Utilities Select Sector SPDR (XLU) 47.27 $XLU
Defending The Use Of Stop-Limit Loss Orders With Your ETFs
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - 22 mins ago
With the exception of the last few years, most economic data has been entirely unimpressive. Yet bad news for the economy still meant good news for market-based securities. Why? The Federal Reserve kept renewing its bond purchasing program as well as...
IEF: 108.35 (+0.38), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20)
Utilities ETF: XLU No. 1 Select Sector SPDR In 2014
J.J. McGrath - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 2:58PM CST
XLU: 47.27 (-0.11)
A High-Yielding 6% Portfolio
Healthy Appreciation - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 7:40AM CST
KBWD: 25.14 (-0.03), HCP: 47.30 (+0.74), SDIV: 22.77 (-0.18), XMPT: 26.71 (-0.02), IPW: 18.91 (-0.59), EFA: 59.50 (-0.14), KKR: 23.47 (-0.27), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11)
How To Find The Best Sector ETFs
David Trainer - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 08, 12:08PM CST
Why ETF Labels are Confusing There are at least 44 different Financials ETFs and at least 188 ETFs across all sectors. Do you need that many choices? How different can the ETFs be? Those 44 Financials ETFs are very different. With anywhere from 22...
KBWP: 42.32 (-0.33), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11)
Challenges Ahead For Companies With Competitive Energy Operations
Equity Watch - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 08, 9:06AM CST
AEP: 61.56 (-0.08), FE: 38.46 (-0.51), EXC: 36.63 (+0.14), DUK: 85.01 (+0.08), PPL: 35.17 (-0.18), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), NRG: 26.69 (-0.45), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20)
Only four stocks worth buying in fully priced utility sector, Baird says
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 11:59AM CST
CMS: 35.17 (-0.11), VVC: 47.10 (-0.20), IDU: 118.44 (-0.37), ALE: 55.25 (-0.36), UPW: 107.46 (+0.01), VPU: 102.46 (-0.27), SDP: 47.76 (+0.97), FXU: 24.72 (-0.04), FUTY: 30.61 (-0.03), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), UIL: 43.88 (-0.54), RYU: 78.51 (+0.14)
Generating Alpha With A 2015 Model Portfolio
Foundational Research - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 10:50AM CST
XLB: 48.29 (-0.11), XLP: 48.96 (-0.15), XLY: 70.51 (-0.38), XLK: 40.77 (-0.48), XLI: 55.04 (-0.38), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), XLF: 23.92 (-0.20), XLV: 70.24 (+0.03), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20)
5 Red Flags Retail Stock Investors Should Not Ignore
Streetwise Research - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 10:29AM CST
JNK: 38.87 (-0.04), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), BKLN: 23.91 (-0.01), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20)
Low Risk And Long-Term Success Portfolio Update 2015
AlphaIdeas - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 03, 6:27AM CST
EEM: 38.95 (-0.32), BSV: 80.27 (+0.02), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), GLD: 118.56 (+1.30), XLK: 40.77 (-0.48), VYM: 68.10 (-0.45), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), XLF: 23.92 (-0.20), VNQ: 85.78 (+0.65), SLB: 78.05 (-3.17), XLV: 70.24 (+0.03), SCHF: 28.24 (-0.11)
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: 29.02 (+0.14), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), XLV: 70.24 (+0.03), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20)
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: 291.41 (-5.52), WLL: 27.35 (-3.93), CLR: 34.97 (-1.57), VXX: 33.49 (+1.51), FB: 76.72 (-1.02), CLF: 7.70 (+0.55), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), IBM: 156.44 (-2.67), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), EOG: 84.51 (-2.95), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39), XLF: 23.92 (-0.20), TWTR: 39.37 (-0.80), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20)
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: 47.27 (-0.11)
What Do 2014 Winners Say About 2015?
Matthew Sauer, Esq. - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 3:40AM CST
HEDJ: 55.45 (+0.40), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), XLF: 23.92 (-0.20), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75), IYF: 87.90 (-0.65), UUP: 24.38 (unch)
2015 Outlook: Pain
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 3:09AM CST
XLB: 48.29 (-0.11), VXX: 33.49 (+1.51), EWN: 23.20 (+0.15), EWL: 31.50 (-0.09), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75), EWK: 16.00 (+0.02), EEM: 38.95 (-0.32), KRE: 37.67 (-0.40), XLP: 48.96 (-0.15), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), FXB: 149.02 (+0.09), XLK: 40.77 (-0.48), FM: 29.93 (+0.02), XLI: 55.04 (-0.38), FXE: 116.53 (-0.08), KIE: 64.69 (-0.61), XLF: 23.92 (-0.20), VNQ: 85.78 (+0.65), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20), EIS: 46.38 (-0.07), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), IEF: 108.35 (+0.38), XLY: 70.51 (-0.38), FXY: 82.22 (+0.15), UL: 40.46 (+0.61), GSK: 42.93 (+0.13), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), UUP: 24.38 (unch), XLV: 70.24 (+0.03), EWU: 17.52 (-0.07), ENZL: 40.33 (+0.07), GLD: 118.56 (+1.30), EFA: 59.50 (-0.14), EDEN: 46.83 (+0.15), ACWX: 42.08 (-0.17), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
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: 138.83 (+0.52), IYY: 102.01 (-0.83), IDU: 118.44 (-0.37), RWR: 96.32 (+0.76), VPU: 102.46 (-0.27), VNQ: 85.78 (+0.65), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), USMV: 40.71 (-0.18), ICF: 103.06 (+0.79)
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.
