR: 112.51 (-1.23), PMR: 38.05 (-0.10), UGE: 92.99 (-0.85), RETL: 96.61 (-0.81), SZK: 27.50 (-0.32), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), RCD: 85.25 (-1.20), FXD: 34.51 (-0.46), RTH: 70.32 (-0.14), XRT: 93.26 (-1.00)
Is It Time For Stock Market Investors To Play Defense?
ETFguide - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 12:34AM CST
By Ronald Delegge The U.S. stock market has gained five consecutive years and 9 out of the past 10 years. Put another way, an offensive oriented aggressive approach toward stocks has worked like a charm. Is it time for investors to start playing...
VTI: 103.08 (-1.02), VOO: 183.27 (-1.82), VCR: 112.51 (-1.23), XLP: 47.95 (-0.06), SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), VDC: 123.36 (-0.10), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70)
The free delivery gambit in retail
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 03, 6:51PM CST
SPLS: 17.31 (-0.13), CAB: 52.23 (-0.09), BBY: 37.45 (-0.34), WMT: 86.31 (+0.66), RTH: 70.32 (-0.14), FDIS: 28.16 (-0.29), XLP: 47.95 (-0.06), PMR: 38.05 (-0.10), FSTA: 29.07 (-0.03), UGE: 92.99 (-0.85), TGT: 73.97 (-0.01), UCC: 92.48 (-1.22), RCD: 85.25 (-1.20), FXD: 34.51 (-0.46), FXG: 41.73 (-0.10), IYK: 102.40 (-0.59), AMZN: 295.29 (-6.90), SCC: 13.68 (+0.13), VDC: 123.36 (-0.10), DKS: 49.24 (-0.43), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), IYC: 133.57 (-1.06), PEZ: 43.20 (-0.47), XRT: 93.26 (-1.00), VCR: 112.51 (-1.23), TJX: 66.87 (-0.33), RETL: 96.61 (-0.81), SZK: 27.50 (-0.32), RHS: 103.28 (-0.03), BIG: 39.31 (-0.43), PSCD: 49.21 (-0.85)
Five Best ETF Themes For Investors In 2015
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Jan 02, 5:58PM CST
ETFs proved a winner in 2014, with assets in U.S. funds topping $2 trillion on Dec. 22. That confirmed the popularity of exchange traded funds, as well as a successful year for the stock market. The start to 2014 was rocky, with a stock market...
KBE: 31.56 (-0.84), SPLV: 37.47 (-0.13), EMCR: 19.53 (-0.60), SJNK: 28.80 (-0.12), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), XRT: 93.26 (-1.00), EWJ: 10.95 (-0.18), SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), HEWJ: 26.09 (-0.76), CWB: 46.22 (-0.11), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), XLK: 40.15 (-0.49), VWO: 38.74 (-0.19), EFA: 58.48 (-0.67), USMV: 40.02 (-0.11)
Consumer Discretionary Sector Starts To Feel Its Oats
Gary Jakacky - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 01, 11:11PM CST
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70)
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)
2015 Will Be The Year Of The Credit-Constrained Consumer
Outsized Analytics - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 29, 11:10PM CST
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), IWM: 115.31 (-2.03)
Late season strength seen for holiday sales
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Dec 28, 1:19PM CST
IYK: 102.40 (-0.59), FDIS: 28.16 (-0.29), VCR: 112.51 (-1.23), PMR: 38.05 (-0.10), UGE: 92.99 (-0.85), RETL: 96.61 (-0.81), SZK: 27.50 (-0.32), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), RCD: 85.25 (-1.20), FXD: 34.51 (-0.46), RTH: 70.32 (-0.14), XRT: 93.26 (-1.00)
MasterCard: Holiday retail sales up 5.5% Y/Y
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 26, 11:32AM CST
PEJ: 34.66 (-0.19), RTH: 70.32 (-0.14), FDIS: 28.16 (-0.29), XLP: 47.95 (-0.06), PMR: 38.05 (-0.10), FSTA: 29.07 (-0.03), UGE: 92.99 (-0.85), UCC: 92.48 (-1.22), FXD: 34.51 (-0.46), RCD: 85.25 (-1.20), FXG: 41.73 (-0.10), IYK: 102.40 (-0.59), SCC: 13.68 (+0.13), VDC: 123.36 (-0.10), IYC: 133.57 (-1.06), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), PBJ: 29.85 (-0.19), PEZ: 43.20 (-0.47), VCR: 112.51 (-1.23), RETL: 96.61 (-0.81), SZK: 27.50 (-0.32), PSCC: 53.04 (-0.32), RHS: 103.28 (-0.03), PSL: 49.72 (+0.02), PSCD: 49.21 (-0.85)
Amazon, Home Depot, McDonald's Push Consumer Discretionary Fund to High
at The Street - Fri Dec 26, 11:25AM CST
The Consumer Discretionary sector SPDR set an all-time intraday high Tuesday in anticipation of solid holiday consumer spending.
AMZN: 295.29 (-6.90), HD: 100.95 (-0.31), NKE: 92.95 (-0.55), XLY: 69.56 (-0.70), MCD: 92.40 (+0.17)
Retail tailwinds start to pick up
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 23, 1:59PM CST
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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)...
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Harlem Globetrotters Brand Grows as Consumer Spending Strengthens
at The Street - Mon Dec 22, 3:43PM CST
The Harlem Globetrotters saw record revenue in 2014 and CEO Kurt Schneider foresees a bright 2015.
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2014 Holiday Season Retail Trends (Podcast)
Bob O'Donnell - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 22, 7:51AM CST
Welcome to the weekly Tech.pinions podcast. This week, Ben Bajarin, Bob O'Donnell and Steve Baker discuss the holiday shopping trends for tech devices in US retail stores. We explore what is selling in US retail and talk about tablets, iPads, PCs,...
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Stars Align This Holiday Shopping Season
Russ Koesterich, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Sun Dec 21, 7:54AM CST
The holiday cheer did not last long. With Thanksgiving leftovers barely finished, sales reports came in suggesting a difficult start to the traditional U.S. holiday shopping season. The National Retail Federation's initial estimate of sales during...
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Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR announces quarterly distribution of $0.293
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 1:18PM CST
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