Utilities Select Sector SPDR (XLU) 45.17 $XLU
Weekly ETF Gainers / Losers
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 3:14PM CST
QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), VXX: 30.97 (-0.38), IDU: 113.30 (-1.71), UNG: 14.22 (+0.34), URA: 10.78 (+0.04), BNO: 23.05 (+0.78), TAN: 38.79 (+0.25), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), REMX: 26.00 (+0.51), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33)
Enough of Greece -- Investors to Refocus on U.S. Economy Next Week
at The Street - Fri Feb 13, 3:05PM CST
Greece demanded focus this week as eurozone power dynamics tugged the strings of stock markets.
72.91 (-0.81), AXP: 78.08 (-2.40), DUK: 79.84 (-1.22), EXC: 33.51 (-0.93), FCX: 20.29 (+0.82), VFC: 75.26 (+4.26), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), SO: 45.88 (-0.68), VLO: 58.60 (+2.05), MPC: 103.48 (+2.08), BHP: 51.19 (+2.38), COST: 147.10 (-0.66), AIG: 53.96 (+1.51), RIO: 49.37 (+2.22), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70), CBS: 59.83 (+2.06)
Stock Markets Recover Gains as Energy Rally Charges Ahead
at The Street - Fri Feb 13, 2:14PM CST
U.S. stocks pare gains mid-afternoon Friday as a selloff in utilities overshadows a boost to energy stocks.
72.91 (-0.81), DUK: 79.84 (-1.22), CAG: 34.83 (-1.59), FCX: 20.29 (+0.82), XOM: 93.37 (+1.00), VLO: 58.60 (+2.05), BHP: 51.19 (+2.38), CAT: 85.13 (+1.60), GRPN: 7.97 (+0.51), RIO: 49.37 (+2.22), ZNGA: 2.24 (-0.42), KING: 16.70 (+1.96), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70), AXP: 78.08 (-2.40), EXC: 33.51 (-0.93), VFC: 75.26 (+4.26), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), SO: 45.88 (-0.68), MPC: 103.48 (+2.08), AIG: 53.96 (+1.51), FSL: 37.53 (+2.83), CVX: 112.78 (+1.92), CBS: 59.83 (+2.06)
Utilities On The Elevator
Bespoke Investment Group - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 10:39PM CST
There's an old saying on the Street that stocks take the stairs up and the elevator down. In other words, gains typically occur over a period of weeks or months, but can be erased in days or even hours. The recent performance of the Utilities is a...
IDU: 113.30 (-1.71), UPW: 97.56 (-2.59), VPU: 98.07 (-1.43), SDP: 51.28 (+1.42), FXU: 24.58 (-0.17), FUTY: 29.25 (-0.39), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), RYU: 76.86 (-0.97)
Investors pulling the plug on utilities as Treasury yields rise
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 6:21PM CST
PUI: 22.97 (-0.31), IDU: 113.30 (-1.71), GAS: 50.07 (+0.27), NU: 51.02 (-1.28), UPW: 97.56 (-2.59), VPU: 98.07 (-1.43), SDP: 51.28 (+1.42), FXU: 24.58 (-0.17), FUTY: 29.25 (-0.39), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), PSCU: 38.28 (-0.61), RYU: 76.86 (-0.97)
Investors Pull the Plug on Utilities as US Treasury Yields Rise
at The Street - Thu Feb 12, 11:09AM CST
The Dow Utility Average outperformed the five major averages in 2014, but the dynamics changed quickly In February as Treasury yields began to rise.
XLU: 45.17 (-0.70)
Energy And Utilities Swap Places
Bespoke Investment Group - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 11:52PM CST
As of Wednesday afternoon, 61% of stocks in the S&P 500 are trading above their 50-day moving averages. Readings over 50% mean breadth is positive, and right now nine of ten sectors are above this level. Interestingly, the one sector now without...
