S&P 500 Consumer Staples Sector SPDR (XLP) 53.34 $
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Staples ETFs Could Now be Oversold
editor@etftrends.com (ETF Trends) - ETF Trends - Wed Sep 14, 4:43PM CDT
After placing as one of the best-performing sectors for more than half of this year, the consumer staples sector has recently retreated. However, the Consumer Staples Select SPDR (NYSEArca: XLP) is down nearly 4% over the past month on concerns...
XLP: 53.34 (-0.24)
Access These Smoking Stocks With Staples ETFs
editor@etftrends.com (ETF Trends) - ETF Trends - Tue Aug 16, 10:01AM CDT
Smoking is a bad habit and one that certainly will not be endorsed here, but tobacco stocks can be healthy for portfolios. In fact, tobacco stocks have been key contributors to the upside delivered by consumer staples exchange traded funds this year....
XLP: 53.34 (-0.24), RHS: 122.57 (-0.45)
A Guide to Consumer Staples ETF Investing
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Aug 15, 12:46PM CDT
Juicy dividend yields and low volatility make consumer staples stocks attractive to investors.
XLP: 53.34 (-0.24), VDC: 137.08 (-0.68), FSTA: 32.01 (-0.16), RHS: 122.57 (-0.45), FXG: 46.24 (-0.35)
Play Rio 2016 Olympics with These Stocks & ETFs
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Aug 05, 9:58AM CDT
Investors should warm up to Rio Olympics with these ETFs and stocks
KO: 42.74 (-0.22), GE: 29.89 (-0.15), FB: 127.96 (-2.12), XLY: 79.67 (-0.18), MAR: 68.44 (-1.31), H: 50.35 (-1.00), T: 41.28 (+0.17), XLP: 53.34 (-0.24), MCD: 117.17 (-0.19), PG: 87.76 (-1.23), TWTR: 22.62 (+3.99), EWZ: 33.87 (-0.41), PNQI: 87.57 (-0.03), VZ: 52.56 (+0.21), CMCSA: 67.15 (-0.15), DOW: 52.24 (-0.32), CSCO: 31.34 (-0.32)
Sector ETF Positioning for the Rest of the Year
editor@etftrends.com (ETF Trends) - ETF Trends - Thu Aug 04, 3:59PM CDT
With earnings slowing down, the U.S. dollar appreciating against foreign currencies and a slipping crude oil market, exchange traded fund investors should consider their sector weights to gain a better foothold for the hurdles ahead. Sector...
XLP: 53.34 (-0.24), IYZ: 32.72 (+0.05), VDC: 137.08 (-0.68), FSTA: 32.01 (-0.16), VOX: 95.12 (+0.30), FHLC: 34.98 (-0.14), VPU: 111.08 (-0.24), FCOM: 30.32 (+0.08), XLU: 50.94 (-0.04), FUTY: 32.84 (-0.06), VHT: 134.76 (-0.46), XLV: 73.11 (-0.23)
July ETF Asset Report: U.S. Tops, Europe Flops
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Aug 02, 3:42PM CDT
Inside the ETF asset flows in the month of July.
HYG: 86.76 (-0.10), EZU: 34.61 (-0.20), IVV: 218.35 (-1.15), XLU: 50.94 (-0.04), VG: 6.65 (+0.01), EWJ: 12.64 (-0.18), HEDJ: 54.28 (-0.36), EEM: 37.63 (-0.49), VOO: 198.29 (-1.07), XLP: 53.34 (-0.24), SPY: 215.99 (-1.19), QQQ: 118.33 (-0.76), LQD: 122.88 (-0.09), AGG: 112.23 (-0.03), EMB: 117.24 (-0.37), IEMG: 45.70 (-0.60)
July ETF Flows Show Investors Turned Risk-On
editor@etftrends.com (ETF Trends) - ETF Trends - Mon Aug 01, 7:25AM CDT
Many expected a post-Brexit environment would weigh on sentiment and push investors toward safer assets. However, exchange traded funds that track stocks and riskier assets continued to draw investors over July, with the S&P 500 and emerging...
