What To Expect When The Fed Actually Does Raise Rates
Dirk Leach - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 19, 4:28PM CDT
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Return To Reality
Lance Roberts - Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 15, 10:19AM CDT
As I mentioned previously, I spent the past week on Spring Break with my family on our annual skiing/family reunion in Utah. The good news is that for the first time in four years no one wound up in the medical clinic. But being back also means a...
PEJ: 39.25 (-0.03), RTH: 78.25 (+0.84), FDIS: 31.02 (+0.25), XLP: 48.94 (+0.31), PMR: 41.52 (+0.12), FSTA: 29.55 (+0.05), UGE: 96.60 (unch), UCC: 111.89 (+3.41), FXD: 37.73 (+0.28), RCD: 92.56 (+0.81), FXG: 45.17 (+0.30), IYK: 105.91 (+1.16), SCC: 11.26 (-0.39), VDC: 126.95 (+1.49), XLY: 76.77 (+0.59), IYC: 147.34 (+1.37), PBJ: 32.00 (+0.38), PEZ: 47.38 (-0.10), XRT: 100.96 (+0.28), VCR: 124.36 (+1.22), RETL: 132.69 (+4.45), SZK: 25.94 (-0.13), PSCC: 53.94 (+0.79), RHS: 107.06 (+0.54), PSL: 54.07 (+0.20), PSCD: 54.20 (+0.31)
Pockets of strength in retail
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 12, 7:44AM CDT
PEJ: 39.25 (-0.03), RTH: 78.25 (+0.84), FDIS: 31.02 (+0.25), XLP: 48.94 (+0.31), PMR: 41.52 (+0.12), FSTA: 29.55 (+0.05), UGE: 96.60 (unch), UCC: 111.89 (+3.41), FXD: 37.73 (+0.28), RCD: 92.56 (+0.81), FXG: 45.17 (+0.30), IYK: 105.91 (+1.16), SCC: 11.26 (-0.39), VDC: 126.95 (+1.49), XLY: 76.77 (+0.59), IYC: 147.34 (+1.37), PBJ: 32.00 (+0.38), PEZ: 47.38 (-0.10), XRT: 100.96 (+0.28), VCR: 124.36 (+1.22), RETL: 132.69 (+4.45), SZK: 25.94 (-0.13), PSCC: 53.94 (+0.79), RHS: 107.06 (+0.54), PSL: 54.07 (+0.20), PSCD: 54.20 (+0.31)
Consumer Staples Industry Weekly Update: Are Consumers Partying Like It's 1999?
Adrian Wong - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 09, 8:37AM CDT
According to the University of Michigan's Index of Consumer Sentiment, consumers are feeling very optimistic. But are they partying like it's 1999? Find the answer in the exhibit below. (click to enlarge) Sources: University Of Michigan ...
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Global consumer staples stocks hit by F/X worries
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 9:46AM CST
KO: 40.65 (+0.63), POST: 48.54 (+1.40), XLP: 48.94 (+0.31), VDC: 126.95 (+1.49), MDLZ: 34.74 (+0.08), FSTA: 29.55 (+0.05), HSY: 102.09 (+1.54), PSCC: 53.94 (+0.79), RHS: 107.06 (+0.54), UL: 43.24 (+0.71), PSL: 54.07 (+0.20), FXG: 45.17 (+0.30), GIS: 53.45 (+0.91), CL: 69.56 (+1.27)
Consumer Staples ETF Investing 101
Zacks Funds - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 04, 6:25AM CST
The consumer staples sector experienced a roller coaster ride in 2014. In the beginning, the companies had to bear the effects of a prolonged and severe winter, increasing food costs, a weak consumer spending environment and currency headwinds....
XLP: 48.94 (+0.31), VDC: 126.95 (+1.49), FSTA: 29.55 (+0.05), RHS: 107.06 (+0.54), FXG: 45.17 (+0.30)
Consumer Staples ETF Investing 101 - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Mar 03, 1:00PM CST
With decline in oil prices, consumers are spending more, benefiting consumer staples stocks.
