Healthcare Select Sector SPDR (XLV) 67.41 $XLV
Last Month's Best Healthcare ETF
Brian Feroldi, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Mar 05, 7:00AM CST
Source: Unsplash via Pixabay. February proved to be another roller-coaster month for investors. The S&P 500 cratered in the first few trading days of the month, shedding more than 5.5% of its value at its lowest point, but then it came...
AGN: 288.67 (-0.95), GILD: 87.21 (-0.62), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16)
5 Revenant Sectors Echo Leo's Oscar-Winning Performance
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Mar 04, 2:30PM CST
Like the determined Hugh Glass, these sectors stood up to escape a bear market following massive sell-offs at the start of the year and register solid gains over the past month.
AMZN: 575.14 (-2.35), UNH: 121.80 (-0.02), XLY: 76.72 (-0.07), DIS: 98.48 (-0.34), IBB: 263.13 (-1.11), XOM: 82.29 (-0.11), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16), JPM: 60.05 (+0.09), MRK: 52.08 (-0.02), DD: 63.18 (+1.27), XLFS: 28.45 (+0.13), BRK.B: 137.97 (+1.13), CVX: 87.93 (+0.40), DOW: 50.29 (+0.69)
Trump, Clinton Race Ahead: ETFs in Contest
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Mar 04, 9:57AM CST
Trump and Clinton have their individual policies and goals in place for the betterment of the economy that are likely to influence the global stock markets and the ETF world.
IHF: 118.88 (-0.71), XLP: 52.04 (+0.22), VDC: 132.59 (+0.62), QCLN: 14.48 (-0.03), XOP: 28.95 (+1.08), FCG: 4.28 (+0.27), ITA: 114.66 (+0.72), IYR: 74.45 (+0.20), WIL: 47.84 (unch), TAN: 24.12 (+0.27), PPA: 34.49 (+0.10), VNQ: 79.87 (+0.01), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16)
J&J, Pfizer, Merck, UnitedHealth -- Buy Them, Not the Health Care ETF
at The Street - Fri Mar 04, 7:13AM CST
These brand-name stocks are outperforming the exchange-traded fund.
JNJ: 106.50 (-0.15), UNH: 121.80 (-0.02), MRK: 52.08 (-0.02), PFE: 29.71 (-0.18), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16)
Earnings: A Miracle? Or A Mirage?
Miles Hoffman - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 19, 5:39PM CST
XTL: 55.73 (-0.04), XLB: 43.46 (+0.50), XLP: 52.04 (+0.22), XLY: 76.72 (-0.07), OIL: 5.17 (+0.20), XLK: 42.42 (+0.11), MCD: 117.18 (+0.49), XLI: 53.78 (+0.22), XLU: 47.11 (+0.52), XLF: 22.28 (+0.09), XLE: 60.96 (+0.58), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16)
It's Time To Buy Stocks
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 19, 2:22PM CST
USO: 9.65 (+0.40), XLB: 43.46 (+0.50), VXX: 21.86 (+0.27), XLU: 47.11 (+0.52), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16), VTI: 102.07 (+0.35), XLP: 52.04 (+0.22), SPY: 200.43 (+0.65), QQQ: 105.67 (+0.04), GLD: 120.54 (-0.19), DIA: 170.02 (+0.67), XLK: 42.42 (+0.11), IWM: 107.72 (+0.59), XLI: 53.78 (+0.22), XLF: 22.28 (+0.09), XLE: 60.96 (+0.58)
Dow Falls Into Red After Disney Wipes Out Gains
at The Street - Wed Feb 10, 1:52PM CST
Stocks are mixed as a dovish Federal Reserve boosts the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, while disappointing earnings from Disney help turn the Dow Jones Industrial Average lower.
