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Bearish Utilities Bets Bring Non-Traditional ETFs Into Focus
The Utilities sector regains our focus again today, as we had previously mentioned the presence of downside put buyers in the largest Utility sector oriented fund XLU (SPDR Utilities Select Sector,...
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Here’s Why Utilities Have Been So Weak Lately
From Franklin Templeton Investments: US equities have generally been supercharged in the wake of the presidential election, but the utilities sector’s relative performance has dimmed instead. John...
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New Month Brings Fresh Outflows In Small Cap Funds Once Again
Analyst Paul Weisbruch of Street One Financial brings us his daily fund flows update, which today picks up on renewed selling of small cap funds, along with some apparent sector rotation into energy...
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Utilities SPDR ETF (XLU) Suddenly Breaks Out Of Consolidation Range
The Utilities SPDR ETF (NYSE:XLU) is in focus today, as the sector index fund continues to break out of a three-month consolidation range. The past few days of outperformance for XLU are highly...
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Utilities SPDR ETF (XLU) Dividend Yield Plunges To Multiyear Lows
From Contrarian Outlook: It used to be that finding a decent yield in the stock market was easy. Just seven years ago, all you had to do was buy an ETF in a sector that got income hounds’ hearts...
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Utility ETFs Make A Lot Of Sense Right Now (XLU)
From Zacks: Utility ETFs are safe havens by virtue of the regulated nature of their stocks’ business. The predominant domestic focus also shields utilities from foreign currency translation issues....
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What’s Going On with The Utilities Sector? (XLU)
From Franklin Templeton Investments: US tax reform legislation dampened investor enthusiasm for utilities stocks in the last four months of 2017. Here, Franklin Equity Group’s John Kohli says that view...
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Utilities SPDR ETF (XLU) In Danger Of Breaking 9-Year Support Line
From Chris Kimble: The Utilities ETF XLU has had a rough go of it the past two months! Below compares XLU to the S&P 500 over the past year. Sometimes Utilities are viewed as interest-sensitive...
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Utilities Pullback Provides Good Income Entry Point (XLU)
From Contrarian Outlook: There’s one income-producing sector you probably hold in your portfolio–and you may be wondering why it’s crashing out this year. I’m talking about utilities, which are famous...
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Beaten-Up Utilities ETFs Weren’t Helped By A Lackluster Earnings Season (XLU)
From Zacks: This earnings season has been a mixed bag for utilities, with some beating market expectations and others falling short of the same. We will now discuss the performance of three companies,...
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These Beaten-Up High-Yield Sector Funds Deserve A Look (XLU)
From Contrarian Outlook: Remember early February’s stock-market rout? I know. Seems like a weird question. It was just a few weeks ago, after all. But many folks seem to have forgotten how stocks fell...
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Defensive Stocks Are Looking Up
From BlackRock: For most of the post-crisis period, defensive stocks have been expensive. Russ Koesterich suggests that may have changed. Recently, classic defensive stocks such as consumer staples and...
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Clean Energy To Change The Makeup Of Utility ETFs (XLU)
From Zacks: Utility ETFs are safe havens by virtue of the regulated nature of their stocks’ business. The predominant domestic focus also shields utilities from foreign currency translation issues....
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Looking For Big Yields? Go Back To Utilities (XLU)
From Contrarian Outlook: If you want high dividends right now (and who doesn’t?), but you don’t want to overpay, there’s one place you need to look: utilities. There are three ways to tap into this...
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Utilities Remain A Solid Option For Income Investors (XLU)
From Contrarian Outlook: I was not supposed to be sharing my favorite income strategy (for weekly payouts) with you today. But I convinced my publisher to make an exception – so please take advantage...
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Capitalize On Rising Rates, Big Dividends
From Contrarian Outlook: It’s a question I get from investors all the time (including subscribers to my CEF Insider service): how should I invest when interest rates rise? Because fear of rising rates...
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Two Contrarian Buys For The Rest Of 2018
From Contrarian Outlook: Remember seven months ago, when investors were freaking out over North Korea and a future trade war? They were also wringing their hands over popular volatility funds like the...
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Nervous Investors Pile Into Low Volatility, Defensive ETFs
From Sweta Killa: Lately, the U.S. stock market has been caught in a vicious circle of trading as higher interest rates, collapse in oil prices, concerns over trade war and its resultant threats on the...
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Analyzing The Current State of the Utilities Sector
From John Kohli: The utilities sector was a rare ray of light for the US market in the fourth quarter of 2018, during which time the S&P 500 Index ended with a steep loss. We recently caught up...
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Traders Continue To Bet Against The XLU Utilities ETF
Analyst Paul Weisbruch of Street One Financial brings us his daily fund flows update, which today looks at relentless large cap equities buying, notable inflows to foreign stocks, and some downside...
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