Healthcare Select Sector SPDR (XLV) 76.88 $XLV
4 Healthcare ETFs to Buy as JNJ Beats Estimates - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Jul 15, 8:30AM CDT
Investors could pile up some buy-ranked ETFs having largest allocation to Johnson & Johnson given the Q2 earnings beat and strong outlook.
IHE: 182.94 (-0.95), JNJ: 100.34 (-0.03), IYH: 163.77 (-0.61), GILD: 117.78 (-0.42), ABBV: 70.54 (-0.26), VHT: 144.72 (-0.64), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34)
Health Care, Financial Stocks Will Have a Better 2Q Earnings Season
at The Street - Fri Jul 10, 5:59PM CDT
Gina Martin Adams, senior analyst at Wells Fargo Securities, picks the sectors to watch.
WFC: 57.95 (-0.10), XLU: 42.74 (-0.39), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34)
Mega Mergers Put These 2 Sector ETFs in Focus - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Jul 09, 11:19AM CDT
A flurry of M&A deals makes these 2 sector ETFs intriguing choices for 2H.
IHF: 140.14 (-0.98), IYH: 163.77 (-0.61), BRCM: 52.79 (-0.43), XLK: 43.38 (-0.29), SOXX: 89.66 (+0.02), SMH: 52.99 (-0.04), AET: 111.55 (-0.05), XSD: 81.03 (+0.10), AVGO: 134.51 (-0.13), VHT: 144.72 (-0.64), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34), HUM: 185.85 (-0.31)
Regeneron, Amgen Downgraded As Biotech Seen Slowing
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Jul 09, 10:12AM CDT
UBS downgraded Regeneron (REGN) and Amgen (AMGN) and adjusted the price targets on several other biotech stocks Thursday on the grounds that the sector may be in for a slow patch. "Although we still think that biotech will continue to outperform the...
VRTX: 130.97 (-2.50), GILD: 117.78 (-0.42), AZN: 67.64 (-0.21), AMGN: 163.70 (-0.64), PBYI: 99.72 (-3.54), REGN: 560.00 (-1.17), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34)
Safe Places to Stash Your Cash During the Stormy Market Ahead
at The Street - Wed Jul 08, 4:38PM CDT
Jimmy Lee, CEO of Wealth Consulting Group is worried that the trifecta of Greece, Cuba and China will set off the correction everyone has been waiting for.
XLV: 76.88 (-0.34)
Uncertainty Escalates After Greek Referendum
David Fry - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jul 06, 11:14PM CDT
At this point words fail me once again. What will happen to Greece and their EU partners, no one knows. For now it's a cancer growing on both Greece and many world stock indexes. China is more alarming after the PBOC intervened in markets to no...
XLB: 46.97 (-0.29), GREK: 10.04 (+0.11), IBB: 395.49 (-2.51), EWO: 16.46 (unch), TLT: 118.86 (+0.64), EEM: 38.52 (+0.01), XLP: 50.04 (-0.12), SPY: 211.75 (-0.84), ITB: 27.41 (+0.05), IYR: 74.25 (-0.27), XLI: 54.34 (-0.59), SLV: 14.14 (+0.09), FXE: 107.36 (+0.99), XLF: 25.39 (-0.03), GDX: 14.12 (+0.36), JJC: 29.27 (+0.03), XLE: 71.51 (+0.03), FXI: 42.75 (+0.18), USO: 16.91 (+0.22), DBC: 16.65 (+0.07), DBA: 22.29 (-0.12), XLY: 78.94 (-0.25), FXY: 78.35 (+0.22), EZU: 39.04 (-0.08), XLU: 42.74 (-0.39), HAO: 28.87 (+0.01), UUP: 25.45 (-0.18), XRT: 99.65 (-0.66), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34), IEV: 45.17 (-0.17), GLD: 105.37 (-0.33), EPI: 22.09 (-0.15), RSX: 17.91 (+0.18), EFA: 65.27 (-0.19), EWZ: 31.29 (+0.15)
3 Sectors To Watch In The Second Half Of 2015
David Fabian - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jul 03, 5:48PM CDT
The S&P 500 Index was nearly unchanged in the first half of 2015, yet the divergences in underlying sectors told a very different tale. The tepid return in the major averages was generated by weakening in interest rate sensitive areas and...
