Healthcare Select Sector SPDR (XLV) 74.78 $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: 178.89 (-0.96), JNJ: 98.28 (-0.87), IYH: 159.22 (-0.22), GILD: 110.54 (-2.29), ABBV: 69.34 (+1.26), VHT: 140.60 (-0.46), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07)
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: 57.59 (-0.19), XLU: 42.87 (+0.54), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07)
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: 137.36 (-0.93), IYH: 159.22 (-0.22), BRCM: 50.79 (-0.74), XLK: 41.98 (-0.38), SOXX: 86.31 (-0.64), SMH: 51.01 (-0.20), AET: 110.23 (+0.23), XSD: 78.01 (-0.87), AVGO: 124.65 (-3.83), VHT: 140.60 (-0.46), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07), HUM: 183.91 (+2.15)
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: 123.23 (-2.27), GILD: 110.54 (-2.29), AZN: 32.71 (-33.05), AMGN: 165.54 (+6.95), PBYI: 84.69 (-4.60), REGN: 540.03 (-1.82), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07)
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: 74.78 (-0.07)
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: 44.58 (-0.50), GREK: 9.33 (-0.42), IBB: 373.58 (-4.00), EWO: 16.15 (-0.15), TLT: 122.04 (+0.65), EEM: 36.36 (-0.70), XLP: 49.65 (-0.03), SPY: 206.79 (-1.21), ITB: 27.09 (-0.08), IYR: 74.11 (+0.16), XLI: 52.64 (-0.26), SLV: 13.92 (-0.10), FXE: 108.90 (+1.15), XLF: 24.94 (-0.18), GDX: 13.57 (-0.51), JJC: 27.59 (-0.54), XLE: 68.51 (-1.00), FXI: 40.13 (-1.61), USO: 15.65 (-0.38), DBC: 15.83 (-0.31), DBA: 21.33 (-0.37), XLY: 78.26 (-0.59), FXY: 78.76 (+0.35), EZU: 38.10 (-0.35), XLU: 42.87 (+0.54), HAO: 26.11 (-1.99), UUP: 25.25 (-0.20), XRT: 96.33 (-0.81), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07), IEV: 43.83 (-0.35), GLD: 104.86 (-0.49), EPI: 21.52 (-0.41), RSX: 16.52 (-0.43), EFA: 63.42 (-0.47), EWZ: 28.05 (-0.45)
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: 72.80 (-0.57), KBE: 35.92 (-0.40), DVY: 74.90 (+0.06), FDL: 22.91 (+0.03), IYR: 74.11 (+0.16), XLU: 42.87 (+0.54), XLF: 24.94 (-0.18), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07)
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: 178.89 (-0.96), RXL: 74.53 (-0.46), PJP: 80.21 (-0.27), CURE: 39.42 (-0.14), VHT: 140.60 (-0.46), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07)
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: 15.65 (-0.38), EWH: 21.71 (-0.60), PEK: 48.39 (-5.25), KBE: 35.92 (-0.40), CNXT: 42.30 (-5.56), UNG: 13.37 (+0.02), XLU: 42.87 (+0.54), HAO: 26.11 (-1.99), TLT: 122.04 (+0.65), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07), HEDJ: 62.52 (-1.20), KRE: 43.44 (-0.35), EEM: 36.36 (-0.70), IDX: 19.95 (-0.46), EWW: 54.32 (-0.67), EWU: 17.95 (-0.08), PGJ: 30.35 (-1.22), EWA: 20.27 (+0.05), IYR: 74.11 (+0.16), RSX: 16.52 (-0.43), IWM: 120.57 (-1.01), XLF: 24.94 (-0.18), ILF: 26.37 (-0.40), GDX: 13.57 (-0.51), EWZ: 28.05 (-0.45)
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: 54.23 (-0.42), SPLV: 37.39 (-0.08), IWO: 151.47 (-1.75), PGJ: 30.35 (-1.22), XLK: 41.98 (-0.38), PIN: 21.31 (-0.43), VWO: 37.53 (-0.86), XLF: 24.94 (-0.18), USMV: 41.14 (-0.11), VBK: 131.54 (-1.27), EWJ: 12.70 (-0.05), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07)
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: 44.58 (-0.50), XLP: 49.65 (-0.03), XLY: 78.26 (-0.59), XLK: 41.98 (-0.38), XLI: 52.64 (-0.26), XLU: 42.87 (+0.54), XLF: 24.94 (-0.18), IYT: 144.41 (-0.22), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07), XLE: 68.51 (-1.00)
