Consumer Staples ETFs Try to Shake Laggard Ways
Consumer staples stocks and the related exchange traded funds have been anything but safe this year. For example, the Consumer Staples Select…
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An Equal Weight Approach to ETF Investing
By Marc Odo, Swan Global Investments In a recent blog post, we made the case for equally weighting the various SPDR sector ETFs to gain our…
A Safe Sector Could be Exciting Into Year-End
The Consumer Staples Select SPDR (NYSEArca: XLP), the largest ETF tracking the consumer staples sector, jumped about 2% and some market observers…
Amid Fears of Rising Rates, Staples ETFs at Risk
With higher beta, cyclical sectors leading U.S. equity markets higher this year, some defensive sectors are lagging. That is the case with…
Lingering Concerns for Consumer Staples ETFs
The Consumer Staples Select SPDR (NYSEArca: XLP), the largest exchange traded fund tracking the consumer staples sector, is up a tidy 6.3%…
Rising U.S. Dollar Could be a Problem for Staples ETFs
After sagging to end 2016, the Consumer Staples Select SPDR (NYSEArca: XLP) and the Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEArca: VDC) along with…
Consumer Staples ETFs are Proving Sturdy Again
Consumer staples stocks and exchange traded funds, such as the Consumer Staples Select SPDR (NYSEArca: XLP) and the Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF…
New Bearish ETF Bets on Widely Observed Consumer Staples, Utilities Sectors
Direxion has rolled out two new short or bearish exchange traded fund plays that track widely observed consumer staples and utilities sectors.…
A Tepid View on the Consumer Staples ETF Sector
The Consumer Staples Select SPDR (NYSEArca: XLP) has started to perk up after a lengthy slumber that saw the once red hot…
The Time Could be Right to Revisit Staples ETFs
The Consumer Staples Select SPDR (NYSEArca: XLP) and rival consumer staples exchange traded funds were stellar performers in the first half of…
Top ETF Ideas for a Clinton Victory
Finally. Today is Election Day and heading into this historic occasion, polls reveal a healthy lead for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Should…
Defensive Trade Wanes, Crimping Some Sector ETFs
High beta stocks easily outperformed their low volatility brethren in the third quarter. This has given investors yet another sign that momentum…
Another Drag on Staples ETFs
Amid fears of rising interest rates and concerns that the sector is overvalued even relative to its lofty historical norms, the consumer…
Staples ETFs Could Now be Oversold
After placing as one of the best-performing sectors for more than half of this year, the consumer staples sector has recently retreated.…