FIT: 12.86 (+0.39), AMZN: 575.14 (-2.35), MDT: 75.61 (+0.69), FB: 108.39 (-1.19), DIS: 98.48 (-0.34), DB: 19.65 (+0.14), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16), TWX: 68.81 (-0.01), GILD: 87.21 (-0.62), AZN: 28.87 (+0.13), XLK: 42.42 (+0.11), MSFT: 52.03 (-0.32), CRM: 71.06 (+0.26), APC: 45.26 (+2.28)
Fasten Your Seatbelts: More Craziness in the Week Ahead
at The Street - Sun Feb 07, 6:12PM CST
The New Hampshire slugfest, China's week-long break for 'The Year of the Monkey,' Janet Yellen's grilling before Congress ... buckle-up for another bumpy ride in the week ahead.
ACHC: 58.80 (-0.88), TSLA: 201.04 (+5.30), KKR: 13.42 (+0.44), MOH: 63.93 (-0.93), TWX: 68.81 (-0.01), HUM: 183.25 (+0.03), PEP: 100.00 (+0.84), PBS: 23.87 (+0.06), ON: 8.87 (-0.07), ATVI: 31.19 (-0.33), AMSC: 7.41 (-0.14), FOXA: 27.80 (-0.04), XLK: 42.42 (+0.11), QLYS: 26.35 (-0.25), TWTR: 19.36 (+0.05), CSCO: 26.80 (-0.07), MLM: 147.85 (-0.58), KO: 44.11 (+0.15), RAI: 51.71 (+0.45), EZCH: 25.49 (+0.04), ITT: 37.21 (+0.66), MT: 4.85 (+0.11), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16), LPNT: 65.67 (-0.23), CVS: 99.28 (-0.10), TEVA: 55.62 (+0.02), CTSH: 57.74 (-0.06), VIAB: 38.82 (-0.20)
Can Boston Scientific Maintain Its Growth Momentum?
at The Street - Mon Feb 01, 6:15AM CST
Investors would be better served to focus on the value the company is working to create and less on the near-term macro headwinds
BSX: 17.44 (+0.03), VHT: 122.45 (-0.18), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16)
Will Obamacare Fail in 2016? Here are 3 Stocks Set to Benefit if it Does
Cheryl Swanson, Sean Williams, and Todd Campbell, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jan 30, 6:41AM CST
Courtesy of Flickr, Creative Commons No matter what you think of Affordable Care Act, there's no denying that healthcare has been a high-flying sector since the law took effect. No major index of large cap stocks has packed more punch since...
MDT: 75.61 (+0.69), UNH: 121.80 (-0.02), AON: 98.93 (+0.71), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16)
'The Market Doesn't Know Where It's Headed'
at The Street - Thu Jan 28, 3:02PM CST
It was an unsettled session in which stocks rallied then tumbled then coasted to close out near session highs.
GILD: 87.21 (-0.62), FB: 108.39 (-1.19), MRK: 52.08 (-0.02), PFE: 29.71 (-0.18), COP: 41.12 (+2.56), XOM: 82.29 (-0.11), XRX: 10.50 (+0.10), BMY: 64.71 (-0.29), CVX: 87.93 (+0.40), SLB: 74.83 (-0.02), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16), CELG: 102.51 (-0.22), XLE: 60.96 (+0.58)
Stocks Back Near Highs in Unsettled Session
at The Street - Thu Jan 28, 1:23PM CST
Stocks are back near highs by Thursday afternoon as a rally in energy stocks offsets a selloff in the health care sector.
FB: 108.39 (-1.19), PFE: 29.71 (-0.18), XOM: 82.29 (-0.11), COP: 41.12 (+2.56), DB: 19.65 (+0.14), LLY: 73.60 (+0.35), PYPL: 39.04 (+0.02), BMY: 64.71 (-0.29), SLB: 74.83 (-0.02), CELG: 102.51 (-0.22), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16), UA: 84.00 (+0.91), EBAY: 24.41 (+0.47), GILD: 87.21 (-0.62), MRK: 52.08 (-0.02), CVX: 87.93 (+0.40), XLE: 60.96 (+0.58)
Stocks Back to Positive as Energy Trumps Health Care
at The Street - Thu Jan 28, 10:16AM CST
Stocks recover to positive territory by late morning Thursday as a rally in energy stocks overshadows a selloff in the health care sector.
