Healthcare Select Sector SPDR (XLV) 76.77 $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: 182.90 (-0.62), JNJ: 100.20 (+0.02), IYH: 163.64 (-0.27), GILD: 117.66 (+0.22), ABBV: 70.52 (-0.04), VHT: 144.52 (-0.51), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28)
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: 58.21 (-0.31), XLU: 42.29 (-0.64), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28)
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: 140.44 (-0.28), IYH: 163.64 (-0.27), BRCM: 52.30 (+0.54), XLK: 42.59 (-0.09), SOXX: 88.73 (+1.30), SMH: 52.42 (+0.72), AET: 112.05 (-1.83), XSD: 80.51 (+1.56), AVGO: 131.97 (+2.38), VHT: 144.52 (-0.51), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28), HUM: 184.73 (-1.37)
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: 130.85 (-0.17), GILD: 117.66 (+0.22), AZN: 66.55 (-0.67), AMGN: 164.10 (-0.15), PBYI: 98.75 (-1.25), REGN: 556.61 (+0.08), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28)
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: 76.77 (-0.28)
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: 46.09 (-0.68), GREK: 10.05 (-0.02), IBB: 393.75 (-0.60), EWO: 16.36 (-0.03), TLT: 121.09 (+1.49), EEM: 37.60 (-0.37), XLP: 49.96 (-0.19), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), ITB: 27.78 (-0.21), IYR: 73.93 (-0.53), XLI: 53.60 (-0.50), SLV: 14.00 (-0.14), FXE: 107.93 (+0.76), XLF: 25.36 (-0.22), GDX: 13.62 (-0.46), JJC: 28.02 (-0.65), XLE: 70.87 (-0.06), FXI: 42.30 (-0.01), USO: 16.14 (-0.20), DBC: 16.27 (-0.14), DBA: 22.04 (-0.12), XLY: 78.85 (-0.47), FXY: 78.43 (+0.13), EZU: 38.84 (unch), XLU: 42.29 (-0.64), HAO: 28.59 (+0.15), UUP: 25.41 (-0.10), XRT: 98.79 (-1.28), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28), IEV: 44.71 (-0.13), GLD: 104.33 (-0.47), EPI: 22.18 (-0.20), RSX: 17.25 (-0.29), EFA: 64.60 (-0.17), EWZ: 29.22 (-1.24)
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: 73.54 (-0.37), KBE: 36.65 (-0.41), DVY: 75.52 (-0.52), FDL: 23.02 (-0.16), IYR: 73.93 (-0.53), XLU: 42.29 (-0.64), XLF: 25.36 (-0.22), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28)
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: 182.90 (-0.62), RXL: 78.75 (-0.38), PJP: 82.80 (-0.40), CURE: 42.74 (-0.42), VHT: 144.52 (-0.51), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28)
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: 16.14 (-0.20), EWH: 22.48 (+0.10), PEK: 55.15 (+1.39), KBE: 36.65 (-0.41), CNXT: 50.44 (+1.99), UNG: 13.54 (-0.35), XLU: 42.29 (-0.64), HAO: 28.59 (+0.15), TLT: 121.09 (+1.49), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28), HEDJ: 64.36 (-0.49), KRE: 44.35 (-0.68), EEM: 37.60 (-0.37), IDX: 20.83 (-0.05), EWW: 55.96 (+0.05), EWU: 18.28 (-0.24), PGJ: 32.22 (+0.11), EWA: 20.56 (-0.25), IYR: 73.93 (-0.53), RSX: 17.25 (-0.29), IWM: 123.57 (-1.38), XLF: 25.36 (-0.22), ILF: 27.37 (-0.68), GDX: 13.62 (-0.46), EWZ: 29.22 (-1.24)
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: 55.27 (-0.18), SPLV: 37.67 (-0.21), IWO: 155.90 (-1.34), PGJ: 32.22 (+0.11), XLK: 42.59 (-0.09), PIN: 21.97 (-0.26), VWO: 38.95 (-0.33), XLF: 25.36 (-0.22), USMV: 41.40 (-0.26), VBK: 134.37 (-0.98), EWJ: 12.87 (-0.01), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28)