XLP: 48.94 (+0.31), VDC: 126.95 (+1.49), FSTA: 29.55 (+0.05), RHS: 107.06 (+0.54), FXG: 45.17 (+0.30)
3 Consumer Staple ETFs Hitting 52-Week Highs
Zacks Funds - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 03, 12:23PM CST
A faltering global economy, rising rate concerns in the U.S. and a shaky stock market have resulted in investors fretting about their returns since the start of 2015. Yields on bonds saw an upturn in February on better-than-expected job data, or more...
KXI: 92.72 (+1.23), RHS: 107.06 (+0.54), FXG: 45.17 (+0.30)
3 Consumer Staple ETFs Hitting 52-Week Highs - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Mar 02, 11:00AM CST
These three consumer staples ETFs surged to new 52-week highs last week.
KXI: 92.72 (+1.23), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), RHS: 107.06 (+0.54), FXG: 45.17 (+0.30)
Consumer Staples Industry Weekly Update: Surfing With The Market
Adrian Wong - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 22, 11:39AM CST
This week I will show you the latest retail data in the chart below on three retail segments of the consumer staples industry versus the rest of the U.S. Census Bureau's Retail Trade and Food Services Sales segment on the secondary axis. In terms of...
XLP: 48.94 (+0.31), VDC: 126.95 (+1.49), FSTA: 29.55 (+0.05), SYY: 38.62 (+0.42), PG: 84.74 (+1.36), RHS: 107.06 (+0.54), FXG: 45.17 (+0.30)
Some confidence in retail despite F/X drag
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 17, 7:25AM CST
IYK: 105.91 (+1.16), SCC: 11.26 (-0.39), VDC: 126.95 (+1.49), XLY: 76.77 (+0.59), IYC: 147.34 (+1.37), RTH: 78.25 (+0.84), XRT: 100.96 (+0.28), FDIS: 31.02 (+0.25), XLP: 48.94 (+0.31), VCR: 124.36 (+1.22), PMR: 41.52 (+0.12), FSTA: 29.55 (+0.05), UGE: 96.60 (unch), RETL: 132.69 (+4.45), SZK: 25.94 (-0.13), UCC: 111.89 (+3.41), RCD: 92.56 (+0.81), FXD: 37.73 (+0.28), RHS: 107.06 (+0.54), FXG: 45.17 (+0.30)
The NRF predicts 4.1% increase in retail sales
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 10:22AM CST
PEJ: 39.25 (-0.03), WMT: 83.24 (+1.72), RTH: 78.25 (+0.84), FDIS: 31.02 (+0.25), XLP: 48.94 (+0.31), PMR: 41.52 (+0.12), FSTA: 29.55 (+0.05), UGE: 96.60 (unch), UCC: 111.89 (+3.41), FXD: 37.73 (+0.28), RCD: 92.56 (+0.81), FXG: 45.17 (+0.30), IYK: 105.91 (+1.16), SCC: 11.26 (-0.39), VDC: 126.95 (+1.49), XLY: 76.77 (+0.59), IYC: 147.34 (+1.37), PBJ: 32.00 (+0.38), PEZ: 47.38 (-0.10), XRT: 100.96 (+0.28), VCR: 124.36 (+1.22), RETL: 132.69 (+4.45), SZK: 25.94 (-0.13), PSCC: 53.94 (+0.79), RHS: 107.06 (+0.54), PSL: 54.07 (+0.20), PSCD: 54.20 (+0.31)
No Oil 'Windfall' Either
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 3:15AM CST
By Jeffrey P. Snider The problem with a high rate of inventory build is that it eventually has to go somewhere. In an actual economic "boom" that isn't much of a concern as businesses remain relatively confident that even if inventory is...
