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Mar 21, 2015 at 11:36 PM

Consumer Staples ETF Vanguard (VDC) 126.95 $VDC

Relative Risk Adjusted Return For Retirees And Those Who Prefer A Smoother Ride
Richard Shaw - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Mar 21, 12:17AM CDT

SPYG: 101.17 (+0.50), IYH: 159.39 (+0.86), VDC: 126.95 (+1.49), XLY: 76.77 (+0.59), IYC: 147.34 (+1.37), IBB: 366.52 (+1.27), XLV: 74.90 (+0.33), IVW: 117.19 (+0.95), VUG: 110.43 (+0.93), FVD: 24.42 (+0.25), XLP: 48.94 (+0.31), VCR: 124.36 (+1.22), JKE: 121.98 (+1.00), JKG: 155.25 (+1.49), IWF: 101.20 (+0.78), IXJ: 110.64 (+1.24), VHT: 139.38 (+0.70)

What To Expect When The Fed Actually Does Raise Rates
Dirk Leach - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 19, 4:28PM CDT

RYH: 159.00 (+0.69), KXI: 92.72 (+1.23), IYH: 159.39 (+0.86), VDC: 126.95 (+1.49), IPS: 41.06 (+0.45), RXL: 149.91 (+1.63), XLV: 74.90 (+0.33), XLP: 48.94 (+0.31), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), FSTA: 29.55 (+0.05), QQQ: 108.53 (+0.45), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), FHLC: 36.29 (-0.04), RXD: 12.24 (-0.14), RHS: 107.06 (+0.54), IWM: 125.99 (+1.10), FXG: 45.17 (+0.30), CURE: 161.18 (+3.49), VHT: 139.38 (+0.70), FXH: 68.50 (+0.07)

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)

Play Defense With This ETF
Morningstar - Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 15, 2:56AM CDT
By Robert Goldsborough U.S. consumer defensive stocks have rallied during the past year. Driving the U.S. consumer staples sector's outperformance have been several factors, chief among them interest rates that have gone lower. As many investors...
KXI: 92.72 (+1.23), IYK: 105.91 (+1.16), XLP: 48.94 (+0.31), VDC: 126.95 (+1.49), FSTA: 29.55 (+0.05)

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 ...
VDC: 126.95 (+1.49), XLY: 76.77 (+0.59), 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), RETL: 132.69 (+4.45), RCD: 92.56 (+0.81), FXD: 37.73 (+0.28), RHS: 107.06 (+0.54), FXG: 45.17 (+0.30)

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)

The Fed's Stance Is Positive For Equities
Economics Fanatic - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 25, 2:03AM CST

VCR: 124.36 (+1.22), VDC: 126.95 (+1.49), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), CVE: 16.73 (+0.38), VHT: 139.38 (+0.70), ATW: 28.18 (+0.58)

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)

Wal-Mart Earnings Beat But Wage Hike Bothers: ETFs Gain Focus - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Feb 20, 8:00AM CST
Wal-Mart earnings and wage hike plans put several consumer ETFs in focus.
XLP: 48.94 (+0.31), VDC: 126.95 (+1.49), WMT: 83.24 (+1.72), RTH: 78.25 (+0.84)

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)

Keep Avoiding Retail
Orange Peel Investments - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 16, 2:21PM CST

VCR: 124.36 (+1.22), XLP: 48.94 (+0.31), VDC: 126.95 (+1.49), XLY: 76.77 (+0.59), RTH: 78.25 (+0.84), XRT: 100.96 (+0.28)

Coca Cola, PepsiCo Earnings Stir Up Consumer Staples ETFs
Zacks Funds - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 12:57PM CST
The beverage space closed out 2014 on a sizzling note as two cola and food bellwethers - Coca Cola Co. (NYSE: KO ) and PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP ) - quenched investors' thirst with better-than-expected earnings for Q4 '14. In fact, 2014 will remain...
KO: 40.65 (+0.63), IYK: 105.91 (+1.16), XLP: 48.94 (+0.31), VDC: 126.95 (+1.49), PEP: 95.34 (+1.24)

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)

Reasons To Remain Bullish On U.S. Equities
Economics Fanatic - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 8:43AM CST

VCR: 124.36 (+1.22), VDC: 126.95 (+1.49), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), WMT: 83.24 (+1.72), ITA: 125.14 (+0.83), VIS: 109.27 (+0.65), VHT: 139.38 (+0.70)

Coca Cola, PepsiCo Earnings Stir Up Consumer Staples ETFs - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Feb 12, 6:00AM CST
Consumer Staples ETFs are worth a look on better-than-expected beverage earnings.
IYK: 105.91 (+1.16), KO: 40.65 (+0.63), XLP: 48.94 (+0.31), VDC: 126.95 (+1.49), PEP: 95.34 (+1.24)

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