F: 13.59 (+0.05), FB: 108.39 (-1.19), PFE: 29.71 (-0.18), COP: 41.12 (+2.56), XOM: 82.29 (-0.11), DB: 19.65 (+0.14), PYPL: 39.04 (+0.02), BMY: 64.71 (-0.29), SLB: 74.83 (-0.02), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16), UA: 84.00 (+0.91), EBAY: 24.41 (+0.47), GILD: 87.21 (-0.62), QCOM: 52.66 (+0.28), MRK: 52.08 (-0.02), CAT: 72.84 (+1.09), CVX: 87.93 (+0.40), SNDK: 75.84 (+0.12), XLE: 60.96 (+0.58)
J&J Earnings Beat Fails to Cheer Healthcare ETFs
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Jan 28, 9:34AM CST
The rally in Johnson & Johnson shares post Q4 results failed to spur the healthcare ETFs.
IHE: 138.98 (-0.98), JNJ: 106.50 (-0.15), IYH: 139.40 (-0.28), VHT: 122.45 (-0.18), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16)
How Johnson & Johnson Can Restore Your Portfolio's Health
at The Street - Fri Jan 22, 4:58AM CST
Given Johnson & Johnson's broad reach in the diversified health care market, J&J stock belongs on your health care watch list.
JNJ: 106.50 (-0.15), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16)
3 Healthcare Stocks That Actually Gained Ground Last Week
Todd Campbell, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jan 20, 4:00PM CST
Image source: Flickr user stockmonkeys.com. Despite the industry-moving J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference being held earlier this month, the Healthcare Select Sector SPDR ETF has dropped more than 7% this year, including a 1.7% tumble last week....
ISRG: 570.65 (-3.39), CI: 138.94 (-1.49), ANTM: 132.35 (-0.62), ESRX: 71.69 (-0.71), UNH: 121.80 (-0.02), ABBV: 56.15 (+0.22), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16)
Last Month's Best Healthcare ETF
Brian Feroldi, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Mar 05, 7:00AM CST
Source: Unsplash via Pixabay. February proved to be another roller-coaster month for investors. The S&P 500 cratered in the first few trading days of the month, shedding more than 5.5% of its value at its lowest point, but then it came...
AGN: 288.67 (-0.95), GILD: 87.21 (-0.62), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16)
5 Revenant Sectors Echo Leo's Oscar-Winning Performance
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Mar 04, 2:30PM CST
Like the determined Hugh Glass, these sectors stood up to escape a bear market following massive sell-offs at the start of the year and register solid gains over the past month.
AMZN: 575.14 (-2.35), UNH: 121.80 (-0.02), XLY: 76.72 (-0.07), DIS: 98.48 (-0.34), IBB: 263.13 (-1.11), XOM: 82.29 (-0.11), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16), JPM: 60.05 (+0.09), MRK: 52.08 (-0.02), DD: 63.18 (+1.27), XLFS: 28.45 (+0.13), BRK.B: 137.97 (+1.13), CVX: 87.93 (+0.40), DOW: 50.29 (+0.69)
Trump, Clinton Race Ahead: ETFs in Contest
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Mar 04, 9:57AM CST
Trump and Clinton have their individual policies and goals in place for the betterment of the economy that are likely to influence the global stock markets and the ETF world.
IHF: 118.88 (-0.71), XLP: 52.04 (+0.22), VDC: 132.59 (+0.62), QCLN: 14.48 (-0.03), XOP: 28.95 (+1.08), FCG: 4.28 (+0.27), ITA: 114.66 (+0.72), IYR: 74.45 (+0.20), WIL: 47.84 (unch), TAN: 24.12 (+0.27), PPA: 34.49 (+0.10), VNQ: 79.87 (+0.01), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16)
J&J, Pfizer, Merck, UnitedHealth -- Buy Them, Not the Health Care ETF
at The Street - Fri Mar 04, 7:13AM CST
These brand-name stocks are outperforming the exchange-traded fund.
