Healthcare Select Sector SPDR (XLV) 72.58 $XLV
Stock Markets Take a Breather After Monday's Record Run
at The Street - Tue Mar 03, 3:11PM CST
Stocks took a break from smashing records and hitting multi-year highs on Tuesday.
BCS: 16.03 (+0.37), PSX: 77.96 (-0.13), F: 16.03 (-0.14), DKS: 55.98 (-0.02), PFE: 34.64 (+0.08), C: 53.67 (-0.06), MYL: 55.60 (+0.16), BBY: 39.79 (+0.61), COP: 64.25 (-0.53), LL: 35.64 (-5.14), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35), CELG: 119.57 (+1.10), AZO: 652.48 (+0.58), TOT: 52.82 (-0.27), GILD: 103.06 (+0.27), TGT: 77.72 (-0.28), LEAF: 49.91 (-0.32), GM: 37.57 (-0.23), BP: 41.53 (-0.21), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11), BABA: 85.49 (+3.91)
Stocks Recover From Lows After Crude Oil Jumps Over $50
at The Street - Tue Mar 03, 2:22PM CST
Stocks move off session lows by mid-afternoon Tuesday, buoyed by a rally in oil prices.
BCS: 16.03 (+0.37), F: 16.03 (-0.14), GE: 25.66 (-0.20), DKS: 55.98 (-0.02), PFE: 34.64 (+0.08), C: 53.67 (-0.06), MYL: 55.60 (+0.16), BBY: 39.79 (+0.61), LL: 35.64 (-5.14), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35), CELG: 119.57 (+1.10), AZO: 652.48 (+0.58), GILD: 103.06 (+0.27), GM: 37.57 (-0.23), LEAF: 49.91 (-0.32), BABA: 85.49 (+3.91)
Scarcity And Stocks: How To Follow (Or Avoid) A Late '90s 'New Economy' Playbook
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 2:41PM CST
For the better part of 15 months, I have pounded the table for longer-term U.S. treasuries. Most financial pundits thought that I was nuts in December of 2013; they debated my scarcity premise throughout 2014 and they dismiss my relative value...
HACK: 28.79 (-0.37), OEF: 92.86 (-0.35), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), VIG: 82.20 (-0.48), TLT: 126.45 (+0.04), MGK: 85.15 (-0.29), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35)
Top Ranked Healthcare Service ETF in Focus: IHF - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Feb 24, 12:46PM CST
Given strong outlook for health care service providers, investors should look at a top ranked ETF in the space.
IHF: 128.34 (+1.42), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35)
Gathering Thin Reeds?
Jeffrey Saut - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 2:41AM CST
Many of you know that I spend time gathering "thin reeds" and try to weave them into a favorable "investment bouquet." This is a strategy Fidelity's Peter Lynch took to its zenith in an era gone by. Recall the story Peter told...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), XLI: 57.20 (-0.45), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35)
Health Care/Biotech Names Still Dominating
Bespoke Investment Group - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 12:33AM CST
The average stock in the Russell 3,000 (which makes up roughly 98% of US-listed stocks) is now up 1.68% in 2015. Below we have calculated the average year-to-date performance of stocks by sector. As shown, Health Care stocks are up by far the most...
XLB: 51.37 (-0.18), XLY: 76.27 (-0.40), XLU: 44.38 (-0.25), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35), NFLX: 469.77 (-4.94), XLP: 49.56 (-0.35), EGLT: 15.36 (unch), FMI: 47.29 (-0.24), XLK: 42.97 (-0.17), XLI: 57.20 (-0.45), TWTR: 47.57 (-0.14), XLF: 24.31 (-0.15), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11)
Stocks in Wait-and-See Mode Ahead of Yellen's Congressional Address
at The Street - Mon Feb 23, 3:08PM CST
Stocks didn't make big moves on Monday with investors preferring to wait on the sidelines ahead of key U.S. data out later in the week.