VOO: 198.29 (-1.07), HYG: 86.76 (-0.10), EEM: 37.63 (-0.49), XLP: 53.34 (-0.24), SPY: 215.99 (-1.19), QQQ: 118.33 (-0.76), LQD: 122.88 (-0.09), EMB: 117.24 (-0.37), XLU: 50.94 (-0.04), XLF: 19.38 (-0.10), IVV: 218.35 (-1.15), IEMG: 45.70 (-0.60)
Good Riddance, Safety Trade!
Greg Guenthner - Daily Reckoning - Thu Jul 28, 8:35AM CDT
This post Good Riddance, Safety Trade! appeared first on Daily Reckoning . That’s right—it’s time to bid good riddance to this year’s overheated safety trades. If you own any of these so-called “safe” stocks, you need to jettison them from your...
XLP: 53.34 (-0.24), XLU: 50.94 (-0.04)
6 Sector ETFs Threatened by Brexit Uncertainty
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Jun 21, 10:01AM CDT
S&P 500 earnings are moderately exposed to the U.K. or Brexit anxiety, but these companies have significant exposure and so do these sector ETFs.
RING: 11.30 (-0.29), CNSF: 24.99 (unch), XLP: 53.34 (-0.24), KBWB: 36.65 (-0.04), FRAK: 16.90 (-0.47), IAI: 41.85 (-0.38), FCG: 25.16 (-0.70), CARZ: 33.75 (-0.40), EUFN: 17.32 (-0.25), YMLP: 25.51 (-0.17), FDN: 80.59 (-0.23), IYG: 88.53 (-0.45), XLF: 19.38 (-0.10), PNQI: 87.57 (-0.03)
Outperforming Consumer Staples ETFs
editor@etftrends.com (ETF Trends) - ETF Trends - Wed Jun 01, 1:14PM CDT
In an year of uncertainty, the consumer staples sector has acted as a defensive play for more conservative investors, with an equal-weight consumer staples exchange traded fund standing out from the rest. The defensive consumer staples sector has...
XLP: 53.34 (-0.24), RHS: 122.57 (-0.45), FXG: 46.24 (-0.35)
It’s Still Safe to Buy Consumer Staples ETFs
editor@etftrends.com (ETF Trends) - ETF Trends - Wed Jun 01, 7:00AM CDT
The Consumer Staples Select SPDR (NYSEArca: XLP) is one of this year’s best-performing sector exchange traded funds. That is just one example, but leadership from XLP and other consumer staples exchange traded funds confirms investors have been...
XLP: 53.34 (-0.24)
Uncle Sam Wants You to Have High Portfolio Turnover
editor@etftrends.com (ETF Trends) - ETF Trends - Wed Jun 01, 7:00AM CDT
Note: This article appears on the ETFtrends.com Strategist Channel By Chad Roope One of the more basic and compelling advantages of cap weighted index investing is tax efficiency. Many portfolio managers today are trying to be too active with...
XLP: 53.34 (-0.24)
U.S. Equity ETFs Top Asset Flows Last Week
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Tue May 31, 7:54AM CDT
Investors regained their lost confidence in the economy and poured in more than $10 billion into U.S. ETFs last week.
VOO: 198.29 (-1.07), VTV: 86.73 (-0.43), XLP: 53.34 (-0.24), SPY: 215.99 (-1.19), IWM: 124.81 (-0.89), AAPL: 112.71 (-1.91)
Staples ETFs can Damp Election Year Volatility
editor@etftrends.com (ETF Trends) - ETF Trends - Tue May 24, 9:41AM CDT
This year is an election year and that could mean increased volatility for equities as the November 8 election day nears. And if volatility rises, investors are likely to favor lower beta sectors, such as consumer staples, along with exchange trade...
XLP: 53.34 (-0.24), VDC: 137.08 (-0.68), FSTA: 32.01 (-0.16)
Consumer Face Off: Wal-Mart versus Amazon ETFs
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Mon May 23, 9:41AM CDT
Which is better - Wal-Mart or Amazon ETFs?
AMZN: 805.75 (+1.05), XLP: 53.34 (-0.24), VDC: 137.08 (-0.68), XLY: 79.67 (-0.18), WMT: 72.35 (+0.08), FDN: 80.59 (-0.23), RTH: 78.05 (-0.06)