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	<title>ETF Trends &#187; Consumer Staples</title>
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		<title>Sector Rotation Favors Riskier ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/sector-rotation-favors-riskier-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/sector-rotation-favors-riskier-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buying and selling patterns in sector exchange traded funds provide more evidence that investors are taking on more risk and chasing the stock rally in 2012.
For example, investors are shying away from ETFs tracking more conservative sectors such as utilities and healthcare, and moving into riskier areas of the market such as financial stocks.
“Consumer Staples [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Street Lowers Expenses on Sector ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/state-street-lowers-expenses-on-sector-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/state-street-lowers-expenses-on-sector-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=75441</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the exchange traded fund industry continues to expand and attract more assets, fund providers have been able to lower expenses, often undercutting the competition. State Street Global Advisors recently lowered its fees by 1 basis point on all its sector ETFs in what appears to be a growing competitiveness in garnering a greater piece [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worst to First: Financial, Materials ETFs Lead Market</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/worst-to-first-financial-materials-etfs-lead-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/worst-to-first-financial-materials-etfs-lead-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sector ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Staples]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An analysis of exchange traded fund performance so far this year reveals that investors are piling into riskier sectors and moving away from conservative, dividend-paying ETFs that were the top performers in 2011.
Some experts think defensive plays like utilities and consumer   staples  have become expensive after an impressive run in 2011, reports [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defensive ETFs for a Volatile Market</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/defensive-etfs-for-a-volatile-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/defensive-etfs-for-a-volatile-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=74255</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Market volatility scared investors into high-quality, defensive asset classes and exchange traded funds in 2011. As investors fork over a premium for the added safety, some defensive plays have become quite expensive.
Last year, defensive plays like utilities, consumer staples, healthcare and telecoms, were strong performers, but utilities are looking rather expensive relative to their historical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AdvisorShares Launches Active ETF</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/advisorshares-launches-active-etf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/advisorshares-launches-active-etf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AdvisorShares, an exchange traded fund provider of actively managed strategies, recently launched a long/short, fund-of-funds ETF that tries to provide investors with stable and consistent returns.
The AdvisorShares Rockledge SectorSam ETF (NYSEArca: SSAM) began trading last week. SSAM tries to provide consistent performance as the active managers use a sector rotation process to maximize potential gains. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utilities, Consumer and Pharma ETFs Lead 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/utilities-consumer-and-pharma-etfs-lead-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/utilities-consumer-and-pharma-etfs-lead-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Biotechnology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=71788</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Disruptions in the global economy have kept international equities suppressed, with a devastating Japanese earthquake crippling the normal supply chain between the Asia economies and escalating concerns over the Eurozone financial debt crisis. However, investors who opted to stick it out in domestic equity markets and exchange traded funds fared much better.
According to an S&#38;P [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Spotlight: Equal-Weight S&amp;P 500</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/etf-spotlight-equal-weight-sp-500/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/etf-spotlight-equal-weight-sp-500/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=71121</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Much has been made of the &#8220;lost decade&#8221; in stocks with the S&#38;P 500 suffering a pair of major sell-offs in the dot-com bubble bursting in 2008 followed by the more recent credit meltdown. However, an exchange traded fund that equal-weights the S&#38;P 500 has held up much better than the market-cap index that many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dividends, Safety Drive 2011 Sector ETF Winners</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/dividends-safety-drive-2011-sector-etf-winners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/dividends-safety-drive-2011-sector-etf-winners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Biotechnology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=71030</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With less than a month left in 2011, the best performers in sector exchange traded funds this year track industries known for dividends and some insulation from economic cycles. They include ETFs tracking utilities, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, and consumer staples.
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEArca: XLU) is up 14.2% year to date while the S&#38;P [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumer Staples, Utilities ETFs Reward Defensive Investors</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/11/consumer-staples-utilities-etfs-reward-defensive-investors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/11/consumer-staples-utilities-etfs-reward-defensive-investors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=69141</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded funds that track consumer staples and utilities stocks are among the best sellers in ETFs this year, and their outperformance has rewarded investors who looked for safety in the defensive sectors.
Utilities Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLU) and Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLP) have raked in $2.6 billion and $2.3 billion of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fall Melt-Up Arrives</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/10/fall-melt-up-arrives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/10/fall-melt-up-arrives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael A. Gayed CFA</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ETF Spotlight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feature Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Discretionary]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of last month I penned an article here about how exchange traded funds indexed to the consumer sector were broadcasting a melt-up in equities this fall.
A move higher was a high-probability scenario for the same reasons I called a summer sell-off in June. The Sept. 30 article ran when seemingly the whole [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playing Defense with Consumer Staples ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/10/playing-defense-with-consumer-staples-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/10/playing-defense-with-consumer-staples-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=66793</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Investors got conflicting reports Friday about the health of the U.S. consumer. Retail sales jumped a better-than-expected 1.1% in September, but a gauge of consumer sentiment posted an unexpected decline in October.
Earlier this week, Bloomberg said its consumer comfort index is hovering near a record low. [ETFs and Consumer Sentiment]
With so much uncertainty over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>These ETFs Earn A+ Ratings from TheStreet</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/10/these-etfs-earn-a-ratings-from-thestreet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/10/these-etfs-earn-a-ratings-from-thestreet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded funds that invest in inflation-protected bonds, U.S. Treasuries and Indonesian stocks earn top marks in the TheStreet’s latest ETF rankings.
The financial news and data website has assigned 16 newly rated ETFs  a &#8220;buy&#8221; rating based on a sufficient track record of risk and performance data by the end of August 2011, reports Kevin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Moves to Help Recession-Proof Your Portfolio</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/09/etf-moves-to-help-recession-proof-your-portfolio/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/09/etf-moves-to-help-recession-proof-your-portfolio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Investors nervous about the prospect of a so-called double-dip recession have flocked into defensive exchange traded funds and bonds.
However, there are additional steps that ETF investors can take to shore up their portfolios, says Russ Koesterich, iShares Global Chief Investment Strategist.
First, within equities, investors can guard against volatility by overweighting defensive sector ETFs such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumer Staples, Discretionary ETFs Suggest Fall Melt-Up</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/09/consumer-staples-discretionary-etfs-suggest-fall-melt-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/09/consumer-staples-discretionary-etfs-suggest-fall-melt-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael A. Gayed CFA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In June I started writing about the possibility of a summer crash and it was obviously a tough season for stocks.
Now, however, I see a fall melt-up in equity prices.
My reasoning for this has nothing to do with gut feeling, but rather has to do with listening to the message of the markets. The same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defensive Sector ETFs, Dividend Payers Guard Against Volatility</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many investors are turning to traditional defensive sectors and dividend exchange traded funds to weather the volatility in the stock market.
SPDR S&#38;P 500 ETF (NYSEArca: SPY) fell 6.6% last week on worries Greece will default and accelerate the European debt crisis.
The S&#38;P 500 has suffered through seven weekly declines in excess of 2% this year, [...]]]></description>
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