The Trader Daily: Let's Welcome Biotechs to the House of Pain
at The Street - Mon Aug 10, 6:00AM CDT
The bulls can show them around the place.
USO: 12.77 (+0.04), BMRN: 128.10 (+6.96), XBI: 218.99 (+10.78), XLU: 42.78 (+0.75), TLT: 121.93 (-2.40), ACAD: 36.38 (+2.24), SPY: 194.46 (+7.19), ALNY: 102.25 (+6.53), QQQ: 103.03 (+4.94), OPK: 11.39 (+0.69), FCG: 6.00 (+0.20), DIA: 162.66 (+6.17), IWM: 112.48 (+2.79), XME: 18.01 (+0.02), XLE: 61.26 (+2.04)
Don't Be Fooled by Recent Strength in Utilities -- Buy Energy Instead
at The Street - Wed Aug 05, 9:55AM CDT
Utilities offer strong dividend yields, but do they offer much upside from here?
RDS.A: 49.49 (-0.15), TOT: 42.66 (-0.08), BP: 31.10 (+0.39), XLU: 42.78 (+0.75)
The Next Energy Sector Collapse — Coming SOON…
Chris Mayer - Daily Reckoning - Tue Aug 04, 9:14AM CDT
This post The Next Energy Sector Collapse — Coming SOON… appeared first on Daily Reckoning . These days the energy sector is filled with pitfalls. Oil? Natural Gas? Uranium? Coal? These sectors have faced immense pressure over the last few...
XLU: 42.78 (+0.75)
Trade These Turnaround Utility and Transportation Sector ETFs Now
at The Street - Fri Jul 31, 5:00AM CDT
The Utility and Transportation ETFs are ending July with positive weekly charts after being oversold.
XLU: 42.78 (+0.75), IYT: 137.95 (+3.81)
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: 90.76 (+3.74), TGT: 76.84 (+2.90), COST: 138.16 (+5.45), SIJ: 47.11 (-3.00), GPS: 32.84 (+1.13), KBH: 13.94 (+0.32), XLU: 42.78 (+0.75), TOL: 35.98 (+0.90), ROST: 48.93 (+1.71)
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: 42.78 (+0.75)
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: 52.30 (+2.28), XLU: 42.78 (+0.75), XLV: 70.83 (+2.87)
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: 101.38 (+2.81), IYJ: 97.70 (+2.81), IYH: 150.77 (+6.05), SCG: 53.47 (+1.27), IYM: 67.82 (+1.76), IYC: 138.59 (+4.85), XLU: 42.78 (+0.75), IYF: 85.48 (+2.88), IYE: 34.36 (+1.12), COWN: 5.00 (-0.06), IYZ: 28.01 (+0.71), SPY: 194.46 (+7.19), AES: 11.65 (+0.31), XHB: 35.69 (+0.80), RJF: 52.13 (+2.03), IAI: 39.62 (+1.31), IDU: 106.31 (+1.74), RCPT: 231.99 (+0.04), BBH: 126.68 (+6.09), REGN: 535.47 (+36.45), IYW: 98.76 (+4.76)
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: 41.83 (+1.10), GREK: 9.36 (+0.42), IBB: 341.75 (+16.49), EWO: 15.52 (+0.18), TLT: 121.93 (-2.40), EEM: 32.77 (+1.05), XLP: 47.05 (+1.35), SPY: 194.46 (+7.19), ITB: 27.04 (+0.66), IYR: 70.57 (+1.72), XLI: 50.51 (+1.53), SLV: 13.56 (-0.43), FXE: 111.22 (-1.54), XLF: 23.17 (+0.84), GDX: 13.04 (-0.63), JJC: 26.22 (-0.47), XLE: 61.26 (+2.04), FXI: 35.79 (+0.78), USO: 12.77 (+0.04), DBC: 14.41 (-0.09), DBA: 20.68 (-0.09), XLY: 73.80 (+2.70), FXY: 80.97 (-0.69), EZU: 36.12 (+0.82), XLU: 42.78 (+0.75), HAO: 22.87 (+0.73), UUP: 24.86 (+0.30), XRT: 91.34 (+3.19), XLV: 70.83 (+2.87), IEV: 41.46 (+0.68), GLD: 107.67 (-1.49), EPI: 19.50 (+0.54), RSX: 15.22 (+0.55), EFA: 59.78 (+1.38), EWZ: 24.76 (+0.96)
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: 68.91 (+2.63), KBE: 32.80 (+1.19), DVY: 72.00 (+1.53), FDL: 21.96 (+0.62), IYR: 70.57 (+1.72), XLU: 42.78 (+0.75), XLF: 23.17 (+0.84), XLV: 70.83 (+2.87)