76.50 (unch), NEE: 106.37 (-0.27), DUK: 85.01 (+0.08), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), SO: 49.71 (+0.01)
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: 48.96 (-0.15), SHY: 84.73 (+0.05), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11)
2014's Trash Could Be 2015's Treasure
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Dec 27, 2:41AM CST
PALL: 78.66 (+0.83), DBB: 15.47 (-0.09), VXX: 33.49 (+1.51), FXY: 82.22 (+0.15), JJU: 17.58 (-0.08), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75), PPLT: 120.40 (+1.10), EWJ: 11.09 (-0.04), JJN: 19.78 (-0.83), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), IEV: 41.36 (unch), GLD: 118.56 (+1.30), OIL: 10.47 (-0.65), FXB: 149.02 (+0.09), SLV: 15.87 (+0.10), ACWX: 42.08 (-0.17), FXE: 116.53 (-0.08), VNQ: 85.78 (+0.65), JJC: 32.64 (-0.49), EPP: 44.02 (-0.32), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20)
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: 118.44 (-0.37), VPU: 102.46 (-0.27), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11)
Weekly ETF Gainers / Losers
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 26, 3:25PM CST
USO: 17.41 (-0.87), VXX: 33.49 (+1.51), UNG: 14.18 (-0.81), IDU: 118.44 (-0.37), FCG: 9.85 (-0.47), OIL: 10.47 (-0.65), GAZ: 2.00 (unch), PHO: 24.86 (-0.27), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), FXI: 41.90 (-0.38)
Defending The Use Of Stop-Limit Loss Orders With Your ETFs
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - 22 mins ago
With the exception of the last few years, most economic data has been entirely unimpressive. Yet bad news for the economy still meant good news for market-based securities. Why? The Federal Reserve kept renewing its bond purchasing program as well as...
IEF: 108.35 (+0.38), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20)
Utilities ETF: XLU No. 1 Select Sector SPDR In 2014
J.J. McGrath - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 2:58PM CST
XLU: 47.27 (-0.11)
A High-Yielding 6% Portfolio
Healthy Appreciation - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 7:40AM CST
KBWD: 25.14 (-0.03), HCP: 47.30 (+0.74), SDIV: 22.77 (-0.18), XMPT: 26.71 (-0.02), IPW: 18.91 (-0.59), EFA: 59.50 (-0.14), KKR: 23.47 (-0.27), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11)
How To Find The Best Sector ETFs
David Trainer - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 08, 12:08PM CST
Why ETF Labels are Confusing There are at least 44 different Financials ETFs and at least 188 ETFs across all sectors. Do you need that many choices? How different can the ETFs be? Those 44 Financials ETFs are very different. With anywhere from 22...
