Healthcare Select Sector SPDR (XLV) 75.94 $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: 181.59 (+2.70), JNJ: 99.13 (+0.85), IYH: 161.64 (+2.42), GILD: 112.62 (+2.08), ABBV: 70.79 (+1.45), VHT: 142.70 (+2.10), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16)
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: 57.45 (-0.14), XLU: 43.03 (+0.16), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16)
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: 138.40 (+1.04), IYH: 161.64 (+2.42), BRCM: 51.77 (+0.98), XLK: 42.39 (+0.41), SOXX: 88.38 (+2.07), SMH: 52.29 (+1.28), AET: 111.17 (+0.94), XSD: 79.83 (+1.82), AVGO: 128.90 (+4.25), VHT: 142.70 (+2.10), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16), HUM: 184.33 (+0.42)
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: 126.41 (+3.18), GILD: 112.62 (+2.08), AZN: 32.85 (+0.14), AMGN: 173.35 (+7.81), PBYI: 85.53 (+0.84), REGN: 557.32 (+17.29), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16)
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: 75.94 (+1.16)
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: 45.49 (+0.91), GREK: 9.61 (+0.28), IBB: 382.22 (+8.64), EWO: 16.39 (+0.24), TLT: 121.28 (-0.76), EEM: 36.71 (+0.35), XLP: 50.19 (+0.54), SPY: 209.28 (+2.49), ITB: 27.62 (+0.53), IYR: 74.36 (+0.25), XLI: 53.70 (+1.06), SLV: 14.02 (+0.10), FXE: 108.44 (-0.46), XLF: 25.07 (+0.13), GDX: 13.78 (+0.21), JJC: 28.37 (+0.78), XLE: 70.65 (+2.14), FXI: 40.72 (+0.59), USO: 15.91 (+0.26), DBC: 15.98 (+0.15), DBA: 21.58 (+0.25), XLY: 78.94 (+0.68), FXY: 78.55 (-0.21), EZU: 38.57 (+0.47), XLU: 43.03 (+0.16), HAO: 26.65 (+0.54), UUP: 25.29 (+0.04), XRT: 96.80 (+0.47), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16), IEV: 44.41 (+0.58), GLD: 104.95 (+0.09), EPI: 21.60 (+0.08), RSX: 16.77 (+0.25), EFA: 64.19 (+0.77), EWZ: 28.17 (+0.12)
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: 73.70 (+0.90), KBE: 35.94 (+0.02), DVY: 75.60 (+0.70), FDL: 23.17 (+0.26), IYR: 74.36 (+0.25), XLU: 43.03 (+0.16), XLF: 25.07 (+0.13), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16)
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: 181.59 (+2.70), RXL: 77.13 (+2.60), PJP: 81.35 (+1.14), CURE: 41.28 (+1.86), VHT: 142.70 (+2.10), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16)
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: 15.91 (+0.26), EWH: 22.09 (+0.38), PEK: 49.14 (+0.75), KBE: 35.94 (+0.02), CNXT: 43.48 (+1.18), UNG: 13.50 (+0.13), XLU: 43.03 (+0.16), HAO: 26.65 (+0.54), TLT: 121.28 (-0.76), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16), HEDJ: 63.44 (+0.92), KRE: 43.40 (-0.04), EEM: 36.71 (+0.35), IDX: 19.91 (-0.04), EWW: 54.70 (+0.38), EWU: 18.26 (+0.31), PGJ: 30.16 (-0.19), EWA: 20.74 (+0.47), IYR: 74.36 (+0.25), RSX: 16.77 (+0.25), IWM: 121.52 (+0.95), XLF: 25.07 (+0.13), ILF: 26.57 (+0.20), GDX: 13.78 (+0.21), EWZ: 28.16 (+0.11)
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: 54.93 (+0.70), SPLV: 37.68 (+0.29), IWO: 152.82 (+1.35), PGJ: 30.16 (-0.19), XLK: 42.39 (+0.41), PIN: 21.45 (+0.14), VWO: 37.83 (+0.30), XLF: 25.07 (+0.13), USMV: 41.53 (+0.39), VBK: 132.96 (+1.42), EWJ: 12.76 (+0.06), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16)
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: 45.49 (+0.91), XLP: 50.19 (+0.54), XLY: 78.94 (+0.68), XLK: 42.39 (+0.41), XLI: 53.70 (+1.06), XLU: 43.03 (+0.16), XLF: 25.07 (+0.13), IYT: 148.57 (+4.16), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16), XLE: 70.65 (+2.14)