MTUM: 73.88 (-0.42), KBE: 36.63 (-0.14), DVY: 76.04 (-0.53), FDL: 23.24 (-0.18), IYR: 74.25 (-0.27), XLU: 42.74 (-0.39), XLF: 25.39 (-0.03), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34)
Direxion Files Two Triple-Leveraged Pharmaceutical ETFs - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Fri Jul 03, 6:49AM CDT
Direxion Plans A Pair Of ETFs Providing Triple-Leveraged exposure to Pharmaceuticals.
IHE: 182.94 (-0.95), RXL: 79.23 (-0.63), PJP: 83.10 (-0.25), CURE: 43.00 (-0.47), VHT: 144.72 (-0.64), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34)
Snake Oil Stats
David Fry - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jul 02, 11:44PM CDT
Economic reports Thursday were mixed with some hard to believe. The all-important Employment Report led the list of reports. It showed 223K jobs created vs 230K expected & prior revised lower to 254K. The Unemployment Rate dropped to 5.3% vs...
USO: 16.91 (+0.22), EWH: 22.53 (-0.09), PEK: 53.86 (+0.52), KBE: 36.63 (-0.14), CNXT: 48.02 (+0.78), UNG: 13.87 (+0.28), XLU: 42.74 (-0.39), HAO: 28.87 (+0.01), TLT: 118.86 (+0.64), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34), HEDJ: 65.06 (-0.70), KRE: 44.48 (-0.21), EEM: 38.52 (+0.01), IDX: 21.00 (-0.07), EWW: 57.25 (-0.05), EWU: 18.67 (-0.12), PGJ: 32.25 (+0.40), EWA: 21.23 (+0.05), IYR: 74.25 (-0.27), RSX: 17.91 (+0.18), IWM: 124.49 (-0.59), XLF: 25.39 (-0.03), ILF: 28.80 (+0.04), GDX: 14.12 (+0.36), EWZ: 31.29 (+0.15)
ETF Strategies For 2H
Zacks Funds - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jul 02, 7:04AM CDT
The first half of the year was extremely volatile for the U.S. stock market. While a gradually improving economy and merger mania drove the stocks higher, a strong dollar, uncertain timing of interest rate hikes and global growth concerns were the...
VGK: 55.85 (-0.19), SPLV: 37.79 (-0.18), IWO: 156.46 (-0.91), PGJ: 32.25 (+0.40), XLK: 43.38 (-0.29), PIN: 21.95 (-0.24), VWO: 39.81 (+0.01), XLF: 25.39 (-0.03), USMV: 41.60 (-0.19), VBK: 134.88 (-0.61), EWJ: 12.94 (-0.04), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34)
Sector ETFs' Technical Charts Suggest Drag on S&P 500
at The Street - Wed Jul 01, 11:19AM CDT
All 10 sector exchange-traded funds are showing technical reasons why it might be time to start selling.
XLB: 46.97 (-0.29), XLP: 50.04 (-0.12), XLY: 78.94 (-0.25), XLK: 43.38 (-0.29), XLI: 54.34 (-0.59), XLU: 42.74 (-0.39), XLF: 25.39 (-0.03), IYT: 149.15 (+1.16), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34), XLE: 71.51 (+0.03)
ETF Strategies for 2H - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Jul 01, 9:30AM CDT
Here are some ETF strategies that could prove extremely beneficial for investors in the second half given huge volatility and uncertainty.
VGK: 55.85 (-0.19), SPLV: 37.79 (-0.18), IWO: 156.46 (-0.91), PGJ: 32.25 (+0.40), XLK: 43.38 (-0.29), PIN: 21.95 (-0.24), VWO: 39.81 (+0.01), XLF: 25.39 (-0.03), USMV: 41.60 (-0.19), VBK: 134.88 (-0.61), EWJ: 12.94 (-0.04), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34)
Greece Crisis Has Yet to Create Buying Opportunity in U.S. Stocks
at The Street - Tue Jun 30, 1:59PM CDT
The trading panel is on the sidelines waiting for an opportunity to buy U.S. stocks. Here's what they're watching for a good entry point.
