Trouble Brewing for Materials ETFs
Down 5.4% year-to-date, the Materials Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLB) is already one of the worst performers among the nine sector SPDR…
Material ETFs
A Lyondell Lift for This Materials ETF
On a dreary day for U.S. stocks, just seven exchange traded funds made new 52-week highs to this point in Friday’s session.…
Material Men: Materials ETFs Beating Broader Market
It is the third-smallest sector in the S&P 500, but in a sign of late-cycle behavior, the group has been strong against…
ETF Chart of the Day: A Hidden Gem
Commodities themselves have clearly been in play for much of 2014, which brings us to related “Commodity Producer” based ETFs. The largest…
Meet 2013’s Top Materials ETF
It has been a decent year for the materials sector, though not one that will go down in the record books as…
Goldman Buoys Steel ETF
The Market Vectors Steel ETF (NYSEArca: SLX) is higher by 2% on volume that is nearly double the daily average after Goldman…
Materials ETFs Really Are November Buys
With the start of November less than 24 hours away, investors that follow seasonal trends are aware the eleventh month of the…
Seasonality Says Buy This ETF Soon
October is nearly half in the books and although stocks have had a decent showing this month with the S&P 500 up…
Chemical ETFs Not so Toxic
Materials exchanged traded funds with significant exposure to chemicals producers have lagged the broader market year-to-date, but over the past months, a…
These ETFs May Rally if Fiscal Cliff Deal is Reached
New money continues to flow into U.S. equity exchange traded funds during the final month of 2012. With the impending fiscal cliff…
ETF Chart of the Day: Materials Sector
In recent sessions into the surge in equities around the 4th of July market holiday, we have seen sizable outflows in generally…
Why You Should Pay Attention to Materials ETFs
Exchange traded funds tracking the basic materials sector often broadcast strength or weakness in the broader market because the highly cyclical industry…
What Materials, Copper ETFs are Saying About the Market
The S&P 500 is trading above the key 1,400 level and on track for a 12% gain for the first quarter, but…
Freeport and Materials ETFs Hit by China, Growth Concerns
Recent weakness in Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) and China lowering its economic growth forecast have weighed on exchange traded funds that invest in…