DHI: 26.87 (+0.30), VIP: 5.49 (-0.03), MMM: 167.16 (-1.11), TSLA: 202.43 (+2.87), VRX: 203.15 (+0.54), XOM: 87.18 (-0.44), MBT: 9.25 (-0.45), SLB: 85.14 (+0.23), PPO: 59.12 (-0.10), XHB: 35.93 (-0.01), FOXA: 34.97 (-0.67), KBH: 13.91 (+0.39), AAPL: 128.54 (-0.82), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11), QIWI: 22.33 (-0.07), HAL: 43.07 (-0.04), SLXP: 157.13 (+0.63), HSBC: 43.76 (-1.05), DISCA: 33.80 (-0.19), BA: 154.35 (-1.22), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35), PHM: 22.15 (+0.37), CVX: 105.16 (unch), TOL: 37.88 (+0.18), YNDX: 15.76 (-0.19)
Thinking And Worrying Are Not The Same Thing!
Chelsea Global Advisors - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 23, 6:38AM CST
A cynic is someone who is negative ahead of the evidence and will who only, if ever, grudgingly admit to reality. Financial markets have always been afflicted by cynical perma-bears and detractors who simply refuse to acknowledge the power of the...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), JPM: 62.13 (+0.16), CAT: 81.73 (-1.11), XLU: 44.38 (-0.25), AAPL: 128.54 (-0.82), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35)
Weekly ETF Gainers / Losers
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 20, 3:16PM CST
VXX: 27.22 (-0.06), PSLV: 6.46 (-0.03), UNG: 14.05 (+0.34), URA: 10.95 (+0.14), OIL: 11.53 (+0.35), SIVR: 15.94 (-0.04), GAZ: 1.46 (+0.03), SLV: 15.49 (-0.09), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35), EWJ: 12.26 (-0.06)
Saving Greece? What ETF Investors Should Really Be Focused On
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 20, 1:49PM CST
February has been a terrible month for the U.S. economy, but a wonderful month for U.S. stocks. Translation? Investors do not believe that the Federal Reserve will raise overnight lending rates during an economic slowdown. Just how abysmal have the...
VTI: 108.80 (-0.44), HACK: 28.79 (-0.37), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), VIG: 82.20 (-0.48), BLV: 94.45 (+0.12), TLT: 126.45 (+0.04), VGT: 109.02 (-0.37), MGK: 85.15 (-0.29), HEWG: 27.39 (+0.19), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35)
Stick With Health Care and Consumer Discretionary, Avoid Energy
at The Street - Thu Feb 19, 2:54PM CST
Wealth Consulting Group CEO Jimmy Lee says investors should stick with sectors that have strong demand, such as health care and consumer discretionary, while avoiding volatile sectors like energy.
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), XLY: 76.27 (-0.40), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11)
U.S. Stocks And U.S. Bonds: What The Heck?
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 18, 2:02PM CST
Most people believe that Tom Cruise became an international superstar with the release of the action drama, "Top Gun" back in 1986. However, I remember the actor from an earlier film, "Risky Business." The popular motion picture...
ZROZ: 121.34 (+0.25), VGK: 55.30 (-0.20), OEF: 92.86 (-0.35), EDV: 124.51 (+0.09), VWO: 40.88 (-0.48), USMV: 41.54 (-0.19), MGK: 85.15 (-0.29), HEWG: 27.39 (+0.19), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35)
Obamacare Could Soon Make These Stocks Soar
Motley Fool Staff - Motley Fool - Sun Feb 15, 7:04AM CST
Source: White House via Flickr. The Affordable Care Act's second open enrollment period ends today, and that has our Motley Fool experts combing through their favorite names to find stocks most likely to benefit from an increasingly insured...
