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Posts Tagged ‘Utilities Select Sector SPDR’

Ed Dempsey: It’s Too Expensive to Be Defensive (XLU, XLK)

July 10th, 2012

If Macy’s put signs in its windows, suddenly announcing that everything was 25% off, people would be lined up in the street looking to take advantage of the deal. On Wall Street however low prices seem to be a deterrent. Right now the Read more…

NYSE:XLK, NYSE:XLU

Carol Pepper, Pepper International, Offers ETF Picks for `Sideways’ Market (DVY, XLU, AMJ)

June 22nd, 2012

Carol Pepper, chief executive officer at Pepper International, Doreen Mogavero, chief executive officer of Mogavero Lee & Co., and Komal Sri-Kumar, chief global strategist at TCW Group Inc., talk about the outlook for U.S. stocks and their investment strategies. They speak with Read more…

NYSE:AMJ, NYSE:DVY, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:XLU

Minimize Volatility With These Two ETFs (XLK, VXX, XLU)

June 21st, 2012

Benjamin Shepherd: The S&P 500 has given up 7 percent since peaking in April 2012, primarily because of uncertainty regarding Greece’s commitment to the terms of its bailout.  Read more…

NYSE:VXX, NYSE:XLK, NYSE:XLU

Comprehensive Guide To Utility ETF Investing (XLU, VPU, IDU, FUI, RYU, FXU, PUI)

May 14th, 2012

Eric Dutram: Despite recent market turmoil, 2012 has been a good year for the stock markets so far. After a dismal performance of the broader markets in the previous fiscal year, we finally seem to be treading along the paths of economic recovery, at least in the U.S. Read more…

NYSE:FUI, NYSE:FXU, NYSE:IDU, NYSE:VPU, NYSE:XLU, RYU

This Utilities ETF May Be Your Best Choice For Riding Out A Thinly Traded Market (XLU, SO, D, EXC, DUK, NEE, FE)

March 13th, 2012

David Gillie:  Mr. Market believes all the bad news until Election Day is behind him. His assumption may not be unfounded. After more than a year of anxiety and headlines about the crisis in Greece, Read more…

NYSE:XLU

Seven Surprisingly Large ETFs (AMJ, EWZ, MBB, MINT, PFF, XLU, SPY)

February 21st, 2012

Jared Cummans:  Everyone is familiar with the SPDR S&P 500 Fund (NYSEArca:SPY). SPY is by far the most popular ETF in the world, with nearly $100 billion in assets and an ADV around 150 million. Those numbers ensure that this is not only the largest ETF in the world, but one of the largest funds in the Read more…

NYSE:EWZ, NYSE:MBB, NYSE:MINT, NYSE:XLU, PFF

Wednesday’s ETF To Watch: Utilities Select Sector SPDR (XLU, SPY, EXC, MCD, JNJ, YHOO)

January 25th, 2012

Jared Cummans: In the midst of earnings season, many hoped that we could take a few weeks to focus on the U.S. economy and put international affairs on the backburner. But yesterday saw news that there is great concern that the Greek debt deal may fall through and that the S&P (NYSEArca:SPY) is Read more…

NYSE:XLU

Betting On Pessimism (SMH, XLV, ICF, XLU, SOXX)

June 27th, 2011

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 Read more…

NASDAQ:SOXX, NYSE:ICF, NYSE:SMH, NYSE:XLU, NYSE:XLV

2 Utility ETFs To Play The Energy Sector (IDU, XLU, SO, EXC, D)

April 18th, 2011

As the energy sector remains attractive, many investors have rushed toward energy equities and energy ETFs, but the utility sector could be just as a good of a play for various reasons. Read more…

NYSE:IDU, NYSE:XLU

MarketRiders Launches All-ETF Energy Hedge Portfolio (AMJ, IEO, IEZ, IXC, PBW, XLU)

March 21st, 2011

The high cost of oil and the fast-rising price of gas is stimulating the markets this month – but in the wrong direction.  To help investors who want to profit from and have a portfolio hedge from rising energy prices, MarketRiders (www.marketriders.com) is offering its own all-Exchange Traded Fund Read more…

NYSE:AMJ, NYSE:IEO, NYSE:IEZ, NYSE:IXC, NYSE:XLU, PBW

The Best And Worst Performing ETFs In April

May 11th, 2010

Patricia Oey, an ETF analyst at Morningstar, recently compiled the funds with the highest net cash inflows and outflows for April. Oey states that, “Investors poured another $12.2 billion into exchange-traded funds in April 2010, bringing total year-to-date net inflows to $19.9 billion. Flows were Read more…

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