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: 54.93 (+0.70), SPLV: 37.68 (+0.29), IWO: 152.82 (+1.35), PGJ: 30.16 (-0.19), XLK: 42.39 (+0.41), PIN: 21.45 (+0.14), VWO: 37.83 (+0.30), XLF: 25.07 (+0.13), USMV: 41.53 (+0.39), VBK: 132.96 (+1.42), EWJ: 12.76 (+0.06), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16)
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: 209.28 (+2.49), QQQ: 111.21 (+1.03), JPM: 68.02 (+0.01), GREK: 9.61 (+0.28), DIA: 176.10 (+1.87), IWM: 121.52 (+0.95), FXE: 108.44 (-0.46), EUO: 25.11 (+0.20), UUP: 25.29 (+0.04), TLT: 121.28 (-0.76), TBT: 46.23 (+0.58), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16)
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: 30.91 (+0.03), IEI: 123.31 (-0.12), OEF: 93.02 (+1.15), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16)
'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 (+0.43), DAL: 44.82 (+0.89), HA: 22.21 (+0.43), DB: 33.17 (+0.46), EWP: 34.74 (+0.36), UBS: 22.50 (+0.52), BMY: 64.50 (+0.20), PANW: 186.90 (+0.61), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16), UAL: 58.75 (+1.94), CELG: 135.67 (+3.11), THC: 56.65 (+0.23), IWM: 121.52 (+0.95), IYT: 148.57 (+4.16), FXI: 40.72 (+0.59)
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: 258.64 (+1.34), PFE: 35.28 (+0.94), UNH: 120.99 (+3.11), AET: 111.17 (+0.94), HUM: 184.33 (+0.42), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16), ZTS: 48.84 (-0.64), AGN: 337.29 (+10.31), CI: 145.92 (+0.02), ANTM: 153.83 (+2.33), BRK.B: 143.42 (+2.70), BRK.A: 215,100.00 (+4,375.00), NVS: 102.67 (+1.13)
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: 181.59 (+2.70), JNJ: 99.13 (+0.85), IYH: 161.64 (+2.42), GILD: 112.62 (+2.08), ABBV: 70.79 (+1.45), VHT: 142.70 (+2.10), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16)
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: 57.45 (-0.14), XLU: 43.03 (+0.16), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16)
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: 138.40 (+1.04), IYH: 161.64 (+2.42), BRCM: 51.77 (+0.98), XLK: 42.39 (+0.41), SOXX: 88.38 (+2.07), SMH: 52.29 (+1.28), AET: 111.17 (+0.94), XSD: 79.83 (+1.82), AVGO: 128.90 (+4.25), VHT: 142.70 (+2.10), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16), HUM: 184.33 (+0.42)
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: 126.41 (+3.18), GILD: 112.62 (+2.08), AZN: 32.85 (+0.14), AMGN: 173.35 (+7.81), PBYI: 85.53 (+0.84), REGN: 557.32 (+17.29), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16)
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: 75.94 (+1.16)
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: 45.49 (+0.91), GREK: 9.61 (+0.28), IBB: 382.22 (+8.64), EWO: 16.39 (+0.24), TLT: 121.28 (-0.76), EEM: 36.71 (+0.35), XLP: 50.19 (+0.54), SPY: 209.28 (+2.49), ITB: 27.62 (+0.53), IYR: 74.36 (+0.25), XLI: 53.70 (+1.06), SLV: 14.02 (+0.10), FXE: 108.44 (-0.46), XLF: 25.07 (+0.13), GDX: 13.78 (+0.21), JJC: 28.37 (+0.78), XLE: 70.65 (+2.14), FXI: 40.72 (+0.59), USO: 15.91 (+0.26), DBC: 15.98 (+0.15), DBA: 21.58 (+0.25), XLY: 78.94 (+0.68), FXY: 78.55 (-0.21), EZU: 38.57 (+0.47), XLU: 43.03 (+0.16), HAO: 26.65 (+0.54), UUP: 25.29 (+0.04), XRT: 96.80 (+0.47), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16), IEV: 44.41 (+0.58), GLD: 104.95 (+0.09), EPI: 21.60 (+0.08), RSX: 16.77 (+0.25), EFA: 64.19 (+0.77), EWZ: 28.17 (+0.12)