XLB: 51.44 (+0.43), XLP: 49.50 (-0.23), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), XLK: 42.65 (+0.27), XLI: 57.17 (+0.26), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), XLF: 24.43 (-0.02), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70)
The King Of Pain
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 3:01AM CST
XLB: 51.44 (+0.43), USO: 19.62 (+0.44), WMT: 85.81 (-0.08), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), XLK: 42.65 (+0.27), COST: 147.10 (-0.66), EFA: 63.82 (+0.42), XLI: 57.17 (+0.26), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57), FXF: 104.56 (-0.56), UDN: 22.76 (+0.03), JJC: 31.11 (+0.06), JJA: 40.54 (+0.51)
Shares of PG&E Look Attractive After Jump in Fourth-Quarter Earnings
at The Street - Tue Feb 10, 3:48PM CST
The company offers growth and a generous dividend.
PCG: 54.06 (-1.14), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70)
Healthcare Takes The Lead Among U.S. Equity Sector ETFs
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 1:43PM CST
Is there a shift of leadership underway? The weakness in US utility stocks in the last two trading sessions has conceded the top spot to healthcare companies for the trailing 252-day (1 year) period. Meanwhile, energy stocks appear to be stabilizing...
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28)
Commodities Today: Energy, Brazil And Utility Stocks Remain Volatile
Matthew Smith - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 12:06PM CST
SD: 2.09 (+0.14), PBR: 6.98 (+0.44), LNCO: 12.30 (+0.28), GDP: 3.58 (+0.29), VALE: 8.05 (+0.32), LINE: 12.94 (+0.40), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), OAS: 16.84 (-0.03)
Jim Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Stop Worrying About the Fed Rate Increase
at The Street - Mon Feb 09, 7:53PM CST
History tells us that growth and progress are positives for the stock market, Cramer says, and this time will be no different.
FTR: 8.38 (+0.01), NUE: 48.90 (+0.55), WFC: 55.33 (+0.47), BMY: 60.04 (+0.56), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), AB: 27.17 (+0.47), VRSK: 67.90 (+0.46), RIG: 19.05 (+0.42), GILD: 101.90 (+1.10), MPC: 103.48 (+2.08), MRO: 29.49 (+0.71), TAL: 41.00 (+0.37), TWTR: 48.50 (+0.55), X: 26.36 (+1.12)
Did A Market Alarm Go Off On Friday?
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 08, 12:16AM CST
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33)
On The Cusp Of Raising Rates?
Leo Kolivakis - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 06, 12:59PM CST
Lucia Mutikani of Reuters reports, Strong U.S. job, wage gains open door to mid-year rate hike : U.S. job growth rose solidly in January and wages rebounded strongly, a show of underlying strength in the economy that puts a mid-year interest rate...
XLB: 51.44 (+0.43), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), XBI: 203.40 (+1.36), IBB: 323.46 (+3.04), XLK: 42.65 (+0.27), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72), TWTR: 48.50 (+0.55), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28), GSG: 21.18 (+0.43), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70)
Look Beyond January's Stock Market Slump and Buy These Sectors
at The Street - Fri Feb 06, 5:20AM CST
Buy the S&P 500 sectors that performed best this January and hold them for at least a year.
HAR: 136.40 (-3.18), KR: 72.86 (+0.41), EA: 56.39 (+0.20), BXP: 141.08 (-1.58), NEM: 24.78 (+0.27), AIV: 38.55 (-0.50), STZ: 113.03 (-0.48), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), VTR: 76.61 (-0.41), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28), XLP: 49.50 (-0.23), KIM: 26.83 (-0.25), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EXPE: 89.49 (-0.08)
3 Recession-Resistant Consumer Goods Stocks for the Next Bear Market
at The Street - Wed Feb 04, 9:16AM CST
Did you know the consumer goods industry outperformed the S&P 500 by nearly 20 percentage points over the last big recession? These three stocks did even better.