KBWP: 42.32 (-0.33), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11)
Challenges Ahead For Companies With Competitive Energy Operations
Equity Watch - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 08, 9:06AM CST
AEP: 61.56 (-0.08), FE: 38.46 (-0.51), EXC: 36.63 (+0.14), DUK: 85.01 (+0.08), PPL: 35.17 (-0.18), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), NRG: 26.69 (-0.45), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20)
Only four stocks worth buying in fully priced utility sector, Baird says
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 11:59AM CST
CMS: 35.17 (-0.11), VVC: 47.10 (-0.20), IDU: 118.44 (-0.37), ALE: 55.25 (-0.36), UPW: 107.46 (+0.01), VPU: 102.46 (-0.27), SDP: 47.76 (+0.97), FXU: 24.72 (-0.04), FUTY: 30.61 (-0.03), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), UIL: 43.88 (-0.54), RYU: 78.51 (+0.14)
Generating Alpha With A 2015 Model Portfolio
Foundational Research - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 10:50AM CST
XLB: 48.29 (-0.11), XLP: 48.96 (-0.15), XLY: 70.51 (-0.38), XLK: 40.77 (-0.48), XLI: 55.04 (-0.38), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), XLF: 23.92 (-0.20), XLV: 70.24 (+0.03), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20)
5 Red Flags Retail Stock Investors Should Not Ignore
Streetwise Research - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 10:29AM CST
JNK: 38.87 (-0.04), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), BKLN: 23.91 (-0.01), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20)
Low Risk And Long-Term Success Portfolio Update 2015
AlphaIdeas - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 03, 6:27AM CST
EEM: 38.95 (-0.32), BSV: 80.27 (+0.02), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), GLD: 118.56 (+1.30), XLK: 40.77 (-0.48), VYM: 68.10 (-0.45), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), XLF: 23.92 (-0.20), VNQ: 85.78 (+0.65), SLB: 78.05 (-3.17), XLV: 70.24 (+0.03), SCHF: 28.24 (-0.11)
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: 29.02 (+0.14), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), XLV: 70.24 (+0.03), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20)
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: 291.41 (-5.52), WLL: 27.35 (-3.93), CLR: 34.97 (-1.57), VXX: 33.49 (+1.51), FB: 76.72 (-1.02), CLF: 7.70 (+0.55), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), IBM: 156.44 (-2.67), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), EOG: 84.51 (-2.95), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39), XLF: 23.92 (-0.20), TWTR: 39.37 (-0.80), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20)
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: 47.27 (-0.11)
What Do 2014 Winners Say About 2015?
Matthew Sauer, Esq. - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 3:40AM CST
HEDJ: 55.45 (+0.40), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), XLF: 23.92 (-0.20), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75), IYF: 87.90 (-0.65), UUP: 24.38 (unch)
2015 Outlook: Pain
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 3:09AM CST
XLB: 48.29 (-0.11), VXX: 33.49 (+1.51), EWN: 23.20 (+0.15), EWL: 31.50 (-0.09), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75), EWK: 16.00 (+0.02), EEM: 38.95 (-0.32), KRE: 37.67 (-0.40), XLP: 48.96 (-0.15), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), FXB: 149.02 (+0.09), XLK: 40.77 (-0.48), FM: 29.93 (+0.02), XLI: 55.04 (-0.38), FXE: 116.53 (-0.08), KIE: 64.69 (-0.61), XLF: 23.92 (-0.20), VNQ: 85.78 (+0.65), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20), EIS: 46.38 (-0.07), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), IEF: 108.35 (+0.38), XLY: 70.51 (-0.38), FXY: 82.22 (+0.15), UL: 40.46 (+0.61), GSK: 42.93 (+0.13), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), UUP: 24.38 (unch), XLV: 70.24 (+0.03), EWU: 17.52 (-0.07), ENZL: 40.33 (+0.07), GLD: 118.56 (+1.30), EFA: 59.50 (-0.14), EDEN: 46.83 (+0.15), ACWX: 42.08 (-0.17), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
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: 138.83 (+0.52), IYY: 102.01 (-0.83), IDU: 118.44 (-0.37), RWR: 96.32 (+0.76), VPU: 102.46 (-0.27), VNQ: 85.78 (+0.65), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), USMV: 40.71 (-0.18), ICF: 103.06 (+0.79)
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.
76.50 (unch), NEE: 106.37 (-0.27), DUK: 85.01 (+0.08), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), SO: 49.71 (+0.01) 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: 48.96 (-0.15), SHY: 84.73 (+0.05), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11)
2014's Trash Could Be 2015's Treasure
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Dec 27, 2:41AM CST
PALL: 78.66 (+0.83), DBB: 15.47 (-0.09), VXX: 33.49 (+1.51), FXY: 82.22 (+0.15), JJU: 17.58 (-0.08), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75), PPLT: 120.40 (+1.10), EWJ: 11.09 (-0.04), JJN: 19.78 (-0.83), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), IEV: 41.36 (unch), GLD: 118.56 (+1.30), OIL: 10.47 (-0.65), FXB: 149.02 (+0.09), SLV: 15.87 (+0.10), ACWX: 42.08 (-0.17), FXE: 116.53 (-0.08), VNQ: 85.78 (+0.65), JJC: 32.64 (-0.49), EPP: 44.02 (-0.32), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20)
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: 118.44 (-0.37), VPU: 102.46 (-0.27), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11)
Weekly ETF Gainers / Losers
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 26, 3:25PM CST
USO: 17.41 (-0.87), VXX: 33.49 (+1.51), UNG: 14.18 (-0.81), IDU: 118.44 (-0.37), FCG: 9.85 (-0.47), OIL: 10.47 (-0.65), GAZ: 2.00 (unch), PHO: 24.86 (-0.27), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), FXI: 41.90 (-0.38)
