The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund, First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund, Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF and iShares U.S. Consumer Services ETF
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Mar 17, 8:30AM CDT
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund, First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund, Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF and iShares U.S. Consumer Services ETF
VCR: 121.47 (+0.16), IYC: 142.98 (+0.06), XLY: 77.55 (+0.10), FXD: 34.35 (-0.01)
Forget Retail, Focus on Broad Consumer ETFs
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Mar 16, 9:41AM CDT
Investors have turned cautious on the retail sector following weak data but might want to look at the broad consumer discretionary space.
VCR: 121.47 (+0.16), IYC: 142.98 (+0.06), XLY: 77.55 (+0.10), FXD: 34.35 (-0.01)
U.S. Sector PMI: 3 Sectors Post Lower Output In February
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 10, 3:17AM CST
US Sector PMI data from Markit provided further evidence of weakening US economic performance in February. Markit's manufacturing and services PMIs collectively showed the economy grinding to a halt in February, as signalled by a composite Output...
XTL: 55.29 (+0.01), XLB: 44.55 (unch), XLP: 52.32 (-0.06), XLY: 77.55 (+0.10), XLK: 43.62 (+0.12), XLI: 55.12 (-0.16), XLU: 48.91 (+0.13), XLF: 22.31 (-0.14), XLV: 67.39 (-0.03), XLE: 61.84 (+0.30)
Updating The Mid-Cycle Indicators: Part 1
Hale Stewart - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 09, 4:40AM CST
With the econoblogosphere in a lather about whether or not a recession is imminent (or worse), why look at mid-cycle indicators? Because if they haven't rolled over, such talk is clearly premature. When I last looked at them in 2015, the news was...
FDIS: 30.40 (+0.01), BITE: 24.87 (-0.14), VCR: 121.47 (+0.16), PMR: 36.35 (-0.37), RETL: 35.22 (+0.32), XLY: 77.55 (+0.10), RCD: 86.69 (+0.01), FXD: 34.35 (-0.01), RTH: 75.99 (+0.18), XRT: 45.19 (+0.23), RINF: 27.48 (-0.01)
There Was A Lot Of Borrowing
Alhambra Investment Partners - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 08, 2:21PM CST
By Jeffrey P. Snider Revolving consumer credit turned upward in March last year, which signaled to economists that the true end of the Great Recession was at hand. The largest impediment to the monetary version of the recovery was the "debt...
FDIS: 30.40 (+0.01), BITE: 24.87 (-0.14), VCR: 121.47 (+0.16), PMR: 36.35 (-0.37), RETL: 35.22 (+0.32), XLY: 77.55 (+0.10), RCD: 86.69 (+0.01), FXD: 34.35 (-0.01), RTH: 75.99 (+0.18), XRT: 45.19 (+0.23), RINF: 27.48 (-0.01)
There Is No Spending
Alhambra Investment Partners - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 08, 4:59AM CST
By Jeffrey P. Snider The fiscal year for retailers ended in January with nothing like what it was supposed to be. Still, as always, the suggestions remained that a rebound in consumerism would be before too long. If it wasn't to be evident right...
FDIS: 30.40 (+0.01), BITE: 24.87 (-0.14), VCR: 121.47 (+0.16), PMR: 36.35 (-0.37), RETL: 35.22 (+0.32), XLY: 77.55 (+0.10), RCD: 86.69 (+0.01), FXD: 34.35 (-0.01), RTH: 75.99 (+0.18), XRT: 45.19 (+0.23)
Retailers Are Going Nuts (To The BLS)
Alhambra Investment Partners - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 08, 4:51AM CST
By Jeffrey P. Snider Going only from the conventional interpretation of the optimistic 242,000 in payroll gains Friday, it is still remarkable how more than one-fifth of those purported job creations in February were due to activity in retail...
FDIS: 30.40 (+0.01), BITE: 24.87 (-0.14), VCR: 121.47 (+0.16), PMR: 36.35 (-0.37), RETL: 35.22 (+0.32), XLY: 77.55 (+0.10), RCD: 86.69 (+0.01), FXD: 34.35 (-0.01), RTH: 75.99 (+0.18), XRT: 45.19 (+0.23)
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: 582.95 (+13.32), UNH: 128.59 (-1.20), XLY: 77.55 (+0.10), DIS: 97.22 (+0.39), IBB: 255.48 (+1.22), XOM: 83.98 (+0.23), XLV: 67.39 (-0.03), JPM: 59.48 (-0.46), MRK: 53.07 (-0.01), DD: 63.95 (+0.20), XLFS: 28.29 (-0.56), BRK.B: 140.11 (-0.85), CVX: 94.85 (+1.26), DOW: 51.32 (+0.14)
Oscars Ready to Roll: Are You a Fan of These ETFs?
Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Fri Feb 26, 7:14AM CST
As the Academy Awards ceremony is nearing, investors should a take a look at these ETFs.
