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Big Earnings Week Puts These Three ETFs In Focus (IYZ, SMH, XLV, T, VZ, TXN, JNJ)

David Bettencourt — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:47:14 +0000

Jared Cummans: This week will watch earnings season continue in full stride as a number of bellwether firms are set to announce their most recent fiscal quarter’s statements. Last week saw some mixed results, with companies like Citigroup and Google missing, while others like Wells Fargo, IBM, and Intel(...)
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Health-Care ETFs: Are Healthcare Stocks Still A Good Bet For 2012 (XLV, VHT, IYH, IXJ, FXH, XLU)

David Bettencourt — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:15:42 +0000

Ron Rowland: The final numbers are in, and 2011 was officially a “flat” year for the S&P 500. Without dividends, the large-cap stock index was actually down a fraction. With dividends, it gained only 2.1(...)
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Sector Rotation Insights and Lessons From 2011 (XLF, XLY, XLK, XLB, XLE, XLP, XLV, XLU, XLI)

David Bettencourt — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:21:26 +0000

Corey Rosenbloom: The fact that the S&P 500 “did nothing” in 2011 fails to take into account the performance of the individual sectors of the stock market, some of which returned as much as 15% in 2011.(...)
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A Healthy Portfolio: The Future Looks Bright For Healthcare ETFs (VHT, FXH, PFE, MRK, JNJ, ABT)

David Bettencourt — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:07:11 +0000

John Nyaradi: Health care was hot last week with Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEARCA: XLV) registering a 2.65% gain for the week and iShares Dow Jones Health Care Select Sector Index(...)
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Global Cash Flows Back Into Healthcare In Search Of Havens (XLV, ABT, AMGN, PFE, MRK, UNH)

David Bettencourt — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:13:16 +0000

Richard Rittorno: Today’s twists and turns on Wall Street came about as traders reacted to yet another day of negative headlines surrounding Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis and fled to the safest (...)
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Tuesday’s ETF Chart To Watch: Health Care Select Sector SPDR (XLV, JNJ, PFE, MRK, UNH)

David Bettencourt — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:27:58 +0000

Stoyan Bojinov: Despite starting off the week in hole, domestic equity indexes have turned in a monster performance for the month, with the S&P 500 clinching a stellar 11% gain in October. Profit taking swept across virtually every corner of the market on Monday after investors were a bit rattled by the Japanese(...)
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October Signals From The Sector Rotation Model (SPY, XLF, XLB, XLI, XLE, XLV)

David Bettencourt — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:55:54 +0000

Corey Rosenbloom: What is the broader Sector Rotation Model saying about the current state of the stock market? Let’s take a look from two perspectives: January to October (year to date) and then from the May 2011 peak to present.(...)
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Few Opportunities In The Market (XRT, XLV, DIA, SPY, QQQ, IWM)

David Bettencourt — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:40:35 +0000

Stocks closed lower on Tuesday on higher trade. For the second time in as many days all five major indices closed in the red. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE:DIA) led the decline as it shed 0.7% on the session. The S&P MidCap 400 and the S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) fell by 0.6% and 0.4%(...)
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The Fundamental Trader: Sector Performance Breakdown (XLF, XRT, GLD, XLE, XLY, XLK, SMH, XLV)

Greg Cullen — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:14:05 +0000

In last week’s blog I touched on the macro and geo-political issue concerning the markets: On that front, the main issues continue to weigh down the overall sentiment in the markets. The counterweight to this has been the relative strength seen in various companies and sectors that have high cash positions (Balance Sheet) and improved margins due to cost (...)
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A List Of The Top Ten Healthcare Sector ETFs (XLV, IYH, PPH, IBB, XBI, FBT, FXH, IHF)

David Bettencourt — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:57:54 +0000

David Fry: Our goal in this profile is to help investors wade through the many competing ETF offerings available. Using our long experience as an ETF publication, and nearly 40 years in the investment business, we can help select those ETFs that matter and may or may not be repetitive.(...)
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011 ETF To Watch: Health Care SPDR (XLV, JNJ)