JNJ: 106.50 (-0.15), UNH: 121.80 (-0.02), MRK: 52.08 (-0.02), PFE: 29.71 (-0.18), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16)
Earnings: A Miracle? Or A Mirage?
Miles Hoffman - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 19, 5:39PM CST
XTL: 55.73 (-0.04), XLB: 43.46 (+0.50), XLP: 52.04 (+0.22), XLY: 76.72 (-0.07), OIL: 5.17 (+0.20), XLK: 42.42 (+0.11), MCD: 117.18 (+0.49), XLI: 53.78 (+0.22), XLU: 47.11 (+0.52), XLF: 22.28 (+0.09), XLE: 60.96 (+0.58), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16)
It's Time To Buy Stocks
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 19, 2:22PM CST
USO: 9.65 (+0.40), XLB: 43.46 (+0.50), VXX: 21.86 (+0.27), XLU: 47.11 (+0.52), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16), VTI: 102.07 (+0.35), XLP: 52.04 (+0.22), SPY: 200.43 (+0.65), QQQ: 105.67 (+0.04), GLD: 120.54 (-0.19), DIA: 170.02 (+0.67), XLK: 42.42 (+0.11), IWM: 107.72 (+0.59), XLI: 53.78 (+0.22), XLF: 22.28 (+0.09), XLE: 60.96 (+0.58)
Dow Falls Into Red After Disney Wipes Out Gains
at The Street - Wed Feb 10, 1:52PM CST
Stocks are mixed as a dovish Federal Reserve boosts the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, while disappointing earnings from Disney help turn the Dow Jones Industrial Average lower.
FIT: 12.86 (+0.39), AMZN: 575.14 (-2.35), MDT: 75.61 (+0.69), FB: 108.39 (-1.19), DIS: 98.48 (-0.34), DB: 19.65 (+0.14), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16), TWX: 68.81 (-0.01), GILD: 87.21 (-0.62), AZN: 28.87 (+0.13), XLK: 42.42 (+0.11), MSFT: 52.03 (-0.32), CRM: 71.06 (+0.26), APC: 45.26 (+2.28)
Fasten Your Seatbelts: More Craziness in the Week Ahead
at The Street - Sun Feb 07, 6:12PM CST
The New Hampshire slugfest, China's week-long break for 'The Year of the Monkey,' Janet Yellen's grilling before Congress ... buckle-up for another bumpy ride in the week ahead.
ACHC: 58.80 (-0.88), TSLA: 201.04 (+5.30), KKR: 13.42 (+0.44), MOH: 63.93 (-0.93), TWX: 68.81 (-0.01), HUM: 183.25 (+0.03), PEP: 100.00 (+0.84), PBS: 23.87 (+0.06), ON: 8.87 (-0.07), ATVI: 31.19 (-0.33), AMSC: 7.41 (-0.14), FOXA: 27.80 (-0.04), XLK: 42.42 (+0.11), QLYS: 26.35 (-0.25), TWTR: 19.36 (+0.05), CSCO: 26.80 (-0.07), MLM: 147.85 (-0.58), KO: 44.11 (+0.15), RAI: 51.71 (+0.45), EZCH: 25.49 (+0.04), ITT: 37.21 (+0.66), MT: 4.85 (+0.11), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16), LPNT: 65.67 (-0.23), CVS: 99.28 (-0.10), TEVA: 55.62 (+0.02), CTSH: 57.74 (-0.06), VIAB: 38.82 (-0.20)
Can Boston Scientific Maintain Its Growth Momentum?
at The Street - Mon Feb 01, 6:15AM CST
Investors would be better served to focus on the value the company is working to create and less on the near-term macro headwinds
BSX: 17.44 (+0.03), VHT: 122.45 (-0.18), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16)
Will Obamacare Fail in 2016? Here are 3 Stocks Set to Benefit if it Does
Cheryl Swanson, Sean Williams, and Todd Campbell, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jan 30, 6:41AM CST
Courtesy of Flickr, Creative Commons No matter what you think of Affordable Care Act, there's no denying that healthcare has been a high-flying sector since the law took effect. No major index of large cap stocks has packed more punch since...
