Latest Economic Figures Don't Look Pretty
at The Street - Wed Jul 15, 4:00PM CDT
Forget Greece's woes, signs are pointing to big U.S. problems.
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Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund Experiences Big Inflow
ETFChannel.com - Wed Jul 15, 9:54AM CDT
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund where we have detected an approximate $255.5 million dollar inflow -- that's a 4.3%...
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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.
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Bulls Prepare For A New Buying Opportunity, Courtesy Of Greece
Scott Martindale - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jul 07, 12:27AM CDT
Of course, all eyes have been on Greece in an ongoing saga that, although critical to the Greeks, is mostly just an annoying distraction for global investors -- partly because it has been going on for so many years, with the proverbial can of...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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Taper Tantrum II: Another Fixed-Income Buying Opportunity?
George Kiraly Jr. - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 9:52PM CDT
Another buying opportunity may have arrived for fixed income investors. If you haven't noticed, a bond rout is on! The last great buying opportunity for fixed income securities occurred during the May through October timeframe in 2013. Yields on the...
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EPA ruling comes too late, as power companies already spent billions
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 6:37PM CDT
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VNQ Share Fall, Yields On REITs Rise As Treasury Yields Fall
ColoradoWealthManagementFund - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 6:12PM CDT
VNQ: 78.21 (+0.14), XLU: 42.87 (+0.54)
Is All Hell About To Break Loose?
Michael A. Gayed, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 10:12AM CDT
"Hell is empty and all the devils are here." - William Shakespeare News is coming across fast and furious, as the once unthinkable appears now very likely to happen. The European Central Bank has publicly come out saying that a Greek bank holiday is...
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Rates tumble, but only marginal relief for REITs; utilities gain
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 10:11AM CDT
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Opportunities In Utilities For Dividend Investors?
Ploutos - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 7:15AM CDT
XLU: 42.87 (+0.54)
S&P 500 Sector P/E Ratio Charts
Bespoke Investment Group - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jun 28, 3:42AM CDT
Below is an updated look at our sector valuation charts, using trailing 12-month P/E ratios. The S&P 500′s P/E ratio has gone sideways around the 18.5 level for the past few months as the market has gone nowhere. The last time we...
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Another Greek Weekend Ahead
David Fry - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jun 27, 1:38AM CDT
It's not a leap to suggest investors are nervous about another Greek weekend ahead to break the negotiating stand-off. Each side states they don't want to be blackmailed which is more bluster for the home audience. Will some settlement be achieved?...
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Ten-year Treasury yield hits 2015 high
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jun 26, 2:43PM CDT
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The Trader Daily: Is Choppy Trading Driving You Nuts? Step Away From the Market
at The Street - Fri Jun 26, 6:00AM CDT
Don't wear yourself out trying to navigate a tiring market.
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WSJ's Jakab: More utility losses would not be a shocker
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jun 25, 5:15PM CDT
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What's The Matter With Utilities Stocks?
Adam Freedman - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jun 25, 3:18PM CDT
Originally published on Jun 3, 2015 2015 has so far been a middling year for the stock market, with the S&P 500 index of large US stocks up slightly since the start of the year. But one sector of the market has stood out: utilities have been by...
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