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.
UA: 97.83 (-0.02), TGT: 81.38 (+0.85), COST: 145.55 (+1.00), SIJ: 41.50 (-1.28), GPS: 36.18 (+0.17), KBH: 15.55 (+0.20), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), TOL: 38.47 (+0.09), ROST: 52.44 (+0.43)
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%...
XLU: 42.92 (-0.15)
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: 57.94 (+0.54), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), XLV: 76.15 (+0.02)
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...
IYK: 108.22 (+0.30), IYJ: 105.03 (+1.07), IYH: 161.96 (-0.14), SCG: 53.28 (-0.02), IYM: 75.20 (+0.46), IYC: 149.10 (+0.67), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), IYF: 92.77 (+0.46), IYE: 40.01 (+0.45), COWN: 5.70 (+0.04), IYZ: 28.10 (+0.24), SPY: 210.23 (+0.90), AES: 12.77 (unch), XHB: 36.89 (+0.29), RJF: 59.12 (+0.65), IAI: 44.13 (+0.40), IDU: 107.03 (-0.32), RCPT: 227.85 (+0.69), BBH: 137.04 (-2.01), REGN: 542.09 (-10.36), IYW: 106.86 (+0.06)
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: 45.69 (+0.18), GREK: 9.61 (-0.05), IBB: 376.06 (-6.78), EWO: 16.30 (-0.07), TLT: 120.76 (-0.39), EEM: 37.11 (+0.38), XLP: 50.35 (+0.14), SPY: 210.23 (+0.90), ITB: 27.83 (+0.33), IYR: 74.15 (-0.10), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), SLV: 14.14 (+0.12), FXE: 108.31 (-0.25), XLF: 25.21 (+0.17), GDX: 13.84 (+0.15), JJC: 28.35 (+0.02), XLE: 71.19 (+0.72), FXI: 41.29 (+0.50), USO: 16.40 (+0.55), DBC: 16.08 (+0.12), DBA: 21.60 (+0.02), XLY: 79.38 (+0.51), FXY: 78.42 (-0.16), EZU: 38.57 (+0.05), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), HAO: 27.27 (+0.61), UUP: 25.31 (+0.04), XRT: 97.38 (+0.72), XLV: 76.15 (+0.02), IEV: 44.55 (+0.13), GLD: 104.96 (-0.06), EPI: 21.76 (+0.19), RSX: 17.33 (+0.54), EFA: 64.40 (+0.18), EWZ: 29.11 (+0.58)
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: 73.83 (+0.10), KBE: 36.08 (+0.10), DVY: 75.92 (+0.29), FDL: 23.26 (+0.09), IYR: 74.15 (-0.10), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), XLF: 25.21 (+0.17), XLV: 76.15 (+0.02)
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: 16.40 (+0.55), EWH: 22.30 (+0.21), PEK: 50.81 (+1.34), KBE: 36.08 (+0.10), CNXT: 45.88 (+2.19), UNG: 13.69 (+0.21), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), HAO: 27.27 (+0.61), TLT: 120.76 (-0.39), XLV: 76.15 (+0.02), HEDJ: 63.67 (+0.27), KRE: 43.53 (+0.03), EEM: 37.11 (+0.38), IDX: 19.93 (unch), EWW: 55.51 (+0.66), EWU: 18.37 (+0.13), PGJ: 30.53 (+0.34), EWA: 20.80 (+0.07), IYR: 74.15 (-0.10), RSX: 17.33 (+0.54), IWM: 121.84 (+0.24), XLF: 25.21 (+0.17), ILF: 27.26 (+0.45), GDX: 13.84 (+0.15), EWZ: 29.11 (+0.58)
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: 45.69 (+0.18), XLP: 50.35 (+0.14), XLY: 79.38 (+0.51), XLK: 42.54 (+0.18), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), XLF: 25.21 (+0.17), IYT: 150.29 (+1.91), XLV: 76.15 (+0.02), XLE: 71.19 (+0.72)
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...
IEF: 105.63 (-0.22), DTUS: 31.66 (+0.23), BUI: 18.24 (-0.08), UPW: 87.15 (-1.38), SDP: 53.30 (+0.28), FXU: 22.42 (-0.06), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), FUTY: 27.47 (-0.06), GUT: 6.10 (+0.02), DTUL: 64.08 (-0.74), RYU: 70.84 (-0.34), UTG: 29.06 (+0.01), IDU: 107.03 (-0.32), SCHO: 50.70 (-0.01), TUZ: 50.95 (-0.03), SHY: 84.80 (-0.03), VPU: 92.71 (-0.25), BIL: 45.70 (unch), SST: 30.26 (+0.03), VGSH: 61.06 (-0.04), SHV: 110.28 (unch)
EPA ruling comes too late, as power companies already spent billions
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 6:37PM CDT
FE: 32.53 (-0.27), DUK: 72.58 (-0.55), BUI: 18.24 (-0.08), UPW: 87.15 (-1.38), SDP: 53.30 (+0.28), FXU: 22.42 (-0.06), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), FUTY: 27.47 (-0.06), GUT: 6.10 (+0.02), RYU: 70.84 (-0.34), AEP: 55.61 (-0.28), UTG: 29.06 (+0.01), IDU: 107.03 (-0.32), DYN: 24.97 (+0.02), VPU: 92.71 (-0.25), NRG: 21.84 (-0.32)
VNQ Share Fall, Yields On REITs Rise As Treasury Yields Fall
ColoradoWealthManagementFund - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 6:12PM CDT
VNQ: 78.19 (-0.07), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15)
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...