MDT: 75.61 (+0.69), UNH: 121.80 (-0.02), AON: 98.93 (+0.71), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16)
'The Market Doesn't Know Where It's Headed'
at The Street - Thu Jan 28, 3:02PM CST
It was an unsettled session in which stocks rallied then tumbled then coasted to close out near session highs.
GILD: 87.21 (-0.62), FB: 108.39 (-1.19), MRK: 52.08 (-0.02), PFE: 29.71 (-0.18), COP: 41.12 (+2.56), XOM: 82.29 (-0.11), XRX: 10.50 (+0.10), BMY: 64.71 (-0.29), CVX: 87.93 (+0.40), SLB: 74.83 (-0.02), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16), CELG: 102.51 (-0.22), XLE: 60.96 (+0.58)
Stocks Back Near Highs in Unsettled Session
at The Street - Thu Jan 28, 1:23PM CST
Stocks are back near highs by Thursday afternoon as a rally in energy stocks offsets a selloff in the health care sector.
FB: 108.39 (-1.19), PFE: 29.71 (-0.18), XOM: 82.29 (-0.11), COP: 41.12 (+2.56), DB: 19.65 (+0.14), LLY: 73.60 (+0.35), PYPL: 39.04 (+0.02), BMY: 64.71 (-0.29), SLB: 74.83 (-0.02), CELG: 102.51 (-0.22), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16), UA: 84.00 (+0.91), EBAY: 24.41 (+0.47), GILD: 87.21 (-0.62), MRK: 52.08 (-0.02), CVX: 87.93 (+0.40), XLE: 60.96 (+0.58)
Stocks Back to Positive as Energy Trumps Health Care
at The Street - Thu Jan 28, 10:16AM CST
Stocks recover to positive territory by late morning Thursday as a rally in energy stocks overshadows a selloff in the health care sector.
F: 13.59 (+0.05), FB: 108.39 (-1.19), PFE: 29.71 (-0.18), COP: 41.12 (+2.56), XOM: 82.29 (-0.11), DB: 19.65 (+0.14), PYPL: 39.04 (+0.02), BMY: 64.71 (-0.29), SLB: 74.83 (-0.02), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16), UA: 84.00 (+0.91), EBAY: 24.41 (+0.47), GILD: 87.21 (-0.62), QCOM: 52.66 (+0.28), MRK: 52.08 (-0.02), CAT: 72.84 (+1.09), CVX: 87.93 (+0.40), SNDK: 75.84 (+0.12), XLE: 60.96 (+0.58)
J&J Earnings Beat Fails to Cheer Healthcare ETFs
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Jan 28, 9:34AM CST
The rally in Johnson & Johnson shares post Q4 results failed to spur the healthcare ETFs.
IHE: 138.98 (-0.98), JNJ: 106.50 (-0.15), IYH: 139.40 (-0.28), VHT: 122.45 (-0.18), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16)
How Johnson & Johnson Can Restore Your Portfolio's Health
at The Street - Fri Jan 22, 4:58AM CST
Given Johnson & Johnson's broad reach in the diversified health care market, J&J stock belongs on your health care watch list.
JNJ: 106.50 (-0.15), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16)
3 Healthcare Stocks That Actually Gained Ground Last Week
Todd Campbell, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jan 20, 4:00PM CST
Image source: Flickr user stockmonkeys.com. Despite the industry-moving J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference being held earlier this month, the Healthcare Select Sector SPDR ETF has dropped more than 7% this year, including a 1.7% tumble last week....
ISRG: 570.65 (-3.39), CI: 138.94 (-1.49), ANTM: 132.35 (-0.62), ESRX: 71.69 (-0.71), UNH: 121.80 (-0.02), ABBV: 56.15 (+0.22), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16)