SPY: 211.75 (-0.84), QQQ: 113.91 (-0.07), JPM: 69.10 (-0.16), GREK: 10.04 (+0.11), DIA: 178.97 (-1.72), IWM: 124.49 (-0.59), FXE: 107.36 (+0.99), EUO: 25.66 (-0.50), UUP: 25.45 (-0.18), TLT: 118.86 (+0.64), TBT: 48.20 (-0.48), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34)
When Market Breadth Stinks, Cash Is The Mouthwash
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jun 30, 12:51PM CDT
Perma-bulls on the major networks routinely gloss over the reduction in stock market breadth. For example, 60% of the Dow 30 components currently sit below long-term moving averages. When companies like Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO ), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT ),...
HACK: 31.28 (+0.12), IEI: 122.83 (+0.18), OEF: 94.30 (-0.42), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34)
'Fast Money' Recap: How to Trade After a Big Stock Decline
at The Street - Tue Jun 30, 4:00AM CDT
The trading panel discuss China, Europe and Hawaiian Airlines.
EWI: 15.52 (-0.04), DAL: 44.65 (+0.56), HA: 24.05 (+0.40), DB: 33.40 (-0.03), EWP: 34.94 (-0.04), UBS: 22.48 (-0.04), BMY: 68.87 (-1.10), PANW: 192.07 (+2.04), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34), UAL: 55.97 (+0.62), CELG: 136.24 (+1.01), THC: 57.96 (-0.72), IWM: 124.49 (-0.59), IYT: 149.15 (+1.16), FXI: 42.75 (+0.18)
3 Health Care M&A Deals and How Billionaire Investors are Playing Them
at The Street - Mon Jun 29, 12:09PM CDT
The health care industry is bursting with opportunity right now, perhaps especially on the M&A front. Billionaire investors aren't missing out.
VRX: 240.59 (+0.71), PFE: 35.14 (-0.10), UNH: 120.86 (-1.79), AET: 111.55 (-0.05), HUM: 185.85 (-0.31), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34), ZTS: 49.12 (+0.14), AGN: 317.00 (-0.75), CI: 151.29 (-1.64), ANTM: 155.78 (-0.81), BRK.B: 143.60 (-0.91), BRK.A: 215,796.00 (-684.00), NVS: 103.71 (-2.41)
4 Healthcare ETFs to Buy as JNJ Beats Estimates - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Jul 15, 8:30AM CDT
Investors could pile up some buy-ranked ETFs having largest allocation to Johnson & Johnson given the Q2 earnings beat and strong outlook.
IHE: 182.94 (-0.95), JNJ: 100.34 (-0.03), IYH: 163.77 (-0.61), GILD: 117.78 (-0.42), ABBV: 70.54 (-0.26), VHT: 144.72 (-0.64), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34)
Health Care, Financial Stocks Will Have a Better 2Q Earnings Season
at The Street - Fri Jul 10, 5:59PM CDT
Gina Martin Adams, senior analyst at Wells Fargo Securities, picks the sectors to watch.
WFC: 57.95 (-0.10), XLU: 42.74 (-0.39), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34)
Mega Mergers Put These 2 Sector ETFs in Focus - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Jul 09, 11:19AM CDT
A flurry of M&A deals makes these 2 sector ETFs intriguing choices for 2H.
IHF: 140.14 (-0.98), IYH: 163.77 (-0.61), BRCM: 52.79 (-0.43), XLK: 43.38 (-0.29), SOXX: 89.66 (+0.02), SMH: 52.99 (-0.04), AET: 111.55 (-0.05), XSD: 81.03 (+0.10), AVGO: 134.51 (-0.13), VHT: 144.72 (-0.64), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34), HUM: 185.85 (-0.31)
Regeneron, Amgen Downgraded As Biotech Seen Slowing
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Jul 09, 10:12AM CDT
UBS downgraded Regeneron (REGN) and Amgen (AMGN) and adjusted the price targets on several other biotech stocks Thursday on the grounds that the sector may be in for a slow patch. "Although we still think that biotech will continue to outperform the...
VRTX: 130.97 (-2.50), GILD: 117.78 (-0.42), AZN: 67.64 (-0.21), AMGN: 163.70 (-0.64), PBYI: 99.72 (-3.54), REGN: 560.00 (-1.17), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34)
Safe Places to Stash Your Cash During the Stormy Market Ahead
at The Street - Wed Jul 08, 4:38PM CDT
Jimmy Lee, CEO of Wealth Consulting Group is worried that the trifecta of Greece, Cuba and China will set off the correction everyone has been waiting for.
