The related PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio (NYSEArca: PEJ) increased 4.1% year-to-date. PEJ targets U.S. leisure and entertainment companies, such as resorts, hotels, cruises and restaurants, and also weights components based on price momentum, earnings momentum, quality, management action, and value. [Americans Are Dining Out, Lifting Leisure Entertainment ETF]
The Visa data provides a good overview of consumer trends for the upcoming quarter, but observers will be waiting on the more widely anticipated official retail sales figures for April on May 13.
Market Vectors Retail ETF
For more information on the consumer sector, visit our consumer discretionary category.
Max Chen contributed to this article.