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: 54.23 (-0.42), SPLV: 37.39 (-0.08), IWO: 151.47 (-1.75), PGJ: 30.35 (-1.22), XLK: 41.98 (-0.38), PIN: 21.31 (-0.43), VWO: 37.53 (-0.86), XLF: 24.94 (-0.18), USMV: 41.14 (-0.11), VBK: 131.54 (-1.27), EWJ: 12.70 (-0.05), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07)
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: 206.79 (-1.21), QQQ: 110.18 (-0.92), JPM: 68.01 (-0.90), GREK: 9.33 (-0.42), DIA: 174.23 (-1.29), IWM: 120.57 (-1.01), FXE: 108.90 (+1.15), EUO: 24.91 (-0.55), UUP: 25.25 (-0.20), TLT: 122.04 (+0.65), TBT: 45.65 (-0.48), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07)
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: 30.88 (-0.88), IEI: 123.43 (+0.30), OEF: 91.87 (-0.46), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07)
'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: 15.04 (-0.31), DAL: 43.93 (-0.17), HA: 21.78 (-0.64), DB: 32.71 (-0.51), EWP: 34.38 (unch), UBS: 21.98 (-0.34), BMY: 64.30 (-1.68), PANW: 186.29 (-10.59), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07), UAL: 56.81 (+0.32), CELG: 132.56 (-2.34), THC: 56.42 (-1.19), IWM: 120.57 (-1.01), IYT: 144.41 (-0.22), FXI: 40.13 (-1.61)
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: 257.30 (+5.38), PFE: 34.34 (+0.08), UNH: 117.88 (-0.06), AET: 110.23 (+0.23), HUM: 183.91 (+2.15), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07), ZTS: 49.48 (-0.01), AGN: 326.98 (+18.77), CI: 145.90 (+0.18), ANTM: 151.50 (+0.64), BRK.B: 140.72 (-0.53), BRK.A: 210,725.00 (-1,307.30), NVS: 101.54 (-0.26)
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: 178.89 (-0.96), JNJ: 98.28 (-0.87), IYH: 159.22 (-0.22), GILD: 110.54 (-2.29), ABBV: 69.34 (+1.26), VHT: 140.60 (-0.46), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07)
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: 57.59 (-0.19), XLU: 42.87 (+0.54), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07)
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: 137.36 (-0.93), IYH: 159.22 (-0.22), BRCM: 50.79 (-0.74), XLK: 41.98 (-0.38), SOXX: 86.31 (-0.64), SMH: 51.01 (-0.20), AET: 110.23 (+0.23), XSD: 78.01 (-0.87), AVGO: 124.65 (-3.83), VHT: 140.60 (-0.46), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07), HUM: 183.91 (+2.15)
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: 123.23 (-2.27), GILD: 110.54 (-2.29), AZN: 32.71 (-33.05), AMGN: 165.54 (+6.95), PBYI: 84.69 (-4.60), REGN: 540.03 (-1.82), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07)
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: 74.78 (-0.07)
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: 44.58 (-0.50), GREK: 9.33 (-0.42), IBB: 373.58 (-4.00), EWO: 16.15 (-0.15), TLT: 122.04 (+0.65), EEM: 36.36 (-0.70), XLP: 49.65 (-0.03), SPY: 206.79 (-1.21), ITB: 27.09 (-0.08), IYR: 74.11 (+0.16), XLI: 52.64 (-0.26), SLV: 13.92 (-0.10), FXE: 108.90 (+1.15), XLF: 24.94 (-0.18), GDX: 13.57 (-0.51), JJC: 27.59 (-0.54), XLE: 68.51 (-1.00), FXI: 40.13 (-1.61), USO: 15.65 (-0.38), DBC: 15.83 (-0.31), DBA: 21.33 (-0.37), XLY: 78.26 (-0.59), FXY: 78.76 (+0.35), EZU: 38.10 (-0.35), XLU: 42.87 (+0.54), HAO: 26.11 (-1.99), UUP: 25.25 (-0.20), XRT: 96.33 (-0.81), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07), IEV: 43.83 (-0.35), GLD: 104.86 (-0.49), EPI: 21.52 (-0.41), RSX: 16.52 (-0.43), EFA: 63.42 (-0.47), EWZ: 28.05 (-0.45)