JNJ: 101.65 (-0.69), ESRX: 84.83 (+0.48), GILD: 103.06 (+0.27), PFE: 34.64 (+0.08), MRK: 57.88 (-0.46), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35), HRB: 33.42 (-0.29)
State Street Slashes Fees on 41 ETFs - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Feb 13, 1:13PM CST
Cut Throat Competition has led State Street to slash fees on its 41 ETFs.
IBND: 31.95 (-0.23), SLY: 106.76 (-0.39), ITE: 60.08 (+0.06), IPU: 17.31 (-0.15), IPE: 56.63 (+0.11), TLO: 72.97 (+0.07), SCPB: 30.65 (+0.01), MDYG: 124.17 (-0.56), LAG: 58.33 (+0.01), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11)
Profiling Health Care ETFs - Why Medicine Is The Best Medicine
Aaron Barton - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 10:39AM CST
IYH: 153.65 (+0.60), PSCH: 66.50 (+0.19), FHLC: 35.17 (+0.15), IXJ: 106.63 (+0.06), VHT: 134.28 (+0.57), FXH: 65.20 (+0.47), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35)
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: 51.37 (-0.18), XLP: 49.56 (-0.35), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), XLY: 76.27 (-0.40), XLK: 42.97 (-0.17), XLI: 57.20 (-0.45), XLU: 44.38 (-0.25), XLF: 24.31 (-0.15), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11)
ETF Allocation When Stocks Are Stuck In A Moment
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 2:23PM CST
The cyclically-adjusted price-to-earnings ratio (a.k.a CAPE, P/E10, Shiller's P/E) evaluates the average inflation-adjusted earnings for the S&P 500 over the previous 10 years. The long-term CAPE average is 16.5. Today's CAPE is north of 27. And...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), MUA: 13.98 (+0.15), MUB: 109.99 (+0.20), EDV: 124.51 (+0.09), VYM: 69.65 (-0.36), TLT: 126.45 (+0.04), USMV: 41.54 (-0.19), HEWG: 27.39 (+0.19), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35)
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: 210.23 (-0.89), XLU: 44.38 (-0.25), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35)
Stock Markets Take a Breather After Monday's Record Run
at The Street - Tue Mar 03, 3:11PM CST
Stocks took a break from smashing records and hitting multi-year highs on Tuesday.
BCS: 16.03 (+0.37), PSX: 77.96 (-0.13), F: 16.03 (-0.14), DKS: 55.98 (-0.02), PFE: 34.64 (+0.08), C: 53.67 (-0.06), MYL: 55.60 (+0.16), BBY: 39.79 (+0.61), COP: 64.25 (-0.53), LL: 35.64 (-5.14), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35), CELG: 119.57 (+1.10), AZO: 652.48 (+0.58), TOT: 52.82 (-0.27), GILD: 103.06 (+0.27), TGT: 77.72 (-0.28), LEAF: 49.91 (-0.32), GM: 37.57 (-0.23), BP: 41.53 (-0.21), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11), BABA: 85.49 (+3.91)
Stocks Recover From Lows After Crude Oil Jumps Over $50
at The Street - Tue Mar 03, 2:22PM CST
Stocks move off session lows by mid-afternoon Tuesday, buoyed by a rally in oil prices.
BCS: 16.03 (+0.37), F: 16.03 (-0.14), GE: 25.66 (-0.20), DKS: 55.98 (-0.02), PFE: 34.64 (+0.08), C: 53.67 (-0.06), MYL: 55.60 (+0.16), BBY: 39.79 (+0.61), LL: 35.64 (-5.14), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35), CELG: 119.57 (+1.10), AZO: 652.48 (+0.58), GILD: 103.06 (+0.27), GM: 37.57 (-0.23), LEAF: 49.91 (-0.32), BABA: 85.49 (+3.91)
Scarcity And Stocks: How To Follow (Or Avoid) A Late '90s 'New Economy' Playbook
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 2:41PM CST
For the better part of 15 months, I have pounded the table for longer-term U.S. treasuries. Most financial pundits thought that I was nuts in December of 2013; they debated my scarcity premise throughout 2014 and they dismiss my relative value...