PEJ: 39.25 (-0.03), RTH: 78.25 (+0.84), FDIS: 31.02 (+0.25), XLP: 48.94 (+0.31), PMR: 41.52 (+0.12), FSTA: 29.55 (+0.05), UGE: 96.60 (unch), UCC: 111.89 (+3.41), FXD: 37.73 (+0.28), RCD: 92.56 (+0.81), FXG: 45.17 (+0.30), IYK: 105.91 (+1.16), SCC: 11.26 (-0.39), VDC: 126.95 (+1.49), XLY: 76.77 (+0.59), IYC: 147.34 (+1.37), PBJ: 32.00 (+0.38), PEZ: 47.38 (-0.10), XRT: 100.96 (+0.28), VCR: 124.36 (+1.22), RETL: 132.69 (+4.45), SZK: 25.94 (-0.13), PSCC: 53.94 (+0.79), RHS: 107.06 (+0.54), PSL: 54.07 (+0.20), PSCD: 54.20 (+0.31)
U.S. Retail Sales: January 2015 Preview
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 12:09AM CST
US retail sales are expected to rise 0.2% in Thursday's January report vs. the previous month, according to The Capital Spectator's median point forecast for several econometric estimates. The median prediction reflects a rebound vs. the previous...
PEJ: 39.25 (-0.03), RTH: 78.25 (+0.84), FDIS: 31.02 (+0.25), XLP: 48.94 (+0.31), PMR: 41.52 (+0.12), FSTA: 29.55 (+0.05), UGE: 96.60 (unch), UCC: 111.89 (+3.41), FXD: 37.73 (+0.28), RCD: 92.56 (+0.81), FXG: 45.17 (+0.30), IYK: 105.91 (+1.16), SCC: 11.26 (-0.39), VDC: 126.95 (+1.49), XLY: 76.77 (+0.59), IYC: 147.34 (+1.37), PBJ: 32.00 (+0.38), PEZ: 47.38 (-0.10), XRT: 100.96 (+0.28), VCR: 124.36 (+1.22), RETL: 132.69 (+4.45), SZK: 25.94 (-0.13), PSCC: 53.94 (+0.79), RHS: 107.06 (+0.54), PSL: 54.07 (+0.20), PSCD: 54.20 (+0.31)
Consumer staples giants navigate around F/X issue
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 7:28AM CST
XLP: 48.94 (+0.31), VDC: 126.95 (+1.49), FSTA: 29.55 (+0.05), PSCC: 53.94 (+0.79), RHS: 107.06 (+0.54), PSL: 54.07 (+0.20), FXG: 45.17 (+0.30)
Consumer Staples ETFs - A Necessary Ingredient For Every Portfolio
Aaron Barton - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 03, 5:58PM CST
KXI: 92.72 (+1.23), XLP: 48.94 (+0.31), VDC: 126.95 (+1.49), RHS: 107.06 (+0.54), FXG: 45.17 (+0.30)
Retail reads don't dazzle
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 27, 8:13AM CST
IYK: 105.91 (+1.16), SCC: 11.26 (-0.39), VDC: 126.95 (+1.49), XLY: 76.77 (+0.59), IYC: 147.34 (+1.37), RTH: 78.25 (+0.84), XRT: 100.96 (+0.28), FDIS: 31.02 (+0.25), XLP: 48.94 (+0.31), VCR: 124.36 (+1.22), PMR: 41.52 (+0.12), FSTA: 29.55 (+0.05), UGE: 96.60 (unch), RETL: 132.69 (+4.45), SZK: 25.94 (-0.13), UCC: 111.89 (+3.41), RCD: 92.56 (+0.81), FXD: 37.73 (+0.28), RHS: 107.06 (+0.54), FXG: 45.17 (+0.30), PSCD: 54.20 (+0.31)
West Coast port conflict making industries increasingly nervous
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 16, 4:57PM CST
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