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  • Procter Bullies Consumer Staples ETF 1 comment
    Aug 5, 2009 04:48 PM | about stocks: PG, XLP, WMT, CVS, PSL, RHS, KO

    Procter & Gamble (PG) fell 3.5% early today, dragging Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR (XLP) down 1.16% with it. XLP's portfolio has 42 holdings, but 66% of the fund's assets are concentrated in the fund's top 10 components. While investors are more diversified buying XLP than picking just a couple of consumer names, they will still be particularly vulnerable to the movements of a few key components. Investors looking to add large, cap-weighted strategies like XLP to their investments should first check their existing holdings to look for overlap.

    Themes: Consumer Staples, Procter and Gamble, ETF, Diversification Stocks: PG, XLP, WMT, CVS, PSL, RHS, KO
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