David Bettencourt — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:24:13 +0000

The past few trading sessions have been plagued with worries both abroad and within our own borders. While investors scrambled to get out of equities, gold has seen a spark of life as the precious metal hit an all time high of $1,600 per ounce in intraday trading yesterday, pointing to a lack of(...)
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What Is The Sector ETF Rotation Model Saying In July 2011 (XLF, XLK, XLB, XLI, XLE, XLV, XLP, SPY)

David Bettencourt — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:11:48 +0000

Corey Rosenbloom: What signals or clues are coming from the broader Sector Rotation Model as we see it in July 2011?(...)
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Ailing Outlook for Healthcare Sector

Greg Cullen — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:26:52 +0000

If I had a nickel for every time I heard someone say they like cheap stocks, I’d probably be writing this from my yacht today. And if I had a dime for every time lately I heard someone say that until things clear up, they were going to hide out in health care, I’d probably need a(...)
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As Stocks Tumble Be Selective & Hedge Your Sectors Says Citi’s Levkovich (XLE, XLB, XLV)

Greg Cullen — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:30:26 +0000

Any golfer will tell you one of the most common and costly mistakes in the game is not following through with your swing. Any investor will tell you there’s no surer sign of ambivalence than a big rally that gets no follow through. And that’s exactly what Tobias Levkovich, the Chief U.S. Equity Strategist at Citigroup thinks will happen this earnings season. “People are getting excited about Q2 earnings being the(...)
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The Wagner Daily: Too Much Risk, Not Enough Reward (XLV, EWM, IWM, SPY, QQQ, DIA)

David Bettencourt — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:40:01 +0000

Buoyed by solid volume stocks posted an impressive eighth consecutive day of gains on Thursday. Except for the DJIA (NYSE:DIA), all of the major indices closed more than one percent higher. The rally was led by the small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) as it posted an impressive 1.6% gain.(...)
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US and Global ETF Sector Portfolio for July (XLB, XLE, XLV, XLF, XLY, IXJ, KXI, IXC)

David Bettencourt — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:36:38 +0000

Please see the right hand side of Scott’s Investments for the July update to the US and Global Sector ETF portfolios. I track the performance of each month’s portfolio as well as previous months’ performance. A summary of the data is listed below, including the percent each ETF is above/below(...)
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Betting On Pessimism (SMH, XLV, ICF, XLU, SOXX)

Greg Cullen — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:46:52 +0000

When the markets began to decline last month, some of the year’s best performing exchange traded funds (ETFs) saw the highest level shorted since 2007. About 10% of total shares outstanding of all domestically traded etfs were(...)
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Bullied Markets Make Case for Mid-Cap Growth Stocks (XLV, XLE, XLP, IJK, PFE, XOM, KFT, IWM, DIA, SPY, CSCO)

David Bettencourt — Tue, 31 May 2011 16:06:51 +0000

Jon D. Markman: The markets may have been bullied a bit recently, but the way things are shaping up makes a solid case for mid-cap growth stocks.(...)
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Right Now There’s A Trend Into Defensive Sectors.

Greg Cullen — Tue, 24 May 2011 16:25:51 +0000

As the president of Global Trends Investments and editor of ETF Trends.com, Tom Lydon spends lots of time looking at — you guessed it — trends. And right now the trend is down, and the money flow is clear. “Sector ETFs are not for the average guy… you have to keep a close eye on them” he says, but(...)
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Charting The Big Breakouts In These Defensive Sector ETFs (XLP, XLV, XLU, SPY)

David Bettencourt — Mon, 23 May 2011 03:18:41 +0000

Corey Rosenbloom: I wanted to show a follow-up to my prior post “Clear Bearish Signals Developing from the Sector Rotation Model,” and focus on the breakouts in the “Big Three”(...)
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