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: 72.80 (-0.57), KBE: 35.92 (-0.40), DVY: 74.90 (+0.06), FDL: 22.91 (+0.03), IYR: 74.11 (+0.16), XLU: 42.87 (+0.54), XLF: 24.94 (-0.18), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07)
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: 178.89 (-0.96), RXL: 74.53 (-0.46), PJP: 80.21 (-0.27), CURE: 39.42 (-0.14), VHT: 140.60 (-0.46), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07)
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: 15.65 (-0.38), EWH: 21.71 (-0.60), PEK: 48.39 (-5.25), KBE: 35.92 (-0.40), CNXT: 42.30 (-5.56), UNG: 13.37 (+0.02), XLU: 42.87 (+0.54), HAO: 26.11 (-1.99), TLT: 122.04 (+0.65), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07), HEDJ: 62.52 (-1.20), KRE: 43.44 (-0.35), EEM: 36.36 (-0.70), IDX: 19.95 (-0.46), EWW: 54.32 (-0.67), EWU: 17.95 (-0.08), PGJ: 30.35 (-1.22), EWA: 20.27 (+0.05), IYR: 74.11 (+0.16), RSX: 16.52 (-0.43), IWM: 120.57 (-1.01), XLF: 24.94 (-0.18), ILF: 26.37 (-0.40), GDX: 13.57 (-0.51), EWZ: 28.05 (-0.45)
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: 54.23 (-0.42), SPLV: 37.39 (-0.08), IWO: 151.47 (-1.75), PGJ: 30.35 (-1.22), XLK: 41.98 (-0.38), PIN: 21.31 (-0.43), VWO: 37.53 (-0.86), XLF: 24.94 (-0.18), USMV: 41.14 (-0.11), VBK: 131.54 (-1.27), EWJ: 12.70 (-0.05), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07)
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: 44.58 (-0.50), XLP: 49.65 (-0.03), XLY: 78.26 (-0.59), XLK: 41.98 (-0.38), XLI: 52.64 (-0.26), XLU: 42.87 (+0.54), XLF: 24.94 (-0.18), IYT: 144.41 (-0.22), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07), XLE: 68.51 (-1.00)
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: 54.23 (-0.42), SPLV: 37.39 (-0.08), IWO: 151.47 (-1.75), PGJ: 30.35 (-1.22), XLK: 41.98 (-0.38), PIN: 21.31 (-0.43), VWO: 37.53 (-0.86), XLF: 24.94 (-0.18), USMV: 41.14 (-0.11), VBK: 131.54 (-1.27), EWJ: 12.70 (-0.05), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07)
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: 206.79 (-1.21), QQQ: 110.18 (-0.92), JPM: 68.01 (-0.90), GREK: 9.33 (-0.42), DIA: 174.23 (-1.29), IWM: 120.57 (-1.01), FXE: 108.90 (+1.15), EUO: 24.91 (-0.55), UUP: 25.25 (-0.20), TLT: 122.04 (+0.65), TBT: 45.65 (-0.48), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07)
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: 30.88 (-0.88), IEI: 123.43 (+0.30), OEF: 91.87 (-0.46), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07)
'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: 15.04 (-0.31), DAL: 43.93 (-0.17), HA: 21.78 (-0.64), DB: 32.71 (-0.51), EWP: 34.38 (unch), UBS: 21.98 (-0.34), BMY: 64.30 (-1.68), PANW: 186.29 (-10.59), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07), UAL: 56.81 (+0.32), CELG: 132.56 (-2.34), THC: 56.42 (-1.19), IWM: 120.57 (-1.01), IYT: 144.41 (-0.22), FXI: 40.13 (-1.61)
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: 257.30 (+5.38), PFE: 34.34 (+0.08), UNH: 117.88 (-0.06), AET: 110.23 (+0.23), HUM: 183.91 (+2.15), XLV: 74.78 (-0.07), ZTS: 49.48 (-0.01), AGN: 326.98 (+18.77), CI: 145.90 (+0.18), ANTM: 151.50 (+0.64), BRK.B: 140.72 (-0.53), BRK.A: 210,725.00 (-1,307.30), NVS: 101.54 (-0.26)