SOCL: 18.22 (+0.07), PBS: 23.83 (+0.03), VCR: 121.47 (+0.16), FB: 113.05 (+0.51), XLY: 77.55 (+0.10), FOXA: 27.75 (-0.04), DIS: 97.22 (+0.39), TWTR: 15.91 (-0.10), PNQI: 74.42 (+0.09), CMCSA: 60.01 (+0.76)
Earnings: A Miracle? Or A Mirage?
Miles Hoffman - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 19, 5:39PM CST
XTL: 55.29 (+0.01), XLB: 44.55 (unch), XLP: 52.32 (-0.06), XLY: 77.55 (+0.10), OIL: 5.30 (-0.06), XLK: 43.62 (+0.12), MCD: 123.29 (-0.90), XLI: 55.12 (-0.16), XLU: 48.91 (+0.13), XLF: 22.31 (-0.14), XLE: 61.84 (+0.30), XLV: 67.39 (-0.03)
Managers cool infatuation with consumer discretionary names
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 19, 10:36AM CST
KO: 45.58 (+0.12), ZBH: 103.74 (-0.69), XLY: 77.55 (+0.10), WFC: 48.90 (-0.86), GOOG: 735.30 (-2.76), PCLN: 1,301.19 (-4.92), HUM: 184.07 (+0.48), NFLX: 98.36 (-1.23), XLP: 52.32 (-0.06), LVLT: 51.59 (+0.30), IBM: 147.95 (+2.55), XLK: 43.62 (+0.12), EMC: 26.48 (-0.02), GOOGL: 754.84 (-2.72), TWC: 202.70 (-1.75), AIG: 52.98 (-0.46)
3 Consumer Discretionary ETFs to Buy Now
Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Wed Feb 17, 8:20AM CST
With signs of improving consumer activities, is this the right time to buy these consumer discretionary ETFs?
PBS: 23.83 (+0.03), IYC: 142.98 (+0.06), XLY: 77.55 (+0.10)
ESPN Woes Gatecrash Disney Q1 Earnings Party: ETFs in Focus
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Feb 10, 10:28AM CST
Though concerns over ESPN remain, given impressive first-quarter results, we have highlighted four ETFs with heavy exposure to DIS.
NFLX: 98.36 (-1.23), FDIS: 30.40 (+0.01), VCR: 121.47 (+0.16), IYC: 142.98 (+0.06), XLY: 77.55 (+0.10), DIS: 97.22 (+0.39)
How Obamacare is Cutting Your Salary -- And Your Vacation Budget
at The Street - Sat Feb 06, 10:40AM CST
The Affordable Care Act mandate is cutting into wages and sucking up the benefits of lower gasoline prices, two new reports say. Simon Constable explains.
SBUX: 58.36 (-0.47), AMZN: 582.95 (+13.32), ANTM: 139.97 (+0.47), UNH: 128.59 (-1.20), XLY: 77.55 (+0.10), DIS: 97.22 (+0.39), AET: 112.41 (+0.66), HUM: 184.07 (+0.48)
Dow Jones Index Climbs 183 Points as Oil Rises
at The Street - Wed Feb 03, 3:09PM CST
A tug-of-war between good news on commodity markets and bad news for the U.S. economy sent stocks veering wildly between heavy losses and mild gains on Wednesday.
AMZN: 582.95 (+13.32), MDLZ: 39.51 (-0.43), XLY: 77.55 (+0.10), XOM: 83.98 (+0.23), SLB: 72.58 (-0.38), PCLN: 1,301.19 (-4.92), NFLX: 98.36 (-1.23), SBUX: 58.36 (-0.47), RDS.A: 48.28 (+0.58), TOT: 45.28 (-0.25), MRK: 53.07 (-0.01), CMG: 471.37 (-3.09), GOOGL: 754.84 (-2.72), BP: 30.42 (+0.22), MSFT: 54.21 (+0.24), PTR: 66.14 (-0.37), XLE: 61.84 (+0.30)
Stocks Bounce Off Lows in Unpredictable Trading
at The Street - Wed Feb 03, 1:38PM CST
Stocks bounce back from lows in an unsettled day of trading following signs of economic weakness in the U.S.
AMZN: 582.95 (+13.32), MMM: 164.46 (+0.19), ANET: 59.01 (-0.46), MDLZ: 39.51 (-0.43), XLY: 77.55 (+0.10), XOM: 83.98 (+0.23), SLB: 72.58 (-0.38), PCLN: 1,301.19 (-4.92), NFLX: 98.36 (-1.23), SBUX: 58.36 (-0.47), YHOO: 34.86 (+0.06), RDS.A: 48.28 (+0.58), SYT: 81.57 (-0.46), TOT: 45.28 (-0.25), GILD: 91.32 (+1.24), CMG: 471.37 (-3.09), MRK: 53.07 (-0.01), GM: 30.96 (-0.35), GOOGL: 754.84 (-2.72), BP: 30.42 (+0.22), MSFT: 54.21 (+0.24), PTR: 66.14 (-0.37), CMCSA: 60.01 (+0.76), CSCO: 27.96 (+0.13), XLE: 61.84 (+0.30)