HACK: 28.79 (-0.37), OEF: 92.86 (-0.35), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), VIG: 82.20 (-0.48), TLT: 126.45 (+0.04), MGK: 85.15 (-0.29), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35)
Top Ranked Healthcare Service ETF in Focus: IHF - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Feb 24, 12:46PM CST
Given strong outlook for health care service providers, investors should look at a top ranked ETF in the space.
IHF: 128.34 (+1.42), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35)
Gathering Thin Reeds?
Jeffrey Saut - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 2:41AM CST
Many of you know that I spend time gathering "thin reeds" and try to weave them into a favorable "investment bouquet." This is a strategy Fidelity's Peter Lynch took to its zenith in an era gone by. Recall the story Peter told...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), XLI: 57.20 (-0.45), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35)
Health Care/Biotech Names Still Dominating
Bespoke Investment Group - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 12:33AM CST
The average stock in the Russell 3,000 (which makes up roughly 98% of US-listed stocks) is now up 1.68% in 2015. Below we have calculated the average year-to-date performance of stocks by sector. As shown, Health Care stocks are up by far the most...
XLB: 51.37 (-0.18), XLY: 76.27 (-0.40), XLU: 44.38 (-0.25), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35), NFLX: 469.77 (-4.94), XLP: 49.56 (-0.35), EGLT: 15.36 (unch), FMI: 47.29 (-0.24), XLK: 42.97 (-0.17), XLI: 57.20 (-0.45), TWTR: 47.57 (-0.14), XLF: 24.31 (-0.15), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11)
Stocks in Wait-and-See Mode Ahead of Yellen's Congressional Address
at The Street - Mon Feb 23, 3:08PM CST
Stocks didn't make big moves on Monday with investors preferring to wait on the sidelines ahead of key U.S. data out later in the week.
DHI: 26.87 (+0.30), VIP: 5.49 (-0.03), MMM: 167.16 (-1.11), TSLA: 202.43 (+2.87), VRX: 203.15 (+0.54), XOM: 87.18 (-0.44), MBT: 9.25 (-0.45), SLB: 85.14 (+0.23), PPO: 59.12 (-0.10), XHB: 35.93 (-0.01), FOXA: 34.97 (-0.67), KBH: 13.91 (+0.39), AAPL: 128.54 (-0.82), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11), QIWI: 22.33 (-0.07), HAL: 43.07 (-0.04), SLXP: 157.13 (+0.63), HSBC: 43.76 (-1.05), DISCA: 33.80 (-0.19), BA: 154.35 (-1.22), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35), PHM: 22.15 (+0.37), CVX: 105.16 (unch), TOL: 37.88 (+0.18), YNDX: 15.76 (-0.19)
Thinking And Worrying Are Not The Same Thing!
Chelsea Global Advisors - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 23, 6:38AM CST
A cynic is someone who is negative ahead of the evidence and will who only, if ever, grudgingly admit to reality. Financial markets have always been afflicted by cynical perma-bears and detractors who simply refuse to acknowledge the power of the...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), JPM: 62.13 (+0.16), CAT: 81.73 (-1.11), XLU: 44.38 (-0.25), AAPL: 128.54 (-0.82), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35)
Weekly ETF Gainers / Losers
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 20, 3:16PM CST
VXX: 27.22 (-0.06), PSLV: 6.46 (-0.03), UNG: 14.05 (+0.34), URA: 10.95 (+0.14), OIL: 11.53 (+0.35), SIVR: 15.94 (-0.04), GAZ: 1.46 (+0.03), SLV: 15.49 (-0.09), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35), EWJ: 12.26 (-0.06)
Saving Greece? What ETF Investors Should Really Be Focused On
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 20, 1:49PM CST
February has been a terrible month for the U.S. economy, but a wonderful month for U.S. stocks. Translation? Investors do not believe that the Federal Reserve will raise overnight lending rates during an economic slowdown. Just how abysmal have the...