XLV: 76.88 (-0.34)
Uncertainty Escalates After Greek Referendum
David Fry - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jul 06, 11:14PM CDT
At this point words fail me once again. What will happen to Greece and their EU partners, no one knows. For now it's a cancer growing on both Greece and many world stock indexes. China is more alarming after the PBOC intervened in markets to no...
XLB: 46.97 (-0.29), GREK: 10.04 (+0.11), IBB: 395.49 (-2.51), EWO: 16.46 (unch), TLT: 118.86 (+0.64), EEM: 38.52 (+0.01), XLP: 50.04 (-0.12), SPY: 211.75 (-0.84), ITB: 27.41 (+0.05), IYR: 74.25 (-0.27), XLI: 54.34 (-0.59), SLV: 14.14 (+0.09), FXE: 107.36 (+0.99), XLF: 25.39 (-0.03), GDX: 14.12 (+0.36), JJC: 29.27 (+0.03), XLE: 71.51 (+0.03), FXI: 42.75 (+0.18), USO: 16.91 (+0.22), DBC: 16.65 (+0.07), DBA: 22.29 (-0.12), XLY: 78.94 (-0.25), FXY: 78.35 (+0.22), EZU: 39.04 (-0.08), XLU: 42.74 (-0.39), HAO: 28.87 (+0.01), UUP: 25.45 (-0.18), XRT: 99.65 (-0.66), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34), IEV: 45.17 (-0.17), GLD: 105.37 (-0.33), EPI: 22.09 (-0.15), RSX: 17.91 (+0.18), EFA: 65.27 (-0.19), EWZ: 31.29 (+0.15)
3 Sectors To Watch In The Second Half Of 2015
David Fabian - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jul 03, 5:48PM CDT
The S&P 500 Index was nearly unchanged in the first half of 2015, yet the divergences in underlying sectors told a very different tale. The tepid return in the major averages was generated by weakening in interest rate sensitive areas and...
MTUM: 73.88 (-0.42), KBE: 36.63 (-0.14), DVY: 76.04 (-0.53), FDL: 23.24 (-0.18), IYR: 74.25 (-0.27), XLU: 42.74 (-0.39), XLF: 25.39 (-0.03), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34)
Direxion Files Two Triple-Leveraged Pharmaceutical ETFs - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Fri Jul 03, 6:49AM CDT
Direxion Plans A Pair Of ETFs Providing Triple-Leveraged exposure to Pharmaceuticals.
IHE: 182.94 (-0.95), RXL: 79.23 (-0.63), PJP: 83.10 (-0.25), CURE: 43.00 (-0.47), VHT: 144.72 (-0.64), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34)
Snake Oil Stats
David Fry - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jul 02, 11:44PM CDT
Economic reports Thursday were mixed with some hard to believe. The all-important Employment Report led the list of reports. It showed 223K jobs created vs 230K expected & prior revised lower to 254K. The Unemployment Rate dropped to 5.3% vs...
USO: 16.91 (+0.22), EWH: 22.53 (-0.09), PEK: 53.86 (+0.52), KBE: 36.63 (-0.14), CNXT: 48.02 (+0.78), UNG: 13.87 (+0.28), XLU: 42.74 (-0.39), HAO: 28.87 (+0.01), TLT: 118.86 (+0.64), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34), HEDJ: 65.06 (-0.70), KRE: 44.48 (-0.21), EEM: 38.52 (+0.01), IDX: 21.00 (-0.07), EWW: 57.25 (-0.05), EWU: 18.67 (-0.12), PGJ: 32.25 (+0.40), EWA: 21.23 (+0.05), IYR: 74.25 (-0.27), RSX: 17.91 (+0.18), IWM: 124.49 (-0.59), XLF: 25.39 (-0.03), ILF: 28.80 (+0.04), GDX: 14.12 (+0.36), EWZ: 31.29 (+0.15)
ETF Strategies For 2H
Zacks Funds - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jul 02, 7:04AM CDT
The first half of the year was extremely volatile for the U.S. stock market. While a gradually improving economy and merger mania drove the stocks higher, a strong dollar, uncertain timing of interest rate hikes and global growth concerns were the...