SPY: 210.23 (+0.90), VXX: 16.25 (-0.24), GREK: 9.61 (-0.05), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), TLT: 120.76 (-0.39)
Rates tumble, but only marginal relief for REITs; utilities gain
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 10:11AM CDT
FRI: 21.60 (+0.06), SPG: 185.47 (-0.89), BXP: 124.87 (+0.05), WREI: 44.23 (unch), SHO: 14.45 (-0.14), PPS: 56.32 (-0.30), RIF: 19.13 (-0.14), O: 47.55 (+0.13), SCHH: 38.06 (-0.09), DRV: 24.70 (+0.02), REK: 20.40 (unch), JRS: 10.51 (-0.02), RIT: 12.26 (-0.02), IYR: 74.15 (-0.10), DRN: 70.19 (-0.26), URE: 99.88 (-0.35), VNQ: 78.19 (-0.07), RQI: 11.18 (-0.10), SRS: 50.46 (+0.20), MPW: 13.39 (-0.06), RNP: 17.74 (-0.02), DRA: 17.23 (+0.11), HPT: 27.32 (-0.09), CUBE: 25.23 (+0.14), RWR: 88.42 (-0.20), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), FTY: 45.40 (-0.17), ICF: 94.29 (-0.32), NRO: 4.82 (-0.03), RFI: 12.51 (-0.01), FPO: 10.82 (+0.02), OHI: 35.88 (-0.56), PSR: 71.02 (+0.04), KBWY: 31.88 (+0.14), FREL: 22.43 (+0.03)
Opportunities In Utilities For Dividend Investors?
Ploutos - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 7:15AM CDT
XLU: 42.92 (-0.15)
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...
XLB: 45.69 (+0.18), XLP: 50.35 (+0.14), SPY: 210.23 (+0.90), XLY: 79.38 (+0.51), XLK: 42.54 (+0.18), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), XLF: 25.21 (+0.17), XLV: 76.15 (+0.02), XLE: 71.20 (+0.73)
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?...
XLB: 45.69 (+0.18), EWH: 22.30 (+0.21), KBE: 36.08 (+0.10), PEK: 50.81 (+1.34), CNXT: 45.88 (+2.19), GREK: 9.61 (-0.05), FXA: 73.19 (-0.17), TLT: 120.76 (-0.39), EEM: 37.11 (+0.38), XLP: 50.35 (+0.14), SPY: 210.23 (+0.90), ITB: 27.83 (+0.33), EWA: 20.80 (+0.07), IYR: 74.15 (-0.10), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), SLV: 14.14 (+0.12), FXE: 108.31 (-0.25), XLF: 25.21 (+0.17), IYT: 150.29 (+1.91), GDX: 13.84 (+0.15), XLE: 71.20 (+0.73), FXI: 41.29 (+0.50), TIP: 112.03 (-0.03), USO: 16.40 (+0.55), DBB: 13.84 (-0.05), DBC: 16.08 (+0.12), IEF: 105.63 (-0.22), DBA: 21.60 (+0.02), XLY: 79.38 (+0.51), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), HAO: 27.27 (+0.61), UUP: 25.31 (+0.04), XRT: 97.38 (+0.72), IEV: 44.55 (+0.13), LQD: 115.65 (-0.14), GLD: 104.96 (-0.06), EPI: 21.76 (+0.19), RSX: 17.33 (+0.54), EFA: 64.40 (+0.18), EWZ: 29.11 (+0.58)
Ten-year Treasury yield hits 2015 high
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jun 26, 2:43PM CDT
ACAS: 13.21 (+0.06), MDLY: 9.53 (+0.11), PNNT: 7.96 (+0.17), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), BDCS: 21.22 (+0.16), TLT: 120.76 (-0.39), TBT: 46.64 (+0.32), TCRD: 11.93 (+0.80), BDCL: 18.08 (+0.49), FGB: 6.05 (+0.15), FSC: 6.27 (+0.04), IYR: 74.15 (-0.10), BIZD: 16.95 (+0.21), PSEC: 7.15 (+0.03)
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.
XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), IYT: 150.29 (+1.91), XLE: 71.20 (+0.73)
WSJ's Jakab: More utility losses would not be a shocker
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jun 25, 5:15PM CDT
BUI: 18.24 (-0.08), UPW: 87.15 (-1.38), SDP: 53.30 (+0.28), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), FUTY: 27.47 (-0.06), FXU: 22.42 (-0.06), GUT: 6.10 (+0.02), PSCU: 37.47 (+0.22), RYU: 70.84 (-0.34), PUI: 21.35 (-0.03), UTG: 29.06 (+0.01), IDU: 107.03 (-0.32), VPU: 92.71 (-0.25)
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...
XLU: 42.92 (-0.15)