The Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLF), the largest financial sector-related exchange traded fund, is up about 6.8% year-to-date, a performance that lags the S&P 500 is mediocre among sector ETFs. However, some market observers believe the financial services sector offers opportunity in the second half of the year. With a steepening yield curve or wider spread…

Big gains in short time frames can be seductive. Just look at the Global X Uranium ETF (NYSEArca: URA), which tracks uranium miners. The go-to uranium ETF is up nearly 16% over the past month, but some market observers believe the uranium and nuclear industries do not have a friend in the Trump Administration. Earlier…

By David Haviland, Beaumont Capital Management This is a great chart from State Street Global Advisors showing how the 6 most common factors, often referred to as “Smart Beta”, have performed over the past year. Market volatility, as measured by the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Volatility Index (VIX) and the standard deviation of the S&P500®…