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: 73.70 (+0.90), KBE: 35.94 (+0.02), DVY: 75.60 (+0.70), FDL: 23.17 (+0.26), IYR: 74.36 (+0.25), XLU: 43.03 (+0.16), XLF: 25.07 (+0.13), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16)
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: 181.59 (+2.70), RXL: 77.13 (+2.60), PJP: 81.35 (+1.14), CURE: 41.28 (+1.86), VHT: 142.70 (+2.10), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16)
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: 15.91 (+0.26), EWH: 22.09 (+0.38), PEK: 49.14 (+0.75), KBE: 35.94 (+0.02), CNXT: 43.48 (+1.18), UNG: 13.50 (+0.13), XLU: 43.03 (+0.16), HAO: 26.65 (+0.54), TLT: 121.28 (-0.76), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16), HEDJ: 63.44 (+0.92), KRE: 43.40 (-0.04), EEM: 36.71 (+0.35), IDX: 19.91 (-0.04), EWW: 54.70 (+0.38), EWU: 18.26 (+0.31), PGJ: 30.16 (-0.19), EWA: 20.74 (+0.47), IYR: 74.36 (+0.25), RSX: 16.77 (+0.25), IWM: 121.52 (+0.95), XLF: 25.07 (+0.13), ILF: 26.57 (+0.20), GDX: 13.78 (+0.21), EWZ: 28.16 (+0.11)
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: 54.93 (+0.70), SPLV: 37.68 (+0.29), IWO: 152.82 (+1.35), PGJ: 30.16 (-0.19), XLK: 42.39 (+0.41), PIN: 21.45 (+0.14), VWO: 37.83 (+0.30), XLF: 25.07 (+0.13), USMV: 41.53 (+0.39), VBK: 132.96 (+1.42), EWJ: 12.76 (+0.06), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16)
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: 45.49 (+0.91), XLP: 50.19 (+0.54), XLY: 78.94 (+0.68), XLK: 42.39 (+0.41), XLI: 53.70 (+1.06), XLU: 43.03 (+0.16), XLF: 25.07 (+0.13), IYT: 148.57 (+4.16), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16), XLE: 70.65 (+2.14)
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: 54.93 (+0.70), SPLV: 37.68 (+0.29), IWO: 152.82 (+1.35), PGJ: 30.16 (-0.19), XLK: 42.39 (+0.41), PIN: 21.45 (+0.14), VWO: 37.83 (+0.30), XLF: 25.07 (+0.13), USMV: 41.53 (+0.39), VBK: 132.96 (+1.42), EWJ: 12.76 (+0.06), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16)
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: 209.28 (+2.49), QQQ: 111.21 (+1.03), JPM: 68.02 (+0.01), GREK: 9.61 (+0.28), DIA: 176.10 (+1.87), IWM: 121.52 (+0.95), FXE: 108.44 (-0.46), EUO: 25.11 (+0.20), UUP: 25.29 (+0.04), TLT: 121.28 (-0.76), TBT: 46.23 (+0.58), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16)
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: 30.91 (+0.03), IEI: 123.31 (-0.12), OEF: 93.02 (+1.15), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16)
'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 (+0.43), DAL: 44.82 (+0.89), HA: 22.21 (+0.43), DB: 33.17 (+0.46), EWP: 34.74 (+0.36), UBS: 22.50 (+0.52), BMY: 64.50 (+0.20), PANW: 186.90 (+0.61), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16), UAL: 58.75 (+1.94), CELG: 135.67 (+3.11), THC: 56.65 (+0.23), IWM: 121.52 (+0.95), IYT: 148.57 (+4.16), FXI: 40.72 (+0.59)
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: 258.64 (+1.34), PFE: 35.28 (+0.94), UNH: 120.99 (+3.11), AET: 111.17 (+0.94), HUM: 184.33 (+0.42), XLV: 75.94 (+1.16), ZTS: 48.84 (-0.64), AGN: 337.29 (+10.31), CI: 145.92 (+0.02), ANTM: 153.83 (+2.33), BRK.B: 143.42 (+2.70), BRK.A: 215,100.00 (+4,375.00), NVS: 102.67 (+1.13)
