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.
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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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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.
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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...
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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: 76.16 (+0.03)
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...
MTUM: 73.83 (+0.10), KBE: 36.08 (+0.10), DVY: 75.92 (+0.29), FDL: 23.26 (+0.09), IYR: 74.17 (-0.08), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), XLF: 25.22 (+0.18), XLV: 76.16 (+0.03)
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: 180.80 (-1.39), RXL: 77.29 (-0.09), PJP: 80.99 (-0.65), CURE: 41.60 (unch), VHT: 142.82 (-0.26), XLV: 76.16 (+0.03)
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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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: 55.13 (+0.18), SPLV: 37.87 (+0.13), IWO: 152.77 (-0.18), PGJ: 30.53 (+0.34), XLK: 42.54 (+0.18), PIN: 21.62 (+0.15), VWO: 38.27 (+0.38), XLF: 25.22 (+0.18), USMV: 41.69 (+0.12), VBK: 133.30 (+0.31), EWJ: 12.77 (+0.01), XLV: 76.16 (+0.03)
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: 54.16 (+0.50), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), XLF: 25.22 (+0.18), IYT: 150.29 (+1.91), XLV: 76.16 (+0.03), XLE: 71.22 (+0.75)
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.
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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: 210.26 (+0.93), QQQ: 111.33 (+0.20), JPM: 68.86 (+0.81), GREK: 9.61 (-0.05), DIA: 177.04 (+0.93), IWM: 121.87 (+0.27), FXE: 108.31 (-0.25), EUO: 25.18 (+0.11), UUP: 25.31 (+0.04), TLT: 120.78 (-0.37), TBT: 46.62 (+0.30), XLV: 76.16 (+0.03)
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: 30.36 (-0.64), IEI: 123.15 (-0.17), OEF: 93.53 (+0.49), XLV: 76.16 (+0.03)
'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.
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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.
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