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: 12.77 (+0.04), EWH: 19.24 (+0.31), PEK: 37.86 (+0.05), KBE: 32.80 (+1.19), CNXT: 32.62 (-0.49), UNG: 12.74 (-0.03), XLU: 42.78 (+0.75), HAO: 22.87 (+0.73), TLT: 121.93 (-2.40), XLV: 70.83 (+2.87), HEDJ: 57.15 (+2.09), KRE: 39.86 (+1.30), EEM: 32.77 (+1.05), IDX: 16.88 (+0.81), EWW: 50.48 (+1.04), EWU: 16.80 (+0.20), PGJ: 25.68 (+0.15), EWA: 18.88 (+0.51), IYR: 70.57 (+1.72), RSX: 15.22 (+0.55), IWM: 112.48 (+2.79), XLF: 23.17 (+0.84), ILF: 23.83 (+0.76), GDX: 13.04 (-0.63), EWZ: 24.76 (+0.96)
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: 41.83 (+1.10), XLP: 47.05 (+1.35), XLY: 73.80 (+2.70), XLK: 39.60 (+1.90), XLI: 50.51 (+1.53), XLU: 42.78 (+0.75), XLF: 23.17 (+0.84), IYT: 137.95 (+3.81), XLV: 70.83 (+2.87), XLE: 61.26 (+2.04)
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
FE: 32.14 (+0.42), DUK: 71.74 (+1.53), BUI: 17.36 (+0.09), UPW: 85.78 (+2.35), SDP: 53.97 (-0.40), FXU: 22.26 (+0.32), XLU: 42.78 (+0.75), FUTY: 27.18 (+0.46), GUT: 5.97 (-0.04), RYU: 70.22 (+0.97), AEP: 54.01 (+0.99), UTG: 27.00 (+0.25), IDU: 106.31 (+1.74), DYN: 24.22 (+0.29), VPU: 91.81 (+1.53), NRG: 19.07 (+0.17)
VNQ Share Fall, Yields On REITs Rise As Treasury Yields Fall
ColoradoWealthManagementFund - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 6:12PM CDT
VNQ: 74.43 (+1.96), XLU: 42.78 (+0.75)
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: 194.46 (+7.19), VXX: 24.12 (-2.46), GREK: 9.36 (+0.42), XLU: 42.78 (+0.75), TLT: 121.93 (-2.40)
Rates tumble, but only marginal relief for REITs; utilities gain
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 10:11AM CDT
FRI: 20.51 (+0.55), SPG: 181.97 (+4.88), BXP: 113.81 (+5.16), WREI: 41.97 (-0.33), SHO: 13.67 (+0.50), PPS: 55.51 (+1.79), RIF: 18.00 (+0.27), O: 45.47 (+1.00), SCHH: 36.41 (+0.96), DRV: 27.85 (-2.41), REK: 21.51 (-0.40), JRS: 10.20 (+0.20), RIT: 11.63 (+0.23), IYR: 70.57 (+1.72), DRN: 59.59 (+4.31), URE: 90.06 (+4.42), VNQ: 74.43 (+1.96), RQI: 10.64 (+0.20), SRS: 54.94 (-2.96), MPW: 12.03 (+0.21), RNP: 17.09 (+0.39), DRA: 16.51 (+0.04), HPT: 25.69 (+0.85), CUBE: 25.01 (+0.51), RWR: 84.61 (+2.27), XLU: 42.78 (+0.75), FTY: 43.54 (+0.90), ICF: 90.55 (+2.56), NRO: 4.53 (+0.09), RFI: 11.97 (-0.07), FPO: 10.87 (+0.35), OHI: 33.65 (+0.35), PSR: 67.48 (+1.47), KBWY: 29.48 (+0.67), FREL: 21.22 (+0.46)
Opportunities In Utilities For Dividend Investors?
Ploutos - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 7:15AM CDT
XLU: 42.78 (+0.75)
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: 41.83 (+1.10), XLP: 47.05 (+1.35), SPY: 194.46 (+7.19), XLY: 73.80 (+2.70), XLK: 39.60 (+1.90), XLI: 50.51 (+1.53), XLU: 42.78 (+0.75), XLF: 23.17 (+0.84), XLV: 70.83 (+2.87), XLE: 61.26 (+2.04)
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: 41.83 (+1.10), EWH: 19.24 (+0.31), KBE: 32.80 (+1.19), PEK: 37.86 (+0.05), CNXT: 32.62 (-0.49), GREK: 9.36 (+0.42), FXA: 71.20 (-0.21), TLT: 121.93 (-2.40), EEM: 32.77 (+1.05), XLP: 47.05 (+1.35), SPY: 194.46 (+7.19), ITB: 27.04 (+0.66), EWA: 18.88 (+0.51), IYR: 70.57 (+1.72), XLI: 50.51 (+1.53), SLV: 13.56 (-0.43), FXE: 111.22 (-1.54), XLF: 23.17 (+0.84), IYT: 137.95 (+3.81), GDX: 13.04 (-0.63), XLE: 61.26 (+2.04), FXI: 35.79 (+0.78), TIP: 110.82 (-0.67), USO: 12.77 (+0.04), DBB: 12.51 (-0.19), DBC: 14.41 (-0.09), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), DBA: 20.68 (-0.09), XLY: 73.80 (+2.70), XLU: 42.78 (+0.75), HAO: 22.87 (+0.73), UUP: 24.86 (+0.30), XRT: 91.34 (+3.19), IEV: 41.46 (+0.68), LQD: 115.03 (-0.07), GLD: 107.67 (-1.49), EPI: 19.50 (+0.54), RSX: 15.22 (+0.55), EFA: 59.78 (+1.38), EWZ: 24.76 (+0.96)