VGK: 55.85 (-0.19), SPLV: 37.79 (-0.18), IWO: 156.46 (-0.91), PGJ: 32.25 (+0.40), XLK: 43.38 (-0.29), PIN: 21.95 (-0.24), VWO: 39.81 (+0.01), XLF: 25.39 (-0.03), USMV: 41.60 (-0.19), VBK: 134.88 (-0.61), EWJ: 12.94 (-0.04), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34)
Sector ETFs' Technical Charts Suggest Drag on S&P 500
at The Street - Wed Jul 01, 11:19AM CDT
All 10 sector exchange-traded funds are showing technical reasons why it might be time to start selling.
XLB: 46.97 (-0.29), XLP: 50.04 (-0.12), XLY: 78.94 (-0.25), XLK: 43.38 (-0.29), XLI: 54.34 (-0.59), XLU: 42.74 (-0.39), XLF: 25.39 (-0.03), IYT: 149.15 (+1.16), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34), XLE: 71.51 (+0.03)
ETF Strategies for 2H - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Jul 01, 9:30AM CDT
Here are some ETF strategies that could prove extremely beneficial for investors in the second half given huge volatility and uncertainty.
VGK: 55.85 (-0.19), SPLV: 37.79 (-0.18), IWO: 156.46 (-0.91), PGJ: 32.25 (+0.40), XLK: 43.38 (-0.29), PIN: 21.95 (-0.24), VWO: 39.81 (+0.01), XLF: 25.39 (-0.03), USMV: 41.60 (-0.19), VBK: 134.88 (-0.61), EWJ: 12.94 (-0.04), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34)
Greece Crisis Has Yet to Create Buying Opportunity in U.S. Stocks
at The Street - Tue Jun 30, 1:59PM CDT
The trading panel is on the sidelines waiting for an opportunity to buy U.S. stocks. Here's what they're watching for a good entry point.
SPY: 211.75 (-0.84), QQQ: 113.91 (-0.07), JPM: 69.10 (-0.16), GREK: 10.04 (+0.11), DIA: 178.97 (-1.72), IWM: 124.49 (-0.59), FXE: 107.36 (+0.99), EUO: 25.66 (-0.50), UUP: 25.45 (-0.18), TLT: 118.86 (+0.64), TBT: 48.20 (-0.48), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34)
When Market Breadth Stinks, Cash Is The Mouthwash
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jun 30, 12:51PM CDT
Perma-bulls on the major networks routinely gloss over the reduction in stock market breadth. For example, 60% of the Dow 30 components currently sit below long-term moving averages. When companies like Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO ), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT ),...
HACK: 31.28 (+0.12), IEI: 122.83 (+0.18), OEF: 94.30 (-0.42), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34)
'Fast Money' Recap: How to Trade After a Big Stock Decline
at The Street - Tue Jun 30, 4:00AM CDT
The trading panel discuss China, Europe and Hawaiian Airlines.
EWI: 15.52 (-0.04), DAL: 44.65 (+0.56), HA: 24.05 (+0.40), DB: 33.40 (-0.03), EWP: 34.94 (-0.04), UBS: 22.48 (-0.04), BMY: 68.87 (-1.10), PANW: 192.07 (+2.04), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34), UAL: 55.97 (+0.62), CELG: 136.24 (+1.01), THC: 57.96 (-0.72), IWM: 124.49 (-0.59), IYT: 149.15 (+1.16), FXI: 42.75 (+0.18)
3 Health Care M&A Deals and How Billionaire Investors are Playing Them
at The Street - Mon Jun 29, 12:09PM CDT
The health care industry is bursting with opportunity right now, perhaps especially on the M&A front. Billionaire investors aren't missing out.
VRX: 240.59 (+0.71), PFE: 35.14 (-0.10), UNH: 120.86 (-1.79), AET: 111.55 (-0.05), HUM: 185.85 (-0.31), XLV: 76.88 (-0.34), ZTS: 49.12 (+0.14), AGN: 317.00 (-0.75), CI: 151.29 (-1.64), ANTM: 155.78 (-0.81), BRK.B: 143.60 (-0.91), BRK.A: 215,796.00 (-684.00), NVS: 103.71 (-2.41)