XLP: 49.50 (-0.23), WMT: 85.81 (-0.08), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), GIS: 52.48 (-0.45), CL: 70.08 (+0.23)
The Bull In Winter
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 01, 12:05AM CST
DBE: 17.43 (+0.30), DBB: 15.26 (unch), DBC: 18.30 (+0.20), DBA: 23.57 (+0.21), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), XLP: 49.50 (-0.23), IWD: 105.39 (+0.32), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), EFA: 63.82 (+0.42), SLV: 16.54 (+0.39), ACWX: 44.67 (+0.34), FXI: 42.98 (+0.27), SDY: 79.16 (+0.32)
So Long, January
Bespoke Investment Group - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 31, 8:36AM CST
Markets really could have gone either way this afternoon, but they ended up taking a decidedly negative turn over the final 90 minutes of trading, and it left market bulls licking their wounds for the month of January. Below is a look at the...
USO: 19.62 (+0.44), EWH: 21.78 (+0.10), EWG: 29.19 (-0.01), UNG: 14.22 (+0.34), EWC: 28.08 (+0.10), EWQ: 26.18 (+0.03), EWP: 34.41 (+0.42), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28), INP: 76.71 (+1.22), EWW: 59.10 (+0.32), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), SLV: 16.54 (+0.39), XLF: 24.43 (-0.02), EWZ: 35.05 (+0.57), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70)
Energy sector leading as oil skies nearly 8%
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 30, 1:59PM CST
VDE: 115.76 (+2.32), DDG: 24.88 (-0.47), OIH: 36.16 (+0.87), DIG: 57.30 (+2.23), DUG: 48.19 (-2.01), PXJ: 17.45 (+0.61), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), IYE: 46.47 (+0.95), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28), FENY: 23.66 (+0.49), XLP: 49.50 (-0.23), ERY: 17.74 (-1.21), ERX: 65.07 (+3.92), FXN: 22.40 (+0.52), XLF: 24.43 (-0.02), RYE: 70.53 (+1.71), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70)
RevenueShares Ultra Dividend Has Utility
Matthew Sauer, Esq. - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 29, 12:36PM CST
DVY: 79.57 (-0.29), RDIV: 30.81 (-0.08), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70)
Weekly ETF Gainers / Losers
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 3:14PM CST
QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), VXX: 30.97 (-0.38), IDU: 113.30 (-1.71), UNG: 14.22 (+0.34), URA: 10.78 (+0.04), BNO: 23.05 (+0.78), TAN: 38.79 (+0.25), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), REMX: 26.00 (+0.51), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33)
Enough of Greece -- Investors to Refocus on U.S. Economy Next Week
at The Street - Fri Feb 13, 3:05PM CST
Greece demanded focus this week as eurozone power dynamics tugged the strings of stock markets.
72.91 (-0.81), AXP: 78.08 (-2.40), DUK: 79.84 (-1.22), EXC: 33.51 (-0.93), FCX: 20.29 (+0.82), VFC: 75.26 (+4.26), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), SO: 45.88 (-0.68), VLO: 58.60 (+2.05), MPC: 103.48 (+2.08), BHP: 51.19 (+2.38), COST: 147.10 (-0.66), AIG: 53.96 (+1.51), RIO: 49.37 (+2.22), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70), CBS: 59.83 (+2.06) Stock Markets Recover Gains as Energy Rally Charges Ahead
at The Street - Fri Feb 13, 2:14PM CST
U.S. stocks pare gains mid-afternoon Friday as a selloff in utilities overshadows a boost to energy stocks.
72.91 (-0.81), DUK: 79.84 (-1.22), CAG: 34.83 (-1.59), FCX: 20.29 (+0.82), XOM: 93.37 (+1.00), VLO: 58.60 (+2.05), BHP: 51.19 (+2.38), CAT: 85.13 (+1.60), GRPN: 7.97 (+0.51), RIO: 49.37 (+2.22), ZNGA: 2.24 (-0.42), KING: 16.70 (+1.96), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70), AXP: 78.08 (-2.40), EXC: 33.51 (-0.93), VFC: 75.26 (+4.26), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), SO: 45.88 (-0.68), MPC: 103.48 (+2.08), AIG: 53.96 (+1.51), FSL: 37.53 (+2.83), CVX: 112.78 (+1.92), CBS: 59.83 (+2.06) Utilities On The Elevator
Bespoke Investment Group - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 10:39PM CST
There's an old saying on the Street that stocks take the stairs up and the elevator down. In other words, gains typically occur over a period of weeks or months, but can be erased in days or even hours. The recent performance of the Utilities is a...
