PowerShares to Switch 27 ETFs from NYSE to Nasdaq on Wednesday
Invesco PowerShares ETFs will transfer 27 ETFs from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to Nasdaq effective on market open this Wednesday.…
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Consumer Staples ETFs Pop on Hershey Takeover Bid
Consumer staples exchange traded funds led U.S. sectors Thursday after Mondelez International (NasdaqGS: MDLZ), the company behind Oreo cookies and Cadbury chocolates,…
13 Tasty Consumer Staples ETFs to Feast On
The consumer staples sector has a reputation for being boring and stodgy, but boring has been beautiful this year as the fifth-largest…
A Staples ETF Soars Above its Rivals
Although Treasury yields have been surging in anticipation of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates later this year, 2015 has, thus far…
If Staples M&A Becomes a Thing, This ETF Will Benefit
On an otherwise dismal day for U.S. stocks Wednesday, a bright spot for the consumer staples sector and some exchange traded funds…
Index Changes Bring Success for PowerShares DWA Sector ETFs
An exchange traded fund’s relationship to its underlying index is one of the most important and well-documented elements of ETF investing. From…
A Meat Wars ETF
Pork and poultry are tasty, but when it comes to investing, meat companies are not perceived as being as exciting as biotechnology…
Reminder: PowerShares Portfolio Changes Take Effect Wednesday
Today is the day Invesco’s(NYSE: IVZ) PowerShares unit, the fourth-largest U.S. issuer of exchange traded funds, implements significant changes to its ETF…
ETF Chart of the Day: Selective With Staples
We have spoken about the imminent earnings season for equities as we head into the end of January and beginning of February,…
PowerShares Unveils ETF Portfolio Changes
Invesco’s (NYSE: IVZ) PowerShares unit, the fourth-largest U.S. ETF issuer, said Wednesday it will shutter four ETFs while changing the names and…
Playing Defense with Consumer Staples ETFs
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…
Consumer Staples ETFs Mixed on Pepsi, Philip Morris
Exchange traded funds that track consumer staples stocks were higher Thursday but lagged the overall market as top holding PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP)…
Emerging Markets Boost Consumer Staples ETFs
With growth coming to a crawl in the developed markets, consumer-goods companies are setting their eyes on the relatively untapped market share…
4 Consumer Staples ETFs for Tight Wallets
First, the good news: consumer spending rose in July. Next, the not-so-good news: they’re not frivolously throwing their cash around. And finally,…