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Investors are starting to pay more attention to Utility Stocks and Utility ETFs of late given the low interest rate environment that doesn’t seem to have an end in sight. With the 10-year Treasury Read more…
In a time when fear and uncertainty are causing the stock market to run on a rollercoaster ride, the attractiveness of the utility sector remains intact and for good reason Read more…
“When investors want to find places to hide in the stock market, the first thing they should do is determine what they want to hide from. Since economic data and overall first-quarter earnings Read more…
Morningstar’s Christine Benz discusses with Scott Burns his top picks for funding an IRA before the April 15 Read more…
“Now, companies are holding record levels of cash and trying to figure out what to do with it. Since the fundamental outlook from a top-line revenue perspective still does not look great Read more…
“While the utilities sector joined the rest of the market in its rebound from the March 2009 lows, it would seem that someone flipped the group’s rally switch to the “off” position. Since peaking Read more…
“The largest ETF fund inflow by sector last week was in utilities, new figures have shown. Results published by BlackRock showed that this area saw $140.4 million in the last seven days Read more…
“Utility stocks have underperformed the broad market this year. The Utilities Select Sector SPDR (XLU), a basket of more than 30 electric and gas producers Read more…
Matt Cavallaro from Forbes reports “The inflation trade is beginning to wrap its arms around equity prices for the second consecutive summer. Rising unemployment hasn’t choked off the commodity rally yet, as blistering oil prices have more than doubled from their March lows around $30 a barrel to $73. Read more…
One momentum strategy that an investor could implement would be to purchase the best returning US sector ETF(s) over the trailing 3, 6, and 12 months. This strategy has been written about extensively by Mebane Faber, author of The Ivy Portfolio. 
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