VTI: 108.80 (-0.44), HACK: 28.79 (-0.37), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), VIG: 82.20 (-0.48), BLV: 94.45 (+0.12), TLT: 126.45 (+0.04), VGT: 109.02 (-0.37), MGK: 85.15 (-0.29), HEWG: 27.39 (+0.19), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35)
Stick With Health Care and Consumer Discretionary, Avoid Energy
at The Street - Thu Feb 19, 2:54PM CST
Wealth Consulting Group CEO Jimmy Lee says investors should stick with sectors that have strong demand, such as health care and consumer discretionary, while avoiding volatile sectors like energy.
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), XLY: 76.27 (-0.40), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11)
U.S. Stocks And U.S. Bonds: What The Heck?
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 18, 2:02PM CST
Most people believe that Tom Cruise became an international superstar with the release of the action drama, "Top Gun" back in 1986. However, I remember the actor from an earlier film, "Risky Business." The popular motion picture...
ZROZ: 121.34 (+0.25), VGK: 55.30 (-0.20), OEF: 92.86 (-0.35), EDV: 124.51 (+0.09), VWO: 40.88 (-0.48), USMV: 41.54 (-0.19), MGK: 85.15 (-0.29), HEWG: 27.39 (+0.19), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35)
Obamacare Could Soon Make These Stocks Soar
Motley Fool Staff - Motley Fool - Sun Feb 15, 7:04AM CST
Source: White House via Flickr. The Affordable Care Act's second open enrollment period ends today, and that has our Motley Fool experts combing through their favorite names to find stocks most likely to benefit from an increasingly insured...
JNJ: 101.65 (-0.69), ESRX: 84.83 (+0.48), GILD: 103.06 (+0.27), PFE: 34.64 (+0.08), MRK: 57.88 (-0.46), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35), HRB: 33.42 (-0.29)
State Street Slashes Fees on 41 ETFs - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Feb 13, 1:13PM CST
Cut Throat Competition has led State Street to slash fees on its 41 ETFs.
IBND: 31.95 (-0.23), SLY: 106.76 (-0.39), ITE: 60.08 (+0.06), IPU: 17.31 (-0.15), IPE: 56.63 (+0.11), TLO: 72.97 (+0.07), SCPB: 30.65 (+0.01), MDYG: 124.17 (-0.56), LAG: 58.33 (+0.01), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11)
Profiling Health Care ETFs - Why Medicine Is The Best Medicine
Aaron Barton - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 10:39AM CST
IYH: 153.65 (+0.60), PSCH: 66.50 (+0.19), FHLC: 35.17 (+0.15), IXJ: 106.63 (+0.06), VHT: 134.28 (+0.57), FXH: 65.20 (+0.47), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35)
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: 51.37 (-0.18), XLP: 49.56 (-0.35), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), XLY: 76.27 (-0.40), XLK: 42.97 (-0.17), XLI: 57.20 (-0.45), XLU: 44.38 (-0.25), XLF: 24.31 (-0.15), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11)
ETF Allocation When Stocks Are Stuck In A Moment
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 2:23PM CST
The cyclically-adjusted price-to-earnings ratio (a.k.a CAPE, P/E10, Shiller's P/E) evaluates the average inflation-adjusted earnings for the S&P 500 over the previous 10 years. The long-term CAPE average is 16.5. Today's CAPE is north of 27. And...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), MUA: 13.98 (+0.15), MUB: 109.99 (+0.20), EDV: 124.51 (+0.09), VYM: 69.65 (-0.36), TLT: 126.45 (+0.04), USMV: 41.54 (-0.19), HEWG: 27.39 (+0.19), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35)
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: 210.23 (-0.89), XLU: 44.38 (-0.25), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35)
