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)
ProShares Ultra Utilities Has Returned 13.8% Since SmarTrend Recommendation (UPW)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Jan 27, 9:19AM CST
SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for ProShares Ultra Utilities (NYSE:UPW) on December 2nd, 2014 at $101.76. In approximately 2 months, ProShares Ultra Utilities has returned 13.76% as of today's recent price of $115.76.
UPW: 97.56 (-2.59)
Only four stocks worth buying in fully priced utility sector, Baird says
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 11:59AM CST
CMS: 34.65 (-0.88), VVC: 44.75 (-0.59), IDU: 113.30 (-1.71), ALE: 53.65 (-1.17), 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), UIL: 42.08 (-0.72), RYU: 76.86 (-0.97)
New EPA standards label coal ash non-hazardous
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 5:23PM CST
PUI: 22.97 (-0.31), 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), PSCU: 38.28 (-0.61), RYU: 76.86 (-0.97)
EPA proposes tighter ground-level ozone pollution controls
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Nov 26, 12:05PM 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), UPW: 97.56 (-2.59), PXJ: 17.45 (+0.61), SDP: 51.28 (+1.42), KOL: 14.24 (+0.27), FXU: 24.58 (-0.17), FUTY: 29.25 (-0.39), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), IYE: 46.47 (+0.95), RYU: 76.86 (-0.97), FENY: 23.66 (+0.49), ERY: 17.74 (-1.21), FXN: 22.40 (+0.52), ERX: 65.07 (+3.92), IDU: 113.30 (-1.71), VPU: 98.07 (-1.43), RYE: 70.53 (+1.71), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70)
BlackRock's Koesterich cautions on dividend stocks
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 24, 1:34PM CST
VDC: 127.48 (-0.41), UPW: 97.56 (-2.59), SDP: 51.28 (+1.42), FXU: 24.58 (-0.17), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), FUTY: 29.25 (-0.39), PSCU: 38.28 (-0.61), RYU: 76.86 (-0.97), XLP: 49.50 (-0.23), FSTA: 30.05 (-0.11), PUI: 22.97 (-0.31), IDU: 113.30 (-1.71), PSCC: 52.79 (-0.19), VPU: 98.07 (-1.43), RHS: 107.77 (-0.29), PSL: 52.57 (-0.02), FXG: 44.35 (+0.11)
Utilities: The Next Bubble To Pop
Joseph Kinnison, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 18, 6:44PM CST
As interest rates decline, the cost of capital for business investment projects also declined. Lower hurdle rates, used to evaluate return on capital for projects, likely result in approval of more capital projects as exceeding required return...
PUI: 22.97 (-0.31), DUK: 79.84 (-1.22), 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), PSCU: 38.28 (-0.61), RYU: 76.86 (-0.97)
Coal-burning utilities predict blackouts from Obama climate pact
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Nov 13, 1:55PM CST
AEP: 57.83 (-0.15), PUI: 22.97 (-0.31), IDU: 113.30 (-1.71), UPW: 97.56 (-2.59), VPU: 98.07 (-1.43), FXU: 24.58 (-0.17), FUTY: 29.25 (-0.39), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), SO: 45.88 (-0.68), RYU: 76.86 (-0.97)
Obama faces obstacles to emissions deal with China
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Nov 12, 5:57PM CST
TRP: 45.94 (-0.81), IDU: 113.30 (-1.71), UPW: 97.56 (-2.59), VPU: 98.07 (-1.43), ENB: 49.37 (-0.22), 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)
Rally in utility stocks "getting long in the teeth"
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Nov 12, 1:14PM CST
ProShares Ultra Utilities Shares Up 15.8% Since SmarTrend's Buy Recommendation (UPW)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Nov 07, 9:58AM CST
SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for ProShares Ultra Utilities (NYSE:UPW) on October 8th, 2014 at $87.93. In approximately 1 month, ProShares Ultra Utilities has returned 15.82% as of today's recent price of $101.84.
UPW: 97.56 (-2.59)
Utilities Valuation Ticks Above Market Levels
Bespoke Investment Group - Seeking Alpha - Thu Nov 06, 12:11AM CST
The S&P 500 Utilities sector was up another 2% Wednesday, as it continues to act more like the 90s Internet group than the no-growth defensive that it is. The recent run higher for the Utilities sector has pushed it to new all-time highs. With...
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)
Stock Picking Grades For Utilities Sector Fund Managers
David Trainer - Seeking Alpha - Wed Nov 05, 8:30AM CST
This report shows how well Utilities ETFs and mutual fund managers pick stocks. We juxtapose our Portfolio Management Rating on funds, which grades managers based on the quality of the stocks they choose, with the number of good stocks available in...
NWN: 47.60 (-0.26), ED: 63.92 (-1.69), UPW: 97.56 (-2.59), FXU: 24.58 (-0.17)
True Fund Costs: Utilities Sector
David Trainer - Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 04, 8:30AM CST
This report focuses on providing investors the true costs incurred when investing in Utilities ETFs and mutual funds. A key component of our fund ratings, Total Annual Cost (or TAC) accounts for all the costs borne by investors, including...
PUI: 22.97 (-0.31), IDU: 113.30 (-1.71), UPW: 97.56 (-2.59), FXU: 24.58 (-0.17), RYU: 76.86 (-0.97)
Top 10 Momentum ETFs For October 27, 2014
CapitalCube - Seeking Alpha - Tue Oct 28, 12:11PM CDT
By Veibha Subramaniam The data was compiled using CapitalCube's ETF Screener Utilities and Health care were the biggest gainers Momentum ETFs have been identified as those ETFs that are trading at a price discount to their 52 week high...
IYH: 149.63 (+0.84), VDC: 127.48 (-0.41), RXL: 131.80 (+1.10), DTO: 81.31 (-5.12), UXI: 120.00 (+1.61), UPW: 97.56 (-2.59), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), SCO: 70.05 (-3.45), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), IHE: 163.48 (+1.38), XLP: 49.50 (-0.23), FBG: 57.90 (+0.50), UGE: 100.04 (+0.53), IDU: 113.30 (-1.71), SPHD: 33.19 (-0.15), FHLC: 34.19 (+0.16), VPU: 98.07 (-1.43), RHS: 107.77 (-0.29), CURE: 135.77 (+1.84)
10.9% Return Seen to Date on SmarTrend ProShares Ultra Utilities Call (UPW)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Aug 06, 9:57AM CDT
SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for ProShares Ultra Utilities (NYSE:UPW) on July 3rd, 2014 at $87.42. In approximately 1 month, ProShares Ultra Utilities has returned 10.93% as of today's recent price of $77.86.
UPW: 97.56 (-2.59)