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: 46.09 (-0.68), XLP: 49.96 (-0.19), XLY: 78.85 (-0.47), XLK: 42.59 (-0.09), XLI: 53.60 (-0.50), XLU: 42.29 (-0.64), XLF: 25.36 (-0.22), IYT: 145.53 (-3.11), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28), XLE: 70.87 (-0.06)
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: 55.27 (-0.18), SPLV: 37.67 (-0.21), IWO: 155.90 (-1.34), PGJ: 32.22 (+0.11), XLK: 42.59 (-0.09), PIN: 21.97 (-0.26), VWO: 38.95 (-0.33), XLF: 25.36 (-0.22), USMV: 41.40 (-0.26), VBK: 134.37 (-0.98), EWJ: 12.87 (-0.01), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28)
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: 210.18 (-1.19), QQQ: 112.20 (-0.42), JPM: 69.64 (-0.44), GREK: 10.05 (-0.02), DIA: 177.16 (-1.14), IWM: 123.57 (-1.38), FXE: 107.93 (+0.76), EUO: 25.39 (-0.37), UUP: 25.41 (-0.10), TLT: 121.09 (+1.49), TBT: 46.37 (-1.20), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28)
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: 31.97 (+0.74), IEI: 123.06 (+0.24), OEF: 93.32 (-0.56), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28)
'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: 15.47 (-0.01), DAL: 45.16 (-0.06), HA: 23.25 (-0.84), DB: 33.83 (+0.40), EWP: 34.90 (-0.12), UBS: 22.54 (+0.32), BMY: 68.24 (-1.13), PANW: 197.09 (+4.69), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28), UAL: 56.67 (-0.40), CELG: 139.01 (+0.75), THC: 58.38 (-0.12), IWM: 123.57 (-1.38), IYT: 145.53 (-3.11), FXI: 42.30 (-0.01)
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: 253.84 (+14.92), PFE: 34.78 (-0.10), UNH: 119.33 (-1.28), AET: 112.05 (-1.83), HUM: 184.73 (-1.37), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28), ZTS: 49.85 (-0.17), AGN: 314.95 (-0.40), CI: 154.36 (+3.29), ANTM: 155.21 (+0.11), BRK.B: 142.18 (-1.34), BRK.A: 213,520.00 (-1,860.00), NVS: 103.05 (+1.75)
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: 182.90 (-0.62), JNJ: 100.20 (+0.02), IYH: 163.64 (-0.27), GILD: 117.66 (+0.22), ABBV: 70.52 (-0.04), VHT: 144.52 (-0.51), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28)
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: 58.21 (-0.31), XLU: 42.29 (-0.64), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28)
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: 140.44 (-0.28), IYH: 163.64 (-0.27), BRCM: 52.30 (+0.54), XLK: 42.59 (-0.09), SOXX: 88.73 (+1.30), SMH: 52.42 (+0.72), AET: 112.05 (-1.83), XSD: 80.51 (+1.56), AVGO: 131.97 (+2.38), VHT: 144.52 (-0.51), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28), HUM: 184.73 (-1.37)
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: 130.85 (-0.17), GILD: 117.66 (+0.22), AZN: 66.55 (-0.67), AMGN: 164.10 (-0.15), PBYI: 98.75 (-1.25), REGN: 556.61 (+0.08), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28)
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: 76.77 (-0.28)
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: 46.09 (-0.68), GREK: 10.05 (-0.02), IBB: 393.75 (-0.60), EWO: 16.36 (-0.03), TLT: 121.09 (+1.49), EEM: 37.60 (-0.37), XLP: 49.96 (-0.19), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), ITB: 27.78 (-0.21), IYR: 73.93 (-0.53), XLI: 53.60 (-0.50), SLV: 14.00 (-0.14), FXE: 107.93 (+0.76), XLF: 25.36 (-0.22), GDX: 13.62 (-0.46), JJC: 28.02 (-0.65), XLE: 70.87 (-0.06), FXI: 42.30 (-0.01), USO: 16.14 (-0.20), DBC: 16.27 (-0.14), DBA: 22.04 (-0.12), XLY: 78.85 (-0.47), FXY: 78.43 (+0.13), EZU: 38.84 (unch), XLU: 42.29 (-0.64), HAO: 28.59 (+0.15), UUP: 25.41 (-0.10), XRT: 98.79 (-1.28), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28), IEV: 44.71 (-0.13), GLD: 104.33 (-0.47), EPI: 22.18 (-0.20), RSX: 17.25 (-0.29), EFA: 64.60 (-0.17), EWZ: 29.22 (-1.24)
