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)
Focus On Small Caps In 2015
Cam Hui, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 07, 2:40AM CST
I was reviewing my last weekend post (see The adults are back at their desks. Sell? ) and noticed an interesting point about the trajectory of forward EPS estimates. In that post, I had shown this chart from Ed Yardeni indicating that forward...
PSCI: 46.58 (+0.44), PSCH: 63.77 (+0.26), DES: 71.39 (+0.37), VB: 119.86 (+0.63), JKJ: 141.02 (+0.91), PSCM: 41.88 (+0.48), FYX: 49.83 (+0.38), SCHA: 56.51 (+0.33), DGRS: 29.59 (+0.26), PSCF: 41.46 (+0.05), PSCT: 51.78 (+0.40), PSCE: 30.18 (+1.12), PSCU: 38.28 (-0.61)
3 Best Performing Small Cap Sector ETFs of 2014 - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Dec 30, 9:05AM CST
These small cap sector ETFs performed quite well in 2014 and are hoping for more of the same in 2015 too.
PSCT: 51.78 (+0.40), PSCU: 38.28 (-0.61), ROOF: 27.99 (-0.04)
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)
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)