IDU: 113.30 (-1.71), UPW: 97.56 (-2.59), VPU: 98.07 (-1.43), SDP: 51.28 (+1.42), FXU: 24.58 (-0.17), FUTY: 29.25 (-0.39), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), RYU: 76.86 (-0.97)
Investors pulling the plug on utilities as Treasury yields rise
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 6:21PM CST
PUI: 22.97 (-0.31), IDU: 113.30 (-1.71), GAS: 50.07 (+0.27), NU: 51.02 (-1.28), UPW: 97.56 (-2.59), VPU: 98.07 (-1.43), SDP: 51.28 (+1.42), FXU: 24.58 (-0.17), FUTY: 29.25 (-0.39), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), PSCU: 38.28 (-0.61), RYU: 76.86 (-0.97)
Investors Pull the Plug on Utilities as US Treasury Yields Rise
at The Street - Thu Feb 12, 11:09AM CST
The Dow Utility Average outperformed the five major averages in 2014, but the dynamics changed quickly In February as Treasury yields began to rise.
XLU: 45.17 (-0.70)
Energy And Utilities Swap Places
Bespoke Investment Group - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 11:52PM CST
As of Wednesday afternoon, 61% of stocks in the S&P 500 are trading above their 50-day moving averages. Readings over 50% mean breadth is positive, and right now nine of ten sectors are above this level. Interestingly, the one sector now without...
XLB: 51.44 (+0.43), XLP: 49.50 (-0.23), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), XLK: 42.65 (+0.27), XLI: 57.17 (+0.26), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), XLF: 24.43 (-0.02), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70)
The King Of Pain
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 3:01AM CST
XLB: 51.44 (+0.43), USO: 19.62 (+0.44), WMT: 85.81 (-0.08), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), XLK: 42.65 (+0.27), COST: 147.10 (-0.66), EFA: 63.82 (+0.42), XLI: 57.17 (+0.26), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57), FXF: 104.56 (-0.56), UDN: 22.76 (+0.03), JJC: 31.11 (+0.06), JJA: 40.54 (+0.51)
Shares of PG&E Look Attractive After Jump in Fourth-Quarter Earnings
at The Street - Tue Feb 10, 3:48PM CST
The company offers growth and a generous dividend.
PCG: 54.06 (-1.14), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70)
Healthcare Takes The Lead Among U.S. Equity Sector ETFs
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 1:43PM CST
Is there a shift of leadership underway? The weakness in US utility stocks in the last two trading sessions has conceded the top spot to healthcare companies for the trailing 252-day (1 year) period. Meanwhile, energy stocks appear to be stabilizing...
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28)
Commodities Today: Energy, Brazil And Utility Stocks Remain Volatile
Matthew Smith - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 12:06PM CST
SD: 2.09 (+0.14), PBR: 6.98 (+0.44), LNCO: 12.30 (+0.28), GDP: 3.58 (+0.29), VALE: 8.05 (+0.32), LINE: 12.94 (+0.40), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), OAS: 16.84 (-0.03)
Jim Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Stop Worrying About the Fed Rate Increase
at The Street - Mon Feb 09, 7:53PM CST
History tells us that growth and progress are positives for the stock market, Cramer says, and this time will be no different.
FTR: 8.38 (+0.01), NUE: 48.90 (+0.55), WFC: 55.33 (+0.47), BMY: 60.04 (+0.56), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), AB: 27.17 (+0.47), VRSK: 67.90 (+0.46), RIG: 19.05 (+0.42), GILD: 101.90 (+1.10), MPC: 103.48 (+2.08), MRO: 29.49 (+0.71), TAL: 41.00 (+0.37), TWTR: 48.50 (+0.55), X: 26.36 (+1.12)
Did A Market Alarm Go Off On Friday?
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 08, 12:16AM CST
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33)
On The Cusp Of Raising Rates?
Leo Kolivakis - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 06, 12:59PM CST
Lucia Mutikani of Reuters reports, Strong U.S. job, wage gains open door to mid-year rate hike : U.S. job growth rose solidly in January and wages rebounded strongly, a show of underlying strength in the economy that puts a mid-year interest rate...
XLB: 51.44 (+0.43), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), XBI: 203.40 (+1.36), IBB: 323.46 (+3.04), XLK: 42.65 (+0.27), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72), TWTR: 48.50 (+0.55), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28), GSG: 21.18 (+0.43), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70)
Look Beyond January's Stock Market Slump and Buy These Sectors
at The Street - Fri Feb 06, 5:20AM CST
Buy the S&P 500 sectors that performed best this January and hold them for at least a year.
HAR: 136.40 (-3.18), KR: 72.86 (+0.41), EA: 56.39 (+0.20), BXP: 141.08 (-1.58), NEM: 24.78 (+0.27), AIV: 38.55 (-0.50), STZ: 113.03 (-0.48), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), VTR: 76.61 (-0.41), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28), XLP: 49.50 (-0.23), KIM: 26.83 (-0.25), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EXPE: 89.49 (-0.08)
3 Recession-Resistant Consumer Goods Stocks for the Next Bear Market
at The Street - Wed Feb 04, 9:16AM CST
Did you know the consumer goods industry outperformed the S&P 500 by nearly 20 percentage points over the last big recession? These three stocks did even better.
XLP: 49.50 (-0.23), WMT: 85.81 (-0.08), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), GIS: 52.48 (-0.45), CL: 70.08 (+0.23)
The Bull In Winter
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 01, 12:05AM CST
DBE: 17.43 (+0.30), DBB: 15.26 (unch), DBC: 18.30 (+0.20), DBA: 23.57 (+0.21), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), XLP: 49.50 (-0.23), IWD: 105.39 (+0.32), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), EFA: 63.82 (+0.42), SLV: 16.54 (+0.39), ACWX: 44.67 (+0.34), FXI: 42.98 (+0.27), SDY: 79.16 (+0.32)
So Long, January
Bespoke Investment Group - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 31, 8:36AM CST
Markets really could have gone either way this afternoon, but they ended up taking a decidedly negative turn over the final 90 minutes of trading, and it left market bulls licking their wounds for the month of January. Below is a look at the...
USO: 19.62 (+0.44), EWH: 21.78 (+0.10), EWG: 29.19 (-0.01), UNG: 14.22 (+0.34), EWC: 28.08 (+0.10), EWQ: 26.18 (+0.03), EWP: 34.41 (+0.42), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28), INP: 76.71 (+1.22), EWW: 59.10 (+0.32), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), SLV: 16.54 (+0.39), XLF: 24.43 (-0.02), EWZ: 35.05 (+0.57), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70)
Energy sector leading as oil skies nearly 8%
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 30, 1:59PM CST
VDE: 115.76 (+2.32), DDG: 24.88 (-0.47), OIH: 36.16 (+0.87), DIG: 57.30 (+2.23), DUG: 48.19 (-2.01), PXJ: 17.45 (+0.61), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), IYE: 46.47 (+0.95), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28), FENY: 23.66 (+0.49), XLP: 49.50 (-0.23), ERY: 17.74 (-1.21), ERX: 65.07 (+3.92), FXN: 22.40 (+0.52), XLF: 24.43 (-0.02), RYE: 70.53 (+1.71), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70)
RevenueShares Ultra Dividend Has Utility
Matthew Sauer, Esq. - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 29, 12:36PM CST
DVY: 79.57 (-0.29), RDIV: 30.81 (-0.08), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70)