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: 73.54 (-0.37), KBE: 36.65 (-0.41), DVY: 75.52 (-0.52), FDL: 23.02 (-0.16), IYR: 73.93 (-0.53), XLU: 42.29 (-0.64), XLF: 25.36 (-0.22), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28)
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: 182.90 (-0.62), RXL: 78.75 (-0.38), PJP: 82.80 (-0.40), CURE: 42.74 (-0.42), VHT: 144.52 (-0.51), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28)
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: 16.14 (-0.20), EWH: 22.48 (+0.10), PEK: 55.15 (+1.39), KBE: 36.65 (-0.41), CNXT: 50.44 (+1.99), UNG: 13.54 (-0.35), XLU: 42.29 (-0.64), HAO: 28.59 (+0.15), TLT: 121.09 (+1.49), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28), HEDJ: 64.36 (-0.49), KRE: 44.35 (-0.68), EEM: 37.60 (-0.37), IDX: 20.83 (-0.05), EWW: 55.96 (+0.05), EWU: 18.28 (-0.24), PGJ: 32.22 (+0.11), EWA: 20.56 (-0.25), IYR: 73.93 (-0.53), RSX: 17.25 (-0.29), IWM: 123.57 (-1.38), XLF: 25.36 (-0.22), ILF: 27.37 (-0.68), GDX: 13.62 (-0.46), EWZ: 29.22 (-1.24)
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: 55.27 (-0.18), SPLV: 37.67 (-0.21), IWO: 155.90 (-1.34), PGJ: 32.22 (+0.11), XLK: 42.59 (-0.09), PIN: 21.97 (-0.26), VWO: 38.95 (-0.33), XLF: 25.36 (-0.22), USMV: 41.40 (-0.26), VBK: 134.37 (-0.98), EWJ: 12.87 (-0.01), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28)
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: 46.09 (-0.68), XLP: 49.96 (-0.19), XLY: 78.85 (-0.47), XLK: 42.59 (-0.09), XLI: 53.60 (-0.50), XLU: 42.29 (-0.64), XLF: 25.36 (-0.22), IYT: 145.53 (-3.11), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28), XLE: 70.87 (-0.06)
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: 55.27 (-0.18), SPLV: 37.67 (-0.21), IWO: 155.90 (-1.34), PGJ: 32.22 (+0.11), XLK: 42.59 (-0.09), PIN: 21.97 (-0.26), VWO: 38.95 (-0.33), XLF: 25.36 (-0.22), USMV: 41.40 (-0.26), VBK: 134.37 (-0.98), EWJ: 12.87 (-0.01), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28)
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: 210.18 (-1.19), QQQ: 112.20 (-0.42), JPM: 69.64 (-0.44), GREK: 10.05 (-0.02), DIA: 177.16 (-1.14), IWM: 123.57 (-1.38), FXE: 107.93 (+0.76), EUO: 25.39 (-0.37), UUP: 25.41 (-0.10), TLT: 121.09 (+1.49), TBT: 46.37 (-1.20), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28)
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: 31.97 (+0.74), IEI: 123.06 (+0.24), OEF: 93.32 (-0.56), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28)
'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: 15.47 (-0.01), DAL: 45.16 (-0.06), HA: 23.25 (-0.84), DB: 33.83 (+0.40), EWP: 34.90 (-0.12), UBS: 22.54 (+0.32), BMY: 68.24 (-1.13), PANW: 197.09 (+4.69), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28), UAL: 56.67 (-0.40), CELG: 139.01 (+0.75), THC: 58.38 (-0.12), IWM: 123.57 (-1.38), IYT: 145.53 (-3.11), FXI: 42.30 (-0.01)
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: 253.84 (+14.92), PFE: 34.78 (-0.10), UNH: 119.33 (-1.28), AET: 112.05 (-1.83), HUM: 184.73 (-1.37), XLV: 76.77 (-0.28), ZTS: 49.85 (-0.17), AGN: 314.95 (-0.40), CI: 154.36 (+3.29), ANTM: 155.21 (+0.11), BRK.B: 142.18 (-1.34), BRK.A: 213,520.00 (-1,860.00), NVS